tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post8926136460799649031..comments2021-09-16T18:32:44.019-07:00Comments on Ro Con Rant: Why My Rant About Mark RolewskiKara Lee Culphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119757197064371579noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-28723718157486358742021-07-20T11:31:49.946-07:002021-07-20T11:31:49.946-07:00Mr. Rolewski believes in focusing on the students ...Mr. Rolewski believes in focusing on the students who will make the greatest impact on school grade. He literally says to focus on the nuts you can crack. It doesn't matter if your student gives 110% if that student won't see enough improvement to help school grade. Anyone that tells a teacher to pay less attention to a student based entirely on school grade impact does not have your student's future at heart.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822852866544492172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-14342131853130214232016-04-22T18:16:49.425-07:002016-04-22T18:16:49.425-07:00I've been in his sessions and learning experie...I've been in his sessions and learning experiences for 5 years and the accusations in this article are so irrational and ridiculous sounding that the persons who brought them forward should genuinely be ashamed. StLucieEduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087072265281639951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-85933285836779533632016-04-22T18:15:31.300-07:002016-04-22T18:15:31.300-07:00And his work in St. Lucie has been outstanding in ...And his work in St. Lucie has been outstanding in regard to teacher and leadership growth. He is top notch.StLucieEduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087072265281639951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-90979392819527611892016-04-22T18:14:32.790-07:002016-04-22T18:14:32.790-07:00I agree with your experiences as being professiona...I agree with your experiences as being professional and valuable, Kcbrown. Dr. Rowleski is incredible at helping even the most expert teachers grown in their craft. When teachers are less that successful, they often get angry and defensive when skilled individuals 'call them out.' It is much easier to accuse and attack the person trying to get you to improve than actually put in the work and grow in your work. The accusations are irrational and obviously reaching for attention out of anger.StLucieEduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087072265281639951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-33425826652884948882016-03-30T03:37:45.353-07:002016-03-30T03:37:45.353-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392691100216231586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-52303106199191301462016-03-29T16:30:11.052-07:002016-03-29T16:30:11.052-07:00Mark gets paid to intimidate teachers and put them...Mark gets paid to intimidate teachers and put them down. He is very condescending. He is a bloodsucker who goes into school teachers and milks them out of thousands of dollars. He is nothing but a snake oil salesman. He must have attended Michelle Rhee University.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392691100216231586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-13650958553519216962016-03-29T16:26:01.202-07:002016-03-29T16:26:01.202-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392691100216231586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-18330710047805958452016-03-29T15:41:33.819-07:002016-03-29T15:41:33.819-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392691100216231586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-53358581663815390702016-03-29T15:41:15.935-07:002016-03-29T15:41:15.935-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392691100216231586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-63024954190071391012016-03-01T06:24:13.488-08:002016-03-01T06:24:13.488-08:00He also seems to be a perv:
http://www.gainesville...He also seems to be a perv:<br />http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160229/ARTICLES/160229676/1002/news01?Title=Education-consultant-who-earned-3-000-per-day-terminates-contractConcerned taxpayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567920178558759943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-43033048772924531272016-03-01T06:24:01.616-08:002016-03-01T06:24:01.616-08:00He also seems to be a perv:
http://www.gainesville...He also seems to be a perv:<br />http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160229/ARTICLES/160229676/1002/news01?Title=Education-consultant-who-earned-3-000-per-day-terminates-contractConcerned taxpayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567920178558759943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-90965960642043494562016-02-21T11:17:28.480-08:002016-02-21T11:17:28.480-08:00How about $299,000 contract with St. Lucie? Robert...How about $299,000 contract with St. Lucie? Roberts worked with Mark R. in St. Lucie before Alachua.<br />http://www.boarddocs.com/fl/stlucie/Board.nsf/files/9LVHZU493185/$file/Ro%20Educational%20Signed%20Contract.pdfStLucieTeacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738614905286710101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-57955282657244323522016-01-09T13:54:21.192-08:002016-01-09T13:54:21.192-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kcbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030199170225378221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-88059539541112035882016-01-09T13:52:22.413-08:002016-01-09T13:52:22.413-08:00It sounds like this teacher has a lot of feelings ...It sounds like this teacher has a lot of feelings of inadequacy, most likely not related to Mark Rolewski. If she teaches children from poverty, the best thing she can give them is a good education, which we all know means teaching every hour of every day. I worked with Mark Rolewski quite extensively for 3 years and I know him to be a man of integrity who highly values teachers and spends his life to support teachers. From my many experiences being with him when observing classrooms, his observations about classrooms were always the most nonjudgmental observations. He separates the observation from the person. This teacher may never believe it, because this is her reality, but I assure you that it is true. He may be earning a lot of money. People with a great deal of knowledge about education see his value and pay him, that's not his fault. Kcbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030199170225378221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-45357499504366703872015-11-17T17:33:58.243-08:002015-11-17T17:33:58.243-08:00Interesting.Interesting.Dark Rolewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876944829220159941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-1334697264255592682012-09-17T12:31:07.148-07:002012-09-17T12:31:07.148-07:00Lee County School District in Florida pays Mark Ro...Lee County School District in Florida pays Mark Rolewski over $100,000 (for 25 days work) a year to make motivational speeches to administrators, examine district test data, and make classroom observations. <br /><br />Mark Rolewski influences administrators to influence their teachers to follow a “technically acceptable, but ethically wrong” interpretation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Mark Rolewski advocates that teachers focus on students that will help Lee County Schools in need of improvement make Yearly Adequate Progress (AYP). This may sound like a good idea, until you look under the surface of his method. He breaks the students down into racial subgroups (Black, Hispanic, Asian, White, etc.) and he advocates most instruction to be focused on the students within those groups that can most help bring a school’s scores up. So, that does NOT mean all the Black students or all the Hispanic students get the focused instruction. <br /><br />Mark Rolewski’s model has teachers focus on the students in these groups that have scores that can be increased. Who looses out? Kids that have high scores already and worse kids with the lowest scores, the kids that usually need the most help. This could include students with special needs that score below the “target” threshold. <br /><br />Consultants like Mark Rolewski are gaming the current system to make Lee County School District and other Florida school districts look good according to their data, while advocating the administrators and teachers teach unethically. Hopefully, whether good or bad, merit pay on the table will cause school districts to stop this unethical and expensive practice of paying large sums of money to out of state consultants, like Mark Rolewski to game the system. Instead, pay good teachers what they deserve to teach the kids.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822283171915968922.post-14955774069064498482012-09-17T12:19:58.180-07:002012-09-17T12:19:58.180-07:00Mark is a paid consultant and going into schools, ...Mark is a paid consultant and going into schools, telling teachers how much they suck and how much they can do better...and principals are going goo goo ga ga over him.<br /><br />When he makes his presentations at schools, Mark neglects to mention issues that affect children at home and in school such as poverty, unemployment, illness, death, jail, no mom or dad, and immigration. He shows plenty of graphs and data, but never explains the source of his data. Do you know why? Because it's made up. I think he's a fraud. He only talks about 100% accountability from teachers but never discusses accountability from administration, students, and parents. <br /><br />Mark is telling teachers to work harder, harder and harder. Meanwhile, teachers who work in urban Title 1 schools do not get compensated for it. <br /><br />Mark is making a killing....ripping off the tax payers of Florida. P.T. Barnum was certainly correct! There are suckers born every minute.<br /><br />Florida should pay teachers what they deserve instead of being near the bottom of all state teacher salaries.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com