Daily Archives: September 10, 2015

The Faculty Meeting Has No Clothes

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thI would begin by stating clearly that the administration for my school is amazing.  They support the lowly work of the classroom teacher in amazing ways.  I couldn’t ask better.  But faculty meetings.  Faculty meeting.  Can we talk faculty meetings?

The problem I have about faculty meetings is that is the very best example of the very worst behavior in the school.  No one is paying attention.  Everyone is grading papers, on their laptops, or eating “snacks” as if they had not eaten since the summer began.  And cell phones . .  .cell phones.  Teachers warn students to put them away in that they will distract them and, moreover, it is quite rude.  But we clearly don’t do as we say; we do as we please and crush candy over and over again.  But my number one gripe with faculty meetings is how almost every table has a pair or two that talk and talk and talk through all of the presentations.  Granted some of the presentations are a bit unfocused, but how does that give the audience permission to so misbehave?  And the thing that upsets me the most about this rude, talking behavior is that I am guilty of it almost every time. Read more