Re: [LM_NET] Vent: Hours Cut - and to all on thin ice (most of us)

[Melissa Techman <mtechman@K12ALBEMARLE.ORG>]

I found out 3 weeks ago I will have a job next year at my school. I really
think that when it comes to advocating for schools:
ALA hasn't succeeded.
WE alone can't do it.
Studies and testimony can't do it.
So what works?
Besides doing your best and supporting learning and making sure you are
visible in that capacity?
Parents and taxpayers - network them, befriend them, include them, organize
them - and plan ahead because many of us will need them.
If you can show up with a big petition or 200 parents at a school board
meeting, you may get results.
Just because WE value ourselves doesn't mean that administrators will
support us in this economy. Oh and also, read what Doug Johnson says on this
and every subject....
IMHO (tep),
Melissa


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Melissa Techman, MLS
Teacher/Librarian & Curriculum
Technology Integration Partner
Broadus Wood Elem. School
185 Buck Mtn. Rd.
Earlysville, VA 22936
434-973-3865
mtechman@k12albemarle.org
Twitter: @mtechman

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