http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/-t1.htm Questions and answers about information from the Union. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:50:40 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_grey/site_logo.gif http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/-t1.htm http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/returning-to-class-before-a-contract-is-approved-t18.htm aslongasittakes Did I hear correctly today that the union might ask the teachers to return to their classrooms before a contract is approved? If so, I wish to respectfully request that this possibility be re-thought. I may be the only one, but I didn't walk mile after mile to go back without the proverbial "handshake". Perhaps it's my "maturity" speaking, but I've been burned by too many promises that were not kept in the end. If this really is under consideration, please think again. ... From the Union Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:50:40 GMT http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/returning-to-class-before-a-contract-is-approved-t18.htm#32 http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/returning-to-class-before-a-contract-is-approved-t18.htm http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/educational-research-supporting-the-curriculum-web-t7.htm aslongasittakes I didn't realize until yesterday (from a member of the bargaining team) that the Curriculum Web has no known Educational Research to back its format or implementation restrictions. Do the parents & community know this? If I was a BSD parent, (which I was from 1996-2000), I'd be up at ESD demanding that the web be used only an "idea well" from which we use the end result, use ideas we feel will reach our students, and use our judgement and creativity on anything else. I thought ... From the Union Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:54:13 GMT http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/educational-research-supporting-the-curriculum-web-t7.htm#10 http://fromtheline.forumotion.net/from-the-union-f4/educational-research-supporting-the-curriculum-web-t7.htm