[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: T.E.R.M. Paper: Face Time

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T.E.R.M. Paper: Face Time
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1226112102.shtml


   [cooltext_TERM.jpg] Teachers are the focal point of my T.E.R.M. paper.
   A commenter asked, am I talking the basics like English and
   Mathematics? Social studies and Art? Special education? Sports? Where
   do I draw the line?
   Good question, but not one to be answered here. All of those subjects
   are important, but that's a subjective assessment at every level. For
   my project, I don't think it matters that much because the union
   contracts are such that the district spends about the same for all
   subjects, at least during the 6+ hour prime time.
   No, I think the place to start is with time, the student's time, from
   the time stepping on the bus in the morning to the step stepping off
   in the afternoon. I call it "face time." I want to know who at any
   given minute is in charge of the student and what service is being
   performing. That will be the bus driver at times, a playground
   supervisor at other times, but mostly, teacher time.
   This fits my "sales and sales supporting" dichotomy I presented in my
   first post. Just as the salesperson at Dayton's was the predominant
   point of customer contact, so is the teacher the predominant point of
   contact with the student - the customer, if you will.
   So what I need to put together is the answer to "how was your day at
   school?" - one minute at a time.