interveiw with veteran teacher

Interview with Veteran Teacher.
Ms. McPhee is science teacher, has been teaching for sixteen years. Her background is in the area of biological research. Her current assignment is Science coach which has been doing for the last two years. Ms. McPhee started her teaching career in the middle school as a science teacher; she was later sent to the region as a curriculum specialist. In 2007 she was sent back into the classroom to teach chemistry for to tenth through eleventh grade students. Her main task was to prepare the eleven grade students for the science FCAT.
Three years later, she became the science coach and the Professional development Liaison. When asked what her thoughts were on education today; she said that teachers are being demoralized by the different laws and bills that linked teacher’s salary to performance. Ms. McPhee had some words of wisdom for me. She said having clear concise lesson plans was one of the most important things for this job. The reason being she said was that it is proof for ones daily activity. It can be used for evidence when a parent conference is called, for the administration when they ask for it and so on. She said that as a teacher you should train the students from day one on what you need from them. She said do not be politically correct. Say it and mean it!
Ms. McPhee said emphatically that I should never allow the work to follow me home, go home to family and them alone. Some of the down sides to teacher she said was staff was being lost economic situation. Many parents she said move away taking their children and thus student enrollment has dropped tremendously. The result of this is that teachers are not needed and will lose their job.