Yeshiva Sanity: Early Childhood Conference

Friday, March 9, 2012

Early Childhood Conference

On Monday Moriah, Noam, BPY & Yavneh will not have pre-school classes because of the Early Childhood Development conference. If you calculate how much each school spends per day per child, based on 170 school days and 60 kids each in pre-k and Kindergarten just giving the day off is a cost to each schools families of about $10,000. That's in addition to whatever it costs to bring in "experts" to talk to the teachers. Is this really necessary? Can't all the sage wisdom the experts have to offer be put into written form that the teachers can read on their own time?

I'd like to hear from teachers what exactly they learned in these conferences that justifies the cost & why this information couldn't be read in an article & had to be taught at a conference.

I didn't see anything on YNJ's website about it. Can someone confirm that they are not participating? It would be nice to see some signs that "groupthink" hasn't completely infected every school.

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TIm · 681 weeks ago

The company I , in excess of $9billion per year in revenue) has days dedicated to development at a minimum of once per quarter. These training allow us to be better at what we do. Don't we want the same for the people teaching our children?

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TIm · 681 weeks ago

The company I work for (publicly traded with revenue in excess of $9 billion) takes regular work days and dedicates them to employee training and development. This training and development takes place a minimum of once a quarter (and is sometimes 2 to 3 days in length) and takes us away from our core responsibilities (which still need to get done).

These trainings allow us to be better at what we do. Don't we want the same thing for the people teaching our children?

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Miami Al · 681 weeks ago

How many CPAs (in tax) will have a training day in early April? How many retailers would close their stores and train staff between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Cyclical businesses plan their training, as much as possible, for slow periods.

Schools are cyclical, full boat 8 months, closed for 4 months. You could do all the training you want during Yeshiva week, Summer vacation, etc.

It is totally ridiculous to do it during normal school hours.

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