MARCH 29, 2009

SCHOOLS BEHAVING BADLY

Schools Behaving Badly… is definitely every parents night mare. From bus drivers situations to preschool to actual teachers behaving badly in public schools is happening more frequently than we would like. The question is how do we as educators, parents and society make changes to make our schools behaving in a better manor? In the book Teachers Behaving Badly by Kate Myers and professor at the University of Keele takes notice of two professors having an affair. Not only are teachers having affairs with other teachers but today it’s occurring with the teacher and student. How do we protect our students and children? School Districts need to take the extra time in the interview process to hire quality teachers not a quantity of teachers. Another suggestion would have frequent observation sessions for each teacher to monitor what is being taught, relationships being built with their students and to take notes on anything that may not seem right. Student surveys through out the year would also be another effective tool that could be used. The links below provide websites with more information, stories and situations we hope to avoid in the future.

Teachers Behaving Badly by Kate Myers
http://books.google.com/books?id=-coXJOzXnxcC&dq=schools+behaving+badly&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=XBibSWjlDO&sig=OYbAY8F_GH_TSHcnqncr_oNoMhI&hl=en&ei=N-rPSdDgIIOssQOMlKygAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA1,M1

MyNC Users Catch Bus Drivers Behaving Badly, Call For Action
By Jenny Henry
http://wake.mync.com/site/Wake/news/story/29504/mync-users-catch-bus-drivers-behaving-badly-call-for-action/

Protecting Bad Teachers
http://teachersunionexposed.com/protecting.cfm

Bad Bad Teacher
http://badbadteacher.com/leah-pourdavood/