Class response to the article "Education: Connecting the Lonely Profession" by Suzie Boss.
According to Boss, "nearly one third of the nation's new teachers bail out of the profession within three years of teaching, citing isolation as one of the top reasons for their early exit."
Similarly, Roland Barth suggests that "too many teachers are still stuck in a grown-up version of parallel play...the self-contained classroom, with the door shut and a piece of artwork covering that little pain of glass."
Do you agree with this view of the teaching profession? Are there contributing factors that create this environment? As leaders, how do we begin to change a culture of isolation to one that is more collaborative among educators?
Monday, June 23, 2008
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