our AD has a HUGE sayso in who is hired....must have some coaches at
secondary level, you know. As a core teacher who is degreed in my
subject matter and LOVES my subject matter, I quite agree with you, but
the admin and AD don't see it my way.

On 10/31/09, Exemplary Science Teacher wrote:
> On 10/29/09, Texas teacher wrote:
>> First, EVERYONE on the faculty has to want it. All of our
>> faculty except the coach/science teacher bust our butts every day
>> to get it. We missed it the last two years because of one
>> teacher. We can't teach science for him.
>
> Someone needs to then. If you're in elementary, have the reading
> teacher start using science content reading. If you're in
> secondary, your horizontal grade level team or your vertical
> science team needs to speak with administration to get a highly
> qualified teacher to teach science. The TAKS subject teachers need
> to be experts in their respective subject area. Period!

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