Good Morning-
It feels like a Monday, but yes it is Tuesday...a 4 day week...Hooray! Well the past week has been full of excitement...ha ha! I need your assistance. As many that feel like responding to this post, the better!
Some of you may know that I work for KSU, however from time to time, the Department of Education (DOE) requests our help. Whether we want to provide the help or not, we are sort of "suckered" into it if you know what I mean. Unfortunately, it seems that any time we work with them on anything it is an UNORGANIZED MESS!!!!
Lately, they have asked for our help with many of the CTAE trainings all over the state. KSU only serves in the capacity as a host for the training(s), but part of what I do at KSU is not only teach but work with teachers and their understanding of the GPS and unit/lesson planning. Now I am not an expert in many of your content areas, but from what I have seen the training isn't providing you with the tools and resources you need for the new GPS. Do you all see this problem? Or do you feel that the appropriate training is being provided? To me it seems very unorganized...I would love to get your thoughts on this.
Thanks-
Christina
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1 comment:
Christina, When I went to GPS training back in April, I was BORED out of my mind! Basically I felt like it was a class on how to use the internet. I don't feel that I learned anything "new" except the few hot spots on the DOE website for submitting lesson plans. It was a seminar that the directions could have been emailed to me instead of taking me out of the classroom for a day. The whole day was very disorganized (down to the parking and the fact that 90% of us got tickets that day) and I was very disappointed that I had a wasted day out of the classroom.
As far as what to do to "fix" it, I would say to make it more meaningful but what is more meaningful to me is nothing to someone else. There were a few people in the GPS class I took who didn't even know how to turn on the computer.
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