[etni] Re: HOTS and schooling

From: Zvi Hudak <zvihudak@xxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 19:51:28 +0200
Eleanor wrote:More on HOTS -- last night at 4 am while  waiting for our
 personal 12th
graders to  return from their high school  delegation to Poland, I talked
with a colleague about the new English program.  We both teach at one school
in Jeruslaem and our kids  go to Harel High School  in Mevasseret ZIon .
In any case-- Civics ( Citizenship/ ezrahut)  also underwent a curriculum
change with the addition of their HOTS .  But here's the difference:

Their basic program was reduced!  AND an extra year was added ( it used to
be 2 units  usually in 1 year, now it is spread over 2 years with additional
hours ( I don't remember -- it WAS 4 am ) if the program is now 3 units  or
4 for that 2 year period )  SO every teacher gets MORE HOURS + the gmul
bagrut  was enlarged accordingly.  AND they got a bonus for putting  in the
new program.
SO just like English, right :  more hours, more money  less work because the
program has changed and it has required all the teachers to rethink /
rewrite  what they have been doing.

Maybe we just don't get our point across because we are speaking a foreign
language....

Eleanor has basically gotten to the crux of the matter, "more hours, more
money, less work because the program has dramatically changed...". What I
don't understand is how "the powers that be" can be against or are not
willing to listen to such a rational and moral stance. Maybe someone of "the
powers that be" can answer this question to the 70% (according to the ETNI
survey) of teachers who say "no" to HOTS and I am sure that the 30% who said
"yes" would also like to know why they are not being compensated (I'm not
only talking about money).Unfortunately "the powers that be" are very
selective in how they understand what is going on in the field. In my
opinion this is a real pity because without a dialogue all that we will end
up with is total chaos. I hope that someone will consider the repercussions
before it is too late. Professionally it is not very healthy to have so much
dissatisfaction amongst  workers.
Chag sameach,
Zvi.


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