Comments on: The Seniority List /2009/the-seniority-list/ less helpful Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Dan Meyer /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-209802 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:20:33 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-209802 Yeah, thanks for the feedback, Nick. I’m sure things will pull together somehow here.

]]> By: Nick /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-209692 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:04:37 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-209692 Dan – I saw your tweet about the pesci-esque whacking. My condolences. Your school is taking a major hit to lose you. Not that you need a flurry of compliments, but I thought of your situation when I got home last night. Having recently shelled out for an NCTM membership (soon to be reimbursed, hopefuilly) I got my first Math journal delivered to the door. After flipping through it and reading a few articles, I was moderately satisfied, but not half as much as I frequently am reading your posts. I have value this stuff highly and I hope it helps you navigate the changes. Best wishes.

]]> By: Kyle /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-207523 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:54:16 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-207523 Dan:

I’m a VP at a school about 30-35 miles away. If you are cut… e-mail me right away! I know that March 15 is right around the corner. We are in a cutting mode too, but we are a ‘basic aid’ district, so our blood-letting will be much less than other districts around. Plus, I know our salary scale is above most districts around. I have already shown my principal the Carver’s Guide to Classroom Management and the first math Video and although he wasn’t a fan of “The Wire” like I am, he was impressed.

I know that this budget situation is going to cost a lot of great teacher’s their jobs. It is a sad commentary on the values that this society has at the present time.

Kyle B

]]> By: Sarah /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-207132 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:21:27 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-207132 Good luck with all the hooks. This post/thread is changing way I interpret your tagline. Hoping that it’s not your last unless it’s your choice.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-207103 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:06:54 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-207103 I had this conversation with my boss yesterday, just a regrettable, here’s-the-state-of-things chat, however friendly. I totally blew my calculation, basically, assuming that I merely had to beat California’s bankruptcy to keep my job. But families are leaving my district en masse (for the same reason everybody is leaving anywhere with median house prices as high as ours is) and so I face an issue of declining enrollment also, the kind of problem that would force me out of my job even if we weren’t also in a recession. My principal mentioned a combination of fortunate coincidences – a balanced budget and several retirements chief among them – that’d save my job, but the situation sucks.

I’ve had a few other hooks baited since earlier this school year (just coincidentally, not because I saw any of this coming) so I’m not beating my head against a wall trying to figure out how to stay in the Santa Cruz area. It just feels weird to be losing this job, especially for a reason as petty as money.

]]> By: Jeff Catania /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-207067 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:57:22 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-207067 Dan, I hope things work out for you.

Having said that, if things don’t work out, this blog is one of the best job portfolios one could ever wish for.

If you want to move to Ontario, Canada there are many schools and math depts. here that would love to have a tech-savvy, reflective, progressive math teacher . :-)

]]> By: Sheldon Plankton /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-206553 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:26 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-206553 Peter,

Ahhh,…that’s what you mean by beamer. My undertanding is a beamer is a BMW as in the automobile company.

]]> By: Short Notes: It’s All Love (The Love Below Series) /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-206419 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:28:20 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-206419 […] more money doesn’t go to education, teachers like Dan may be out of a job if we strictly look at seniority. (And come to think of it, that makes 2 of […]

]]> By: Mr. K /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-206170 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:27:46 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-206170 Beamer is a euro term for LCD projector.

]]> By: JYB /2009/the-seniority-list/#comment-206100 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:42:01 +0000 /?p=2926#comment-206100 Peter – What’s a beamer?

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