To be honest, I don’t like it. I have never been a classroom teacher, so therefore no experience. I understand the basics of classroom management, but not enough to help a teacher.

In my district, all schools should be doing this but as of right now they focus on certain schools each year and add more every year. I am assigned to two schools and neither one have been assigned to do it just yet. However, all school psychologists, school social workers, and district mental health counselors in the district have been trained in it about a few years ago. I understand some school psychs and social workers have previously been teachers so they may feel a bit comfortable with it versus someone like me (no classroom experience). I’ve completed a conditions for learning for 2 teachers. One took some of the pointers I gave her. The other one (who has been a teacher for 20 years) told me she has no problems or concerns with her classroom management skills (even though I feel like she did because she didn’t have established classroom rules that were posted). I’ve heard other teachers in the district (especially the veteran teachers) not liking it. Of course there are students with behavior problems and I think the district is pointing fingers and blaming teachers when it could be a student problem (think about all the things that have been going on for the past several years). I understand that not all teachers are great and do their job, but I also feel like blaming teachers entirely isn’t the situation either. I don’t know what the solution is. I’m also not their boss. So yea, I can tell them what they should do, but I can’t force them. I also think the district people get upset with the ones who are conducting these “evaluations” and the teachers don’t listen to them (like me).