At Dinsmore & Shohl, a law firm in Cincinnati, Teresa Grote, the chief information officer, has used SharePoint and other Office tools for projects like setting up a collaborative work space, managing a class-action suit and monitoring accounts receivable.
As skilled as C.E.O.'s must be in management, I wonder if any of them could manage a class of 32 active third graders, keep order, promote learning, teach how to behave and treat others fairly while maintaining his or her sanity in front of the class?
Does he or she have the fundamental personal power to manage a class of antsy, frequently disadvantaged children from many backgrounds?
Facilities do not match enrolment, leading to overcrowded classrooms and high teacher-pupil ratios – a teacher may have to manage a class of 100-plus children for the whole day.
It may have been the case that some teachers were reluctant to admit they were not confident in being able to teach or manage a class effectively; similarly, some teachers might have been unwilling to admit that they saw little value in the goals of the present study.
I could manage a class better, multi-task, take shortcuts, and change direction on a whim, lots of stuff.
In college they teach you how to write a curriculum but they don't teach you how to manage a class of 32 kids.
I felt confident in my ability to manage a class, I was seeing consistent growth among my students, and our state test results reflected this.
