[etni] Re: inspectors etc
- From: Judie Segal <eyeorestail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tsuravi@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:12:50 +0300
Dear All (whether you are a student teacher, new teacher, experienced
teacher, counselor, inspector or even just an interested party),
The English Inspectorate has begun what is called Strengthening Partnerships
this year. They are forums which connect teachers, teacher trainers,
inspectors, counselors and other language departments in the country. These
forums were opened in order to allow different populations with similar
goals (language teaching) to be able to openly communicate and share ideas,
curriculums and even their own personal reservations.
They were opened in response to the feelings that teachers had in the field
(not just on ETNI) that they were not being heard. Although the
Inspectorate is very sensitive to feedback from the field, you must remember
that ETNI is not a Ministry forum. Those of you who have written Judy
Steiner or your inspectors personally know that they listen, answer, support
and try to help. However ETNI is not the forum where official answers are
given or even always heard (as Avi Tsur has said numerous times).
I invite you to register for the Inspectorate site (if you have not already
done so, it is at the bottom of the opening "What's New?" page of the site)
so that you will receive updates of what is going on and see lots of helpful
material on the site. This is the Inspectorate's means of communication
with all of you. It is all there on the site, just waiting for you to come
in and see.
I also personally invite you all to join the Teacher-Inspector Partnership
forum. We already have 76 participants within the first week of it being
opened and more are joining everyday. That is very exciting! There has
also been a question posted and an answer from Judy received that you can go
in and read.
Please join us in opening up lines of communication instead of closing
them. There is no reason to fear for your right to free speech, especially
not from the English professional community on any level.
I await receiving your registration forms and the beginning of a new open
line of communication.
Best,
Judie Segal
National Coordinator for Strengthening Partnerships
judiesegalp@xxxxxxxxx
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Avi Tsur <tsuravi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On behalf of myself and my colleagues I do agree with Renee and personally
> thank her for her understanding.
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> I believe that if we are to find solutions to any problem/s it must be in
> the open. Hiding behind walls can lead to a festering wound. If teachers do
> have a problem they are always welcome to communicate with their local
> inspector or on the Ministry site. It is part of our job-description and we
> are all attentive to the field.
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> If I do sound/have sounded abrupt in any of my answers this is mainly due
> to the format of email writing, less official, fast and maybe not always
> clear.
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> I take this opportunity to thank those who have personally written to me
> (and not on ETNI) and want to remind us all that we have the RIGHT to
> express our views without fear
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> Take care and all the best,
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> Avi
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> > From: renew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [etni] inspectors etc
> > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:04:06 +0300
> >
> > Hi All,
> > I have been following the heated HOTS discussions and see that anything I
> had to say about the issue has been said clearly and repeatedly, so I will
> neither state my opinion (most of you already know what it is) nor comment
> on any of those issues.
> > However, there is an aspect about the debate that I would like to comment
> on and I hope it won't raise more heated debate. The issue is that there are
> people out here in ETNI land who seem to feel that they cannot express their
> feelings/opinions about issues that are controversial vs the Ministry. To
> those people I would like to reassure you from my own experience. I have
> always found the English inspectors to be the most understanding and
> sympathetic professionals that any teacher could hope for. They have really
> tough jobs, have an unbelievable burden of work and are dedicated to helping
> their teachers in any professional capacity. In addition, they are just nice
> people whom I am happy and proud to work for. Working for the Ministry, they
> have to tow the Ministry line no matter what their own feelings are, but
> they listen and advise as best as they can. They have absolutely no say in
> issues of payment, but I'm sure their feedback from the field gets to where
> it shoul
> > d get and is respected.
> > I understand why most of them do not write on ETNI nor comment on the
> HOTS issue in this forum. It seems that Avi Tzur is about the only one who
> has taken this upon himself. Regarding his postings on the issue, I'd like
> to remind you that even though at times they might seem to have a rather
> strong tone, the media of email often distorts the message. I have known Avi
> for ages and worked for him occasionally - he is always the most perfect
> gentleman, soft spoken, dedicated, super competent, and professional. That
> description goes for all the other inspectors that I have ever had contact
> with (except substitute 'gentleperson' in the suitable spot).
> >
> > So that leaves the principals and other teachers who read this list. You
> are no doubt aware that principals have little time to read email, and if
> they do, I'd say about 99% will not bother (or just can't) to deal with more
> than 3 lines of English (a sorry but true state of affairs - like most of us
> in Hebrew - right?) So why worry about them? Not to speak of trying to find
> another English teacher if they don't like your opinions.. Then we're left
> with the people on this list. Since most of us are veteran teachers, whom
> are we afraid of - each other? As to the younger/newer teachers, they are
> probably not teaching the matriculation classes yet, and their teaching
> conditions probably couldn't get any worse even if they expressed extremely
> anti-Ministry views!
> >
> > Therefore, I'd like to urge you to fear not, speak up, be heard and let
> the important matters be presented from all sides. That's what ETNI is for,
> isn't it? (Does anyone think I am naive?)
> >
> > Renee Wahl
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