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On MSNBC, Michele Borba, “Educational Psychologist”, says teachers should be in the halls to herd kids into their classrooms. Well, how do you do all the things you are required to do like: write your Aim, Agenda, and Do Now instructions on the board, put your materials where they need to be (remember – most teachers do not have their own classrooms – they are coming into the classroom at the same time as the students), set up your overhead and/or unlock the calculators or set up any other equipment you’ll be using for the lesson, oh and also keep your eyes on the students who are inside the classroom (you are responsible for the students’ safety when they are in the classroom) – when you are STANDING OUT IN THE HALL?
Borba is completely illogical and she is either being disingenuous and simply spouting a party line that does not support teachers, or my guess is she couldn’t teach her way out of a paper bag.
Also, is it efficient and economically responsible to pay people who hold master’s degrees (and sometimes even doctorates) to act as hall monitors, when they have been hired to perform educational tasks – you know, like TEACHING?
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