Life is kinda funny, the way some things correlate. Last week we had an in service on the new standards and this week in my Masters class we debated who really drives the curriculum. We had to list (in order) the following people on a mountain: teachers, students, parents, curriculum committee, principal, school board, publishers, national government, and something else I can't remember (oops). Anyway, it was really interesting to see how others ranked their mountains. I ranked teachers on the top, while others say national government (my teacher agreed with me;)). My reason for this, is as such. At the end of the day, we close our classroom doors and we have the control; we ultimately decide how and what we teach. Hopefully we all realize that we do have a moral and ethical code to teach what we are suppose to! The debate was rather interesting. Just something to think about!
Nikki
This was a very interesting class discussion! I would like to think that all teachers have control of what they teach. However, in some districts teachers have little control of what they teach, which is unfortunate (meaning what is being taught needs to be done so in a very strict, specific way). I am glad we work in a district where we can individualize our teaching to make it our own!
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