[etni] Re: Fwd: forms
- From: Varda Liebermann <varda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: kobilavy@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:20:23 +0200
I do agree with Kobi. I believe it's NOT too late to do something about
the HOT's either.
Varda
2011/11/20 ק×?×?×? ×?×?×?×? <kobilavy@xxxxxxx>
> Today our staff discussed this new form issue and what's really upsetting
> is
> the fact that no matter what they throw at us we make a little noise first
> and then we all line up and do what needs to be done... so was the deal
> with
> the projects, the same was done with the HOT's ( I remember a lively debate
> here on ETNI that said that we WILL NOT GO INTO THE HOTS and where are we
> today???) and now this.
> I don't think it's fair that we should test each individual students 3
> times
> (!!!) if he wants to get an oral exam or a muta'am test...
> I don't know where we're going to find time to do this considering all the
> students I see that are planning to get an Ivchun.
> We discussed today that maybe we should write a letter to Ran Erez of the
> Irgun and the immediate self-response was - That's why we came up with the
> brilliant Oz Latmura program - use those hours to test these students...
> come on really?
> So... where does that leave us English teachers of Israel???
> Kobi
>
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> From: Nathan Singer <nathansinger1181@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: forms
>
> Hi all,
> Regarding the form debate, I recall last year having a conversation with
> our
> counselor about this.
> She said that she had a long discussion with someone in the MOE who
> explained the following:
> A number of years ago, as awareness started kicking in regarding students
> with special needs and dispensations......
> it became apparent that anyone with a spare 1200 Shekels could receive
> dispensation/s. So, the MOE started demanding more and more paperwork. The
> objective being to "make order out of the mess" and to keep the whole thing
> from spiraling out of control and to make sure that only those who really
> need them receive dispensations.
> This is done by requiring counselors/English teachers to create a complete
> file on each student, documenting their needs and difficulties, thus making
> it much harder for those who are "shopping"
> for dispensations to get them.
> I don't know how accurate all this is, but it's what I was told.
> Does it make us all feel better? Probably not.
> All the best
> Nathan Singer
>
>
>
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