Last night I went caroling. It’s not an activity I do often. But this time there was a twist to it. We went caroling at school board members’ homes. Since we’re still negotiating, we figured we’d spread a little Holiday cheer and make sure that they all got our proposals and latest contract update.
We split into 2 teams. My team had 4 houses to go to and the other had 3. As it turns out, none of our 4 were home. The other group got lucky and caught one. But each member now has a copy of our proposals, from us. Not the district version.
We did sing at the house of one board member. Her husband is a teacher in another district and could appreciate our songs. The clever band director from my school came up with lyrics to some carols. Try them out… they’re kind of fun!
To the Tune of O Tannenbaum:
Initiatives, Initiatives, You steal my time from teaching
Initiatives, Initiatives, You steal my time from teaching
We “Write to Learn,” we “PLC”
We “Mondo” and “5 Steps Easy”
Initiatives, Initiatives, You steal my time from teaching
To the tune of Silent Night:
Special Ed Load
Over Load
I-E-P
Misery
Never ending, no let up in sight
Not effective when time is so tight
Give us time to teach children
Give us time to teach kids
To the tune of Hark the Herald:
Hark, the Herald teachers sing
Dreaming of effective things
Time to teach the kids in class
Class size less than critical mass
We need time to teach our students
We need time to read assignments
We need time to give feedback
Kids come to school to obtain that
Hark, the Herald teachers sing
Dreaming of effective things
To the tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We wish you would cap our class size
We wish you would cap our class size
We wish you would cap our class size
To do kids more good
Quit adding initiatives
Quit adding initiatives
Quit adding initiatives
And let teachers teach
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