| Title: | Maynard -- Center of the Universe |
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| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Wed Aug 06 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 20 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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We received a letter from my kids teachers and my wife has talked to
Mr. Hill about a new program they are starting in the Green Meadow
school. They are going to let some teachers teach the same class two
years in a row. For example a teacher would teach the same class in the
first grade and then the kids would have the same teacher for the second
grade. The school is going to test it next year with a couple of teachers.
I believe this will be voluntary, parents can ask for a different teacher
if the want.
Mr. Hill told my wife that the first grade teachers feel they are just
getting the kids going about half way thru the school year and they
feel if the teachers had the same kids two years they would be able to
do a better job with the kids.
This is the type of progressive thinking/teaching that will benefit the
students of Maynard and Maynard school system.
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| 371.1 | HELIX::RUZICH | VAXELN Realtime Software Engineering | Fri May 08 1992 11:57 | 11 | |
It's funny how much of the thinking in education is cyclic.
My home town school system in Illinois kept one teacher with the same
kids for 1st and 2nd grade when I was in grade school, eons ago.
I remember showing up for the first day of 2nd grade, and feeling very
comfortable that I was in Mrs. Johnson's class again.
With a good teacher who gets to know the kids' needs and individualizes
the program, this might work very well.
-Steve
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