Week 12: A Week in the Life of a Part-Time Teacher

1. I think that the reason the teacher was "acting like an ass" was most likely because they were going through the same problems that Claitor was, but that gives them no right to act that way.
a). One thing that they could do is get all of the students' work schedules and be aware of the things they have to deal with in their lives on a daily basis. Then, you could show that to the head of the school and try to make them realize that these students need this schooling and deserve it because they are trying so hard.
       i). I think that if the teachers and students sat down and wrote out the schedules and their other life issues, then presented it, it would be easier to make them understand. And with giving them their schedules, they could work out a time for them to go that fit their schedule.
b). Another thing that they could do is have online classes. Teachers could put all of the material on a website and the students could go there whenever they had time and could do their work and send it in over the computer. If they had questions, they could Skype the teachers, because that is what they do sometimes at UL.
       i). There would be many complications of that, though. Sometimes the internet would be down, or they might not have enough time in their day to get the work done, the teacher might not be available to get onto Skype if the student has a problem, and some students might not even have computers or be able to afford internet.

2. It affects her students because they trust her and feel comfortable with her teaching them. With the example she gives of a student being upset when finding out that she won't be able to teach the next class he's in, it shows that they look forward to going to her class and learning from her and when you're that comfortable, you will open up and want to learn more and that benefits the students if they have a teacher like that.

3. a). One change they would make would be to keep the teacher, Claitor, around.
i). I think it would work out fine. If it worked in the past, it should still work now. Claitor would be getting paid, and the college would also still be getting paid because of the students attending.
b). Another thing they could propose would be to possibly have more classrooms.
i). This change would probably cost more money, though. Which would cause the students to end up paying more to attend because the school would have to pay for a new classroom. It would also take a long time to build onto the school, which results in the students not getting their learning in quickly enough.

4. The main problem was that the department heads had been fired. That caused a lot of chaos in the school when she returned for the summer semester. Another cause might have been money. The school might not have been making enough money to pay the department heads to stay or maybe the department heads wanted more money than the school would give them. But, Claitor also stated that when she returned, she found out that two more subs had been hired. So, they obviously had the money to pay the department heads.

5. The teachers, because they are having to double up classrooms.
The students, because they are losing the teachers that they are comfortable with and learn the best from and they aren't being able to learn when they need to for certain jobs.