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8/30/07 Rick -- I can empathize with you. There was a period when I started my mornings at Coors at 4:00 am when I was a project engineer and engineering manager. However, my responsibilities weren't as important as yours -- the education of our children and the spirit of your staff. As part of the STE proposal, CCEF has committed to help teachers free-up more time for high-value-creating activities, e.g. all the items you listed below. What about having a Saturday morning brain-storming session on this sometime? That is if you and other relevant people can afford the time. Jim Leonard

8/30/07 Jim -- The debate is interesting and echoes what I've heard feared in our district. I'm still trying to figure out how to work STI at Georgetown -- and now from a brand new administrator's point of view. The biggest limiting factor I see right now is teacher and administrator time. I want to do all this great training and implement technology, but my teachers are gasping for any spare minutes I can give them to plan and do their jobs for the student tomorrow. I personally am trying to manage what feels like a hundred balls in the air at once. Maybe my administrator (and teacher) time will be mitigated when I (and they) have more experience under my belt. However, that begs another question -- the length of time both a teacher and administrator are in one place or teaching one subject. Rick Winter