

Thank you, public educators for work

1:54 PM, Jan. 24, 2013  |  Comments
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In the midst of all the criticism heaped upon our Mississippi public schools, let me say, thank you educators for making sure our children have clothes to wear, school supplies and food to eat. Thank you for exercising with them, teaching them music and art, and thank you for coming in early and staying late. Thank you for Super Saturdays and curriculum nights. Thank you for open houses and awards nights.

Thank you for individualizing lesson plans and writing curriculum. Thank you for mentoring children in trouble, serving on IEP committees and sponsoring service clubs and student government. Thank you for grading papers on nights and weekends and learning how to master a whirlwind of technology.

Thank you for completing your student intervention paperwork and teaching abstinence plus or abstinence only. Thank you for completing common and district assessments. Thank you for writing letters of recommendation for college-bound students. Thank you for your charitable donations and for buying a T-shirt from every booster club. Thank you for working with special education students, English language learners, gifted children, socioeconomically disadvantaged children and all those in between. Thank you for coaching teams and attending games, concerts, plays, pageants and academic events to support your students. Thank you for making thousands of paper flowers at homecoming, chaperoning prom and taking up gowns at graduation.

Thank you for the flexibility you have demonstrated in the mastering of the MCT1, MCT2, SATP1 and SATP2 tests, as well as the newly adopted Common Core Standards. Thank you for preparing for yet another teacher evaluation model to judge your performance. Thank you for emailing, calling and meeting with parents. Thank you for home visits and notes of encouragement to your students who become ill. Thank you for before school, during school and after school tutoring.

Most of all, thank you for choosing the profession of public school education in the most challenging state in America.

Wayne Rodolfich

Pascagoula School District, Superintendent

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