Thread on Educaton and the Influence of Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire

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To be clear, @stevensonhs your assessment is not working and has not been working for years. #atAssessment@SolutionTreeAR This assessment (known as EBR at my school) has eroded study skills, and damaged work ethic while contributing to student stress. And this 

assessment has eroded trust in the faculty while burning us out. Faculty feel that their professional integrity has been compromised and ethically feel that they are going against what they have been trained to do and what they believe is right. #atAssessment #edchat 

I don't think that @stevensonhs upper admin wants to hinder students or teachers, but they have turned a blind eye refusing to dialogue with Ts about what works and what doesn't. This is NOT a professional learning community #atPLC and has strayed far from Dr.Dufour's school. 

I have fought for years trying to affect change and make the EBR system workable, upper admin refuses to acknowledge any of this. I documented a number of those complaints in my resignation letter which you can read here: drive.google.com/file/d/1k3SlU4… But,

SalituroResignV3.3.pdfhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1k3SlU4JBmMG78ONMgTv74-bhwcfo_yIR/view?usp=sharing

upper admin refuses to acknowledge any of this. They continue to defend these detrimental policies. That is why I felt compelled to resign. After years of trying to work with admin I was frustrated and rather than hear WHY I was frustrated, 

admin told me that I must follow all directives without question. The stress of having to teach in a system that I ethically and pedagogically disagree with combined with the refusal of admin to be reasonable led to my resignation. And that has given me the freedom to speak up 

@mentionsAdmin still refuses to acknowledge this. Just YESTERDAY the principal defended it to me in person. But this is not just me. I have received so many messages of support from students, parents and faculty. I started documenting them here: 

Public Reaction to Resignation:Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL Flawed Grading Public Reaction to Stevenson High School Grading policy aka EBR: This is a sample of the reaction that I have gotten to resigning because of th…https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aCkVRuv-HELUOEENtsOZN7zA6X1bHFMrrTVS6FH7WMo/edit?usp=sharing

All I am asking for, is the @stevensonhs board and upper admin to listen. Guarantee that teachers won't face retribution and listen. Give students a forum and listen. Give directors a guarantee that they can speak honestly and listen. That's it. Is that so hard? 

Everybody FEARS @stevensonhs - parents, students, faculty and dept directors all operate in fear and that insulates upper admin from reality. We are supposed to be a learning community - not a tyranny. Admin demands Ts gather feedback - what feedback does admin gather? 

The refusal listen to the people who matter most in your district - students and parents - is why I wonder about the books @stevensonhs published as early as 2016. Administrators tour the country and bring teachers and admin from all over the USA to SHS to see what we do. 

This is BIG$$ in education. @SolutionTreeAR is part of a million $$$ business. Many @stevensonhs admin have gone on to make lots of $ both during their SHS career and especially after. I don't begrudge people their $, but when it hurts students, it is time to speak up.And, 

because @stevensonhs influences schools all over the country, they have an incredible responsibility to speak the truth. The public reaction shows the frustration that teachers all over the US feel as well as the students and parents of SHS 

Public Reaction to Resignation:Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL Flawed Grading Public Reaction to Stevenson High School Grading policy aka EBR: This is a sample of the reaction that I have gotten to resigning because of th…https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aCkVRuv-HELUOEENtsOZN7zA6X1bHFMrrTVS6FH7WMo/edit?usp=sharing

Will the D125 school board listen & charge the Superintendent to make this right? If you don't believe me & don't care that I am leaving the field at the height of my career as a leader in my discipline who is loved by students, at least listen to the students, parents & faculty. 

Will the @NationalEducat4 listen and stop the flood of teachers leaving the profession? Will @ISBEnews listen and start supporting students and teachers? #edchat 

But even after all of this, I still am afraid that admin will try to smear me and attempt to administer some retribution instead of simply listening and changing for the better. Big $$ is powerful. And power is intoxicating. They won't want to give up either. 

But democracy is more powerful than them. Our collective voice is stronger. The conscious will of a motivated people can bring change. So if you agree, if you are a student, or parent, or teacher, please speak up. Like this. Retweet. DM me. Email the board privately. You matter!