----- Original Message ----- From: <marlenegay@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Getting a gmul for teaching the new Lit MOdule Do you realize that it's a 3 hour (or more) frontal lecture (from 5 to 8 PM) a week with a paper/project to write and submit for a grade at the end of it?! Is the course for 3 months or longer? Enjoy, Marlene Judy wrote: > Dear Bagrut teaching Etniers, > Loath as I am to unleash a Pandora's box, I feel I must nevertheless > broach a subject that, unless I have missed it, has not to date been > "brooched"! > We are being urged to do courses to train us to teach the New Lit. Module, > presumably with a gmul hishtalmut (2 hours) : fair enough. BUT, what about > the actual teaching of the module itself? It sounds to me that the > implementation is going to create far more work for teachers than we have > at present - and - heaven knows there is no shortage of it now, what with > all the "special cases" ( accomomodations such a, oral testing, making > cassette tapes etc.) for which we DO NOT GET PAID. > My question is: Are we supposed to grit our teeth and knuckle down to even > greater demands being made on us English teachers with no extra > recompense? > Have I been missing something? Will teachers of Module F and Module D in > the year 2010 be awarded extra gmulei bagrut? > Pleae enlighten me if anyone has heard anything mentioned on this topic. > Because English teachers are notorious freierim and it is high time we > started to look after our interests. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------