"An educated people can be easily governed.
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Frederick The Great
Then if this is true I ask myself the question, why then do the politicians spend so little on education? hmmm!! The hardest thing is trying to manage an unruly set of people. Let us not even get to the issue of managing the ones who think they know and know not! It is simple educate the populace and we will have better compliance according to
Frederick The Great
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The first In-Home tutoring service in Jamaica.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
The future of work
The future of work is online. So as educators we must adjust gone are the days when you leave teachers college and you know you are able to secure a government job so that you can secure your pension. High Flyer blog is the place to get information on the education system both locally and internationally. Today we will feature a great website.
LearnBoost is a free online Gradebook and lesson plan software for teachers.
You can manage your classroom, keep track of students' grades, create and manage lesson plans, track attendance, maintain your schedule, import your Google calendars, and more.
www.learnboost.com
Have a High Flyer day!!!!
LearnBoost is a free online Gradebook and lesson plan software for teachers.
You can manage your classroom, keep track of students' grades, create and manage lesson plans, track attendance, maintain your schedule, import your Google calendars, and more.
www.learnboost.com
Have a High Flyer day!!!!
Monday, 25 June 2012
Sunday Observer Article, June 24,2012.
Have a High Flyer day!!!
Monday, 4 June 2012
Stipend for teachers
http://iriefm.net/news/headline/temporary-jobs-unemployed-teachers
I wonder why it is that trained professionals are being offered temporary employment in entry level jobs. It is even more insulting that they will not be paid a proper salary but a stipend.
Certainly, there are not enough schools in the island to employ all the unemployed teachers. However, policies and programmes can be put in place to absorb them. This practice of having an overcrowded classroom of 50 students can be solved.
Instead of putting the teachers in jobs they were not trained for they could be placed in the overcrowded classrooms as assistant teachers.
Secondly, the unethical practice of teaching part of the syllabus in class and the rest in extra lessons must stop. Those who cannot afford the extra lessons will get left behind.I know of many teachers who make more in the extra lessons than their monthly salaries from the Education. We must pay close attention to the many ills of the education system.
Have a High Flyer day!!!!
I wonder why it is that trained professionals are being offered temporary employment in entry level jobs. It is even more insulting that they will not be paid a proper salary but a stipend.
Certainly, there are not enough schools in the island to employ all the unemployed teachers. However, policies and programmes can be put in place to absorb them. This practice of having an overcrowded classroom of 50 students can be solved.
Instead of putting the teachers in jobs they were not trained for they could be placed in the overcrowded classrooms as assistant teachers.
Secondly, the unethical practice of teaching part of the syllabus in class and the rest in extra lessons must stop. Those who cannot afford the extra lessons will get left behind.I know of many teachers who make more in the extra lessons than their monthly salaries from the Education. We must pay close attention to the many ills of the education system.
Have a High Flyer day!!!!
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Whats so surprising?????
http://gma.yahoo.com/california-student-relationship-teacher-moves-sexual-assault-arrest-131605656--abc-news-topstories.html
Young lady you really needed a wake up call.18 years old is sooooooooooo!!!!! far from a 17 year old minor. I hate to see these bizarre relationships being plastered in the media.
Young lady you really needed a wake up call.18 years old is sooooooooooo!!!!! far from a 17 year old minor. I hate to see these bizarre relationships being plastered in the media.
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Why the Fuss?
http://www.televisionjamaica.com/Programmes/SchoolsChallengeQuiz.aspx/Videos/16873
Now I certainly do not see any reason for any teacher to object to the Teaching Act. Teachers are demanding more salary and of course want to be on par with the salaries of those in the private sector who perform similar duties.
Do you they have any idea of how highly selective some of those private sector jobs are. Some of these persons have to submit police record (likewise at High Flyer), do actual tests and not one but two interviews.
For too long it has been too easy to jump into a teaching position.If it is that we are serious about it being an upstanding profession we must have some rules and guidelines.
Now I certainly do not see any reason for any teacher to object to the Teaching Act. Teachers are demanding more salary and of course want to be on par with the salaries of those in the private sector who perform similar duties.
Do you they have any idea of how highly selective some of those private sector jobs are. Some of these persons have to submit police record (likewise at High Flyer), do actual tests and not one but two interviews.
For too long it has been too easy to jump into a teaching position.If it is that we are serious about it being an upstanding profession we must have some rules and guidelines.
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Changing Education Paradigms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=player_embedded#!
If after you have watched this video, you want to start your toddlers off with home schooling give us a call. Early-childhood foundation is the key. Not all children at the same age are at the same level why sing ABC and colour all day, when they are capable of blending letters, and making their own colouring book. Just an observation.
If after you have watched this video, you want to start your toddlers off with home schooling give us a call. Early-childhood foundation is the key. Not all children at the same age are at the same level why sing ABC and colour all day, when they are capable of blending letters, and making their own colouring book. Just an observation.
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