Comments on: Schedules, Politics, and Nightmares http://urbanmusiceducation.org/archives/10 Musings from an urban music educator and technoholic... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Ezell http://urbanmusiceducation.org/archives/10/comment-page-1#comment-22 David Ezell Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:47:47 +0000 http://urbanmusiceducation.org/?p=10#comment-22 Your description of scheduling issues is so interesting. I am a retired teacher, who taught orchestra and a little bit of band for 36 years in South Carolina. We are the least unionized state in the nation, and have none of the union issues you describe. The situation you describe seems much better than the conditions I taught under. I was always asking for the opportunity to give input before the schedule was set, and never got to do so. At the beginning of each school year I would go, wondering whether all of the students who were part of the program would be scheduled for the class. Many times they were not, and two or three times I went to district level administrators to try to get the opportunity to teach my students. It seems to me that the principal stepped in at the right time, giving everyone a chance to influence the outcome, and then mandating a solution when absolutely necessary. It's too bad the art teacher didn't see the big picture. After a certain amount of time she may become more reasonable. Your description of scheduling issues is so interesting. I am a retired teacher, who taught orchestra and a little bit of band for 36 years in South Carolina. We are the least unionized state in the nation, and have none of the union issues you describe. The situation you describe seems much better than the conditions I taught under. I was always asking for the opportunity to give input before the schedule was set, and never got to do so. At the beginning of each school year I would go, wondering whether all of the students who were part of the program would be scheduled for the class. Many times they were not, and two or three times I went to district level administrators to try to get the opportunity to teach my students.

It seems to me that the principal stepped in at the right time, giving everyone a chance to influence the outcome, and then mandating a solution when absolutely necessary.

It’s too bad the art teacher didn’t see the big picture. After a certain amount of time she may become more reasonable.

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