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OT - Need the Board's input on FW private schools
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<blockquote data-quote="Pharm Frog" data-source="post: 2397498" data-attributes="member: 34435"><p>Answer = MOOCs. jk</p><p></p><p>Here's the extent of my perspective on educational opportunities on the best side of the Metroplex:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When I moved my family back to Texas from Tennessee in 2000, my father (a former superintendent of very large school districts (5 high school-variety) and very small school districts (1A and 2A)) said that we were welcome to live anywhere we wanted in the Metroplex but that his grandchildren would go to school in Aledo. That narrowed it down a bit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This has not been an enduring opinion by the way as he now believes that private schools are pretty much the only efficacious option for most parents wanting their children to be consistently exposed to solid instruction and accountable learning. Much stress on the word "consistently". Much of this changed opinion relates to his work supervising teacher and administration certifications over the past decade+ after he retired.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Son of Pharm had been accepted at SCS beginning in the 7th grade and we were seriously considering moving him there until the job sent us to Oklahoma. We were very impressed with SCS in 2008-9 and my father had "supervised" the administrative certifications of several private school leaders in the area including SCS. Have no idea how many of these are still at their respective schools. We never really considered private school for Daughter of Pharm primarily because they were and are very different when it comes to academic motivation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The list of school districts is quite long that have found disfavor among my family (sister has worked in special education for five districts in Tarrant and Parker counties, mother worked as senior English teacher, debate coach, etc. etc. etc. for a suburban district adjacent to Tarrant County.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't envy any parent today when it comes to making education decisions for their children. All I can say with certainty is that if you are planning on finding the "perfect" location to outsource your child's education, you aren't going to find it in the public or private world. Be prepared to be intimately involved in their schooling up to and including making your own informed diagnostics as to their <u>learning</u> and secure supplemental resources to fill in any gaps. And a grade is an increasingly poor metaphor for learning.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One piece of advice I would offer is find out how much time is actually spent by the teachers "teaching" in their classrooms. You may be surprised at how often the teachers themselves are absent. I have found that it is not uncommon to find teachers absent from their classrooms over 35% of the time (accounting for maternity leave, long-term illness, and other completely understandable factors). Substitute logs are a decent proxy. Son of Pharm had a Biology 1 teacher who averaged less than 3 days in the classroom each week.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Too long. Don't care. Critical topic.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pharm Frog, post: 2397498, member: 34435"] Answer = MOOCs. jk Here's the extent of my perspective on educational opportunities on the best side of the Metroplex: [LIST] [*]When I moved my family back to Texas from Tennessee in 2000, my father (a former superintendent of very large school districts (5 high school-variety) and very small school districts (1A and 2A)) said that we were welcome to live anywhere we wanted in the Metroplex but that his grandchildren would go to school in Aledo. That narrowed it down a bit. [*]This has not been an enduring opinion by the way as he now believes that private schools are pretty much the only efficacious option for most parents wanting their children to be consistently exposed to solid instruction and accountable learning. Much stress on the word "consistently". Much of this changed opinion relates to his work supervising teacher and administration certifications over the past decade+ after he retired. [*]Son of Pharm had been accepted at SCS beginning in the 7th grade and we were seriously considering moving him there until the job sent us to Oklahoma. We were very impressed with SCS in 2008-9 and my father had "supervised" the administrative certifications of several private school leaders in the area including SCS. Have no idea how many of these are still at their respective schools. We never really considered private school for Daughter of Pharm primarily because they were and are very different when it comes to academic motivation. [*]The list of school districts is quite long that have found disfavor among my family (sister has worked in special education for five districts in Tarrant and Parker counties, mother worked as senior English teacher, debate coach, etc. etc. etc. for a suburban district adjacent to Tarrant County.) [*]I don't envy any parent today when it comes to making education decisions for their children. All I can say with certainty is that if you are planning on finding the "perfect" location to outsource your child's education, you aren't going to find it in the public or private world. Be prepared to be intimately involved in their schooling up to and including making your own informed diagnostics as to their [U]learning[/U] and secure supplemental resources to fill in any gaps. And a grade is an increasingly poor metaphor for learning. [*]One piece of advice I would offer is find out how much time is actually spent by the teachers "teaching" in their classrooms. You may be surprised at how often the teachers themselves are absent. I have found that it is not uncommon to find teachers absent from their classrooms over 35% of the time (accounting for maternity leave, long-term illness, and other completely understandable factors). Substitute logs are a decent proxy. Son of Pharm had a Biology 1 teacher who averaged less than 3 days in the classroom each week. [*]Too long. Don't care. Critical topic. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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