Closed Door Policy

Amethyst Hinton Sainz Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

Most administrators tell faculty and staff that they have an open-door policy.  However, it is important to remember that, besides the restrooms, there are two metaphorical doors in a school: the administrator’s office and the teacher’s classroom. Many writers about

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Invisible Data

Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, National Board Certification

I indulge my yearning to simply immerse myself in teaching and with my students without having to collect easily-reportable data for folks not involved in my classroom. One solution is to provide funding or change the school day to allow teachers more time to gather data for public consumption and for use in the classroom.

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