Post by Moses on Nov 25, 2005 4:41:35 GMT -5
Here's how the neocon New York Sun describes Kathleen Cashlin:
Reading the ICE account below, we see that those educators were working weekends to satisfy the leader's bulletin board mandates. It would be funny if it weren't so oppressive.
By Norman Scott
Region’s micromanagement mania that led to a series of meetings between UFT President Randi Weingarten and the Region’s chapter leaders and subsequent meetings between Weingarten and Region Five Superintendent Kathleen Cashin.
One teacher’s view of the regulations on the bulletin board policy:
“Topics are chosen each month by Principal, which seems to be coming from Region. It is usually the Genre of the month. The Principal gives a deadline of the first of the month for all bulletin boards to be done. Why can’t the deadline be by the end of the first week of each month? Post-it notes are required, with comments and recommendations on each piece. There must be 8 to 10 pieces of different students’ work on the bulletin board. For some grades, it’s 11 to 12 pieces. What is not hung up on the bulletin board – the other students’ work – must be hung up in the classroom. The Principal has commented about the paper being used on the bulletin boards and about the borders that some of the teachers use. Some teachers have had complaints about the number of staple used.”
Weingarten said in a letter to the Region’s teachers: “The chapter leaders provided me with examples of the demands, some bordering on the bizarre, some on the ridiculous and some unfortunately outrageous. I assured the chapter leaders that we would seek immediate relief.
“Following the meeting, we contacted the Region 5 Superintendent to alert her of the severity of the demoralization occurring in Region 5 and sited the bulletin board policy as an example. On Thursday, November 3rd, the very next day, she issued a memorandum to the Principals in the Region to cease and desist bulletin board implementation until there could be a meeting to discuss the matter.”
— Norman Scott
Independent Community of Educators
2005-11-18
Reading the ICE account below, we see that those educators were working weekends to satisfy the leader's bulletin board mandates. It would be funny if it weren't so oppressive.
By Norman Scott
Region’s micromanagement mania that led to a series of meetings between UFT President Randi Weingarten and the Region’s chapter leaders and subsequent meetings between Weingarten and Region Five Superintendent Kathleen Cashin.
One teacher’s view of the regulations on the bulletin board policy:
“Topics are chosen each month by Principal, which seems to be coming from Region. It is usually the Genre of the month. The Principal gives a deadline of the first of the month for all bulletin boards to be done. Why can’t the deadline be by the end of the first week of each month? Post-it notes are required, with comments and recommendations on each piece. There must be 8 to 10 pieces of different students’ work on the bulletin board. For some grades, it’s 11 to 12 pieces. What is not hung up on the bulletin board – the other students’ work – must be hung up in the classroom. The Principal has commented about the paper being used on the bulletin boards and about the borders that some of the teachers use. Some teachers have had complaints about the number of staple used.”
Weingarten said in a letter to the Region’s teachers: “The chapter leaders provided me with examples of the demands, some bordering on the bizarre, some on the ridiculous and some unfortunately outrageous. I assured the chapter leaders that we would seek immediate relief.
“Following the meeting, we contacted the Region 5 Superintendent to alert her of the severity of the demoralization occurring in Region 5 and sited the bulletin board policy as an example. On Thursday, November 3rd, the very next day, she issued a memorandum to the Principals in the Region to cease and desist bulletin board implementation until there could be a meeting to discuss the matter.”
— Norman Scott
Independent Community of Educators
2005-11-18