{"id":348,"date":"2012-07-15T15:46:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/new-superintendent\/"},"modified":"2012-07-15T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T15:46:46","slug":"new-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/new-superintendent\/","title":{"rendered":"New Superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things I\u2019m liking about him:<\/p>\n

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From the DaMN (my favorite way to spell Dallas morning news):<\/font><\/p>\n

\u2013 What he expects from parents: \u201cWe want no excuses around three things\u201d : 1) Get their kids to school on time, every day. 2) Have their kids read every day, even if it\u2019s not in English and even if it\u2019s a TV Guide, comic book or cereal box. At every age. 3) Get them to do their homework. Set up a quiet place at home for study, the kitchen table for example.<\/p>\n

DISD Superintendent Mike Miles on finances, teacher pay, top worries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yep, I\u2019ll go with that.<\/p>\n

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\u2013 On whether he expects each teacher\u2019s evaluation grade to be publicly available: \u201cI try to do things that help the education institution, that helps kids. I\u2019m not sure that the public always understands the numbers. \u2026 That\u2019s a lot of information for the parent to absorb. If there\u2019s not a good explanation, data is misused, the teachers get hurt for no reason. \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On of the issues with my numbers, is that my sample size is so small.  I have about a 33% passing rate of students who take the AP exam without taking PreAP.  Sample size of 3.  I have a 100% passing rate of students who take the AP example with taking the PreAP.  Sample size of 30 over 20 years.  Not really useful numbers.<\/p>\n

The thing I don\u2019t like is the expectation of teacher turnover.  I am really proud of the fact that I\u2019ve taught in the same room for 20 years.  However, I\u2019ve changed my curriculum and adapted to my students, and I certainly haven\u2019t taught the same subjects in that room.  I\u2019ve taught:<\/p>\n

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  • AP Computer Science A (three language changes)<\/li>\n
  • AP Computer Science AB (now dead)<\/li>\n
  • Pre AP Computer Science (three language changes)<\/li>\n
  • Computer Science I (two language changes)<\/li>\n
  • Computer Math (now dead)<\/li>\n
  • Algebra I <\/li>\n
  • Geometry<\/li>\n
  • Algebra II<\/li>\n
  • Lots of different type of remedial math<\/li>\n
  • Webmastering<\/li>\n
  • BCIS I<\/li>\n
  • BCIS II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Next year I\u2019ll be teaching:<\/p>\n

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    • AP Computer Science<\/li>\n
    • PreAP Computer Science<\/li>\n
    • Computer Science Fundamentals<\/li>\n
    • Game Programming<\/li>\n
    • Web Mastering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Things I\u2019m liking about him: From the DaMN (my favorite way to spell Dallas morning news): \u2013 What he expects from parents: \u201cWe want no excuses around three things\u201d : 1) Get their kids to school on time, every day. 2) Have their kids read every day, even if it\u2019s not in English and even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kweaver.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}