Comments on: MDUSD trustee urges rest of board not to talk to press or public via social media http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37572 Theresa Harrington Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:07:46 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37572 Annie, This is very interesting, since the district recently responded to a Bay Area News Group survey about mandated reporting in which the district claimed that all mandated reporters receive training annually. Are you aware of CSEA members being trained annually by the district?

]]> By: Annie CSEA http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37561 Annie CSEA Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:16:19 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37561 I went online myself and found it. I was so concerned about my members not knowing the law. Yes, I do believe they are afraid of retaliation or not being a team player. You heard my idea of a team player in the District at the last Board meeting.I think everyone in the District should take this online class.Check it out Theresa, I think you will find it very informative. I do not believe they know the scope of their responsibility as a mandated reporter.Better safe then sorry.

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37529 Theresa Harrington Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:53:13 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37529 Annie, Did the district provide this training or did you do it on your own? In Brentwood, special ed assistants who saw a teacher kick a student did not report it to police or CPS because they feared retaliation. Do you think instructional assistants in MDUSD know their responsibility to report suspected abuse to police or CPS? The law also protects employees who make reports from retaliation.

]]> By: Annie CSEA http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37526 Annie CSEA Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:05:42 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37526 Mandatedreporterca.com is excellant to learn the law. You take the class online and do a 20 question test at the end.There is a general training one(you have to take first) and an educator one. I took both. At the end of each training (if you pass the test)you print out a certicate with your name on it. I was a State Humane Officer about 15 years ago and we were mandated reporters. I had to go to a 2 day intense training.After I took this online training I was shocked at how much I did’nt remember or how much had changed. It was very scary. I have spoke more then once to the Board and District of how very important it is for their employees to know the law.We need to be proactive and not reactive.

]]> By: Giorgio C. http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37515 Giorgio C. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:44:06 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37515 Theresa,
Additional tutoring doesn’t address one key issue, and that is getting buy-in from some students who might be lacking in motivation. From my experience, they saw conflicting messages. We were telling them to value education, yet we often didn’t provide qualified instructors. Yes, education is so important that we are giving you a substitute teacher…again.

And when is tutoring offered? After school? When some kids are working or possibly playing sports, etc. They should have split the class up, placing the students in a classroom with a qualified instructor, but I suppose the union would have a cow if a tenured teacher felt overloaded. I can’t believe I keep hearing about this same scenario being repeated over and over again, often with math and science instructors.

My first teaching job was to rescue a few science classes who had no teacher. The substitutes had them write essays and watch movies. They had not been doing science for 4 weeks.

I look forward to reading the letters, Theresa.

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37507 Theresa Harrington Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:12:24 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37507 Yes, absolutely. Those parents who aren’t satisfied with the level of math instruction being offered could file a Williams complaint. However, the district is providing additional tutoring, I believe.

]]> By: Giorgio C. http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37505 Giorgio C. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:43:34 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37505 Theresa,
Isn’t not providing a math teacher addressed by the Williams Complaint process?
http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ce/wc/noticeenglish.asp

“B) a lack of qualified teachers such that (1) the student attends a class or classes for which no permanent teacher is assigned; “

]]> By: Giorgio C. http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37390 Giorgio C. Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:05:18 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37390 Sounds good, Theresa.

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37347 Theresa Harrington Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:08:06 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37347 Giorgio: The parents have given me permission to post their letters without their last names, along with the responses they and other parents have received from the principal and district. I will try to do a blog post about that later.

]]> By: Giorgio C. http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2013/01/18/mdusd-trustee-urges-rest-of-board-not-to-talk-to-press-or-public-via-social-media/comment-page-2/#comment-37308 Giorgio C. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:13:37 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=10865#comment-37308 #90Theresa,
This item regarding the math teacher is worthy of its own column. I’ll say more tomorrow. As a science teacher, I witnessed this scenario over and over with respect to both math and science classes. Kids being taught math and science by subs or non-credentialed teachers.

I hope you are ready to jump on this item in a big way, Theresa. I’ll organize a protest march to any school where this is currently happening. These children are being ROBBED of their right to an education. There is no excuse for it.

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