[etni] Re: HOTs courses
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: verfol@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:17:53 +0300
I am generally very supportive of Irgun Hamorim, however, I disagree with
the claim that if no Irgun teachers take the course the program won't
start. First of all, plenty of Histadrut teachers have taken the course and
will be prepared to teach the appropriate modules. Second, we saw what
happened when teachers followed the Irgun directives regarding projects this
past year -- no one "caved in" and students ended up having to take the oral
exam wth no projects. I'm sorry, but I don't for a second believe that if
we don't take the course the Ministry will delay the start of the program.
Instead, what I see happening is our students being grossly unprepared for
the literature exam.
I didn't take the course during the school year because of the Irgun
directives. Then I gave the Irgun the entire year to work the problem out
and nothing happened. Nothing. So I'm one of those Irgun teachers who have
registered for the summer course.
Bari
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 15:07, Veronica Foldes <verfol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all!
> I have now received an e-mail informing me about the online HOTS course
> being given this summer. I do not wish to discuss the advantages and
> disadvantages of the new program, as so much has already been said and I
> think we are missing the main point.
>
> What I am trying to understand is why many IRGUN teachers have already
> taken
> the course and why others are planning to do so this summer. So many of us
> have complained that yet again we are being asked to do more work which we
> are not being compensated for. However, we are enabling the powers that be
> to continue with their plans by actually taking the course.
>
> IF NO ENGLISH TEACHER WERE WILLING TO TAKE THE COURSE AND START TEACHING
> THE
> NEW PROGRAM, WITHOUT KNOWING FOR SURE THAT THEY WOULD BE COMPENSATED, (AS
> ARE ALL TEACHERS IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS), THE PROGRAM COULD NOT BE
> STARTED. (not "yelling", just emphasizing!)
>
> As things stand, we have already quietly accepted all the extra hours we
> now
> work, according to the NBA. There may have been some complaints,
> nonetheless, it went through and we get no extra pay for the tens (if not
> hundreds) of hours extra we work each year.
>
> If we take the HOTs course, then the new program actually becomes fact. Is
> that what we want? We can not have it both ways- either we demand payment
> for being asked to take on even more hours than we now work, due to the
> projects and the literature portfolio in its present form, or we accept the
> new program,ignore the advice of the teachers union and continue to be *
> friers/* patsies. The choice is ours. We can't continue to both complain
> and
> quietly submit.
>
> Taking a stand!
> Veronica
>
>
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