I spent today in acronym "h***". My "friend" was taking a class and thought I should too. She found this one for me about Improving Report Writing. Thought it would help me teach my students to write better. Nooooooooooooooooooo.......It was about writing better Special Ed reports to get students evaluated or after they have been evaluated. How to write better ARD (acronym) meeting reports!!!!It only took about 30 minutes into the class for me to realize I did not know ANYTHING they were talking about. To make matters worse - We had a test on what we knew!!!! Nothing - Zero for me!!!
Group work was humiliating!!! My table would look at me and ask - what tests does your school use (TAKS was NOT an answer choice). So since we were in to acronyms I said WTF don't you use that one? "What evaluations do you use?" CFHS - isn't that what you use??? OMG
Got out for lunch 15 minutes late, because the instructor had 5 more minutes of information to give us. Must be some form of acronym math. (I don't do math - But my friend is, I'm signing her up for a MATH class - more on that later)
Get back from lunch and the instructor tells us "We aren't going to take an official break so we can get our of here by 4" WTF (oh wait, that's a test). She starts flying through material - did you know there were 17 forms of G evaluation and apparently I do because I have been using them for year. "Right?" I became the queen of bobble head yes movement!!!
Now just when I thought things couldn't get worse, we start writing the reports for ARD meetings - OMG times 2!!! So I text my frenemy to tell me when she is on a break so I can take one too, and she texts me at 2:43 to tell me she is out. I think break - WRONG!!! Out for good!!!! I'm stuck till 4 and she is out at 2:43!!!!
As soon as I post this blog I am finding a Math class to sign my friend up for. You see she HATES math, and I think turn about is fair play. Wooo Calcus looks good to me!!!
Good stuff.........I have an ARD when we get back from Christmas and I am going to see if they will let you sub for me since you are NOW so educated!!! Was it Sheralyn???
ReplyDeleteI think your ARD skills became more polished and you are probably a better person for attending. The knowledge that you gained at that workshop could not have been attained by merely sitting in your classroom listening to kids type. I am going to get onto the region center website now and pick a few for next semester.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha!! I am only going to the ARDs I HAVE to go too. Sheralyn -- keep January 15th free. There is a Calculus workshop I have signed you up for already!!!
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