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Originally Posted by Sport Psych
My guess is that your experiences have been working with LAUSD, correct? If so, I can see why you'd be jaded... LAUSD is one of the most egregious examples of bureaucratic bloat that you'll find anywhere in the world. The good news is that virtually all other school districts across the country are much easier to navigate (and are much less likely to stifle teacher creativity/flexibility).
Do you mind me asking where you worked on your credential? Was it National University?
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I worked on my credential at one of the Cal State Universities. I haven't been exposed to LAUSD, but I've heard horror stories. Its a combination of the State beaurocracy and the No Child Left Behind Act that I think has really limited teachers, not only in what they teach but they're forced to race through material at an unrealistic pace. The teachers union doesn't help. Listening to the union representative clinched my decision not to be a teacher. The talk was about manipulating the system for everything from abusing IEP's to get aids in your classroom and how to get a child labeled with a learning disability to the unemployment scam to using union lawyers to get tenure. The union representative spent less than five minutes out of a four hour lecture talking about educating students. There would be a lot more money available for teacher salaries and the classroom if the union was gone tomorrow.