PsyGuy wrote:
> @SIBBSIBB
>
> I assume you are no longer at this IS?

No, they terminated my contract and one of their 4 reasons was what this COBIS woman said. When I questioned it, the Head's reply was, "Hey, well thats what she said." A hard position to defend against.

> @SIBBSIBB
>
> You didnt have to go past idiots, that explains the situation in its
> entirety.
>
> As an aside, even if it was busy work, its academically aligned and
> appropriate busy work. Busy work has become more of a catch all net of
> encapsulating any type of activity that just isnt super awesome and
> engaging in every possible and conceivable way. Learning is not synonymous
> with entertainment or edutainment. Most of the time its just work, and it
> will be that way until we get the point we can literally inject students
> with knowledge.

I 100% agree with what you are saying - if nothing else, teachers can't be expected to deliver the best of all possible lessons all the time. But this really really really wasn't busy work. I thought it was a creative and engaging summative assessment; the students certainly enjoyed it. It irritates me ti this day that this mindless, 80-something old fart who clearly thought she was the shit - in fact, that entire COBIS team seemed to think quite a lot about themselves - gets to make such idiotic and untrue comments about what was a successful lesson.

It says a lot about the school as well. The entire process took a week and was an extended dog and pony show. The lengths admin went to just to get a leg up. The headmaster was actually out one morning dancing and jumping about like a complete ass with the primary students just to make, I'm guessing, the kind of impression the COBIS mob likes to see.

The problem with these COBIS idiots making comments is that there is no recourse unless a complaint is filed. The 80 something senile old tart that observed my lesson, an MYP 1 biology class, took issue with the fact that I had students first create a poster on animal vs. plant cells and then present their posters to the class. The old fart thought it it was busy work.

COBIS did an evlauation of the school I am at and made deragatory comments about me as a teacher to the head of school. I think the comments were wrong but that is beside the point. Is it the remit of COBIS inspectors to evaluate teachers and give feedback to the head of school?