Question 4 - Scenario
Dr. Giesen,
Parshall Independent School District’s long-time superintendent,
announced on the opening day of in-service training in August, that he
had hired an outside consultant, undisclosed to the principals or
other staff members, to help every staff member develop a set of
performance objectives for each class that they teach.
In
discussion, one teacher asked, “Is there anything wrong with our teaching? Is there a reason why we have to spend hours
writing objectives? Our students
are doing well on the TAKS.”
“Well,” said
a second teacher, “I can’t see how all this business will improve my
classroom. In fact, because of the time
it’ll take me to write objectives, it may hurt my teaching. I should be working on aligning my
lesson plans.”
Dr. Giesen
abruptly stopped the questioning. “I
will confer with all of the principals and then you can direct your
questions to them. Thank you for your time
and have a nice year.”