Welcome.

We launched our blog in 2008 initially in response to a serious of troubling events that included budget cuts, human resources issues, excessing of teachers and others. It is now April 2010, and these same issues remain, with few solutions in sight: supplies are scarce; there are insufficient educational materials in some departments; safety issues remain; class sizes have not been reduced; technology is not available to those who need it the most; we have students with specialized needs that are not being met – the list goes on. We also have a community of professionals who manage to get the job done anyway – people who have great ideas, strength, compassion and resilience.

We invite all who are part of the CBHS community to make your ideas, experiences and perceptions known here. This is a humble attempt to provide a channel for open communications – a forum for the exchange of ideas and best practices. We encourage you to participate often and invite your colleagues to do so as well.

If you have an issue that you would like us to handle offline, or a post that you would like us to make for you, send email to clarascircle@gmail.com.

We will post series of topical questions to get the conversation started. Scroll through the topics below, as well as the Blog Archive. You are free to post responses under your name, a screen name or anonymously. We do not want to censor any submissions, but unless you are writing about yourself, we ask that you refrain from using full names in your posts. We welcome all suggestions of ways that we can improve this site. Make sure to click on "Comments" at the bottom of each topic, so you can read and respond to your colleagues' entries.

What do you think?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Brilliant Ideas

Got any? What can we do to get CBHS on a better track? How can we make our voices and concerns heard? What can we do to help our students and ourselves succeed? What are you doing that works?
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Good News!

If anybody has some good news, please post it NOW. Morale is at an all-time low; we need your help.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Union

Members of our community have expressed a growing discontent. Is the UFT viable? Is it helping or hurting education? CBHS? Teachers?
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Sexual Harassment

Inappropriate sexual behavior, by word or deed, is not just the stuff of imaginative student journalists. What have you experienced? Witnessed? We hear many stories. Is it time to document a case? What do you think?
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Sexism?

There is growing evidence that a core group of administrators are either not mindful of the differences in behavior they exhibit when interacting with members of the same and opposite sex, or don't care. These same individuals are either being given or are taking too powerful a role in decisions that will have long term effects on CBHS. In a community of professionals who are teaching equity, tolerance, self determination and the celebration of diversity, this is unacceptable. It is especially egregious in light of our demographics.

What have you experienced? What do you think?
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Financial Matters and Fiscal Responsibility

Many of us question and have issues with CBHS's fiscal policies and spending habits. Are there accountability measures in place? Are the individuals who make critical financial decisions and allocations competent to do so? If it were your job, on what would you spend? Where would you make cuts?

What do you think?
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Welcome Invitation

We invite all who are part of the CBHS community to make their ideas, feelings, experiences and perceptions known here – the good as well as the bad. Ours is a humble attempt to provide a channel for open communications – something missing in our day-to-day practices. We encourage you to participate often and invite your colleagues to do so as well. Spread the word.

What do you think? What can we do to make this blog meaningful to you?
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