Kristy Morrison holds a meeting with other teachers at Galileo Academy to discuss how to support student plans for a day of action against school budget cuts in California.

This is the drawing of the week for April 6-12, 2008.

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Patrick Delaney, for whom I am the substitute librarian, hosted brunch for current and former student helpers. Melodie got him a little Christmas tree and we all decorated it with drawings on paper.

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The Ultimate Effective Classroom has:

"Effective, passionate teachers who believe that ALL kids can achieve,"
and who have the:
"Desire to Achieve and the Tools to do so: books, confidence - belief, problem solving skills, food for energy, supportive parents, effective teachers, critical thinking skills."

This picture is a close-up of The Ultimate Effective Classroom - a collective vision of a fantasy classroom.

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Andrew Vai gives a workshop on depression to students in Galileo High School's Peer Resource's class. Drew is a recent graduate of Balboa High School and is now an intern with the peer resources program while also working at the Samoan Community Development Center and taking college classes.

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Scott Ullman, training coordinator for the Foundation Center gave a workshop on "Grant Seeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts" at Oakland City Hall. The Foundation Center always runs quality events.

This is the drawing of the week for October 15-21, 2006.

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At the San Francisco Community School, an elementary school in the Exclesior District, there is no principal, just a Head Teacher. "Head Teachers" serve for three years then return to the classroom.

As a substitute, I brought Lisa's 4th and 5th graders down to the library (in a temporary bungalow - don't get me started) where Tanya taught students about some library procedures before letting them excitedly choose books.

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Keith Hale shows us where to find the "bony landmark" - a spot on our skeletons that tends to stick out - at the top of our spine during an anatomy workshop with the California College of the Arts extended education program. Hale taught the workshop well. Expect future figures on this site to be a little more true to the human form.

This is the drawing of the week for June 11-17, 2006.

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Mr. Spreckles is a student teacher for Ms. Gullotta. He's paying his dues by teaching this English class for free.

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Dennis Kelly drew this picture of me as I drew him at a United Educators of San Francisco substitute teacher meeting. I added the background t omake it a collaboration.

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Dennis Kelly is the president of my union, the United Educators of San Francisco. All the teachers I know were quite happy to elect him as president as the previous union leadership had been just a bit too cozy with the administration.

He spoke at the substitutes meeting about the current contract negotiations, which had just officially reached an impasse. The next step is mediation followed by independent information gathering which will then leave us with the possibility of a strike.

He can also draw. After seeing this picture, he did his own spot-on caricature of me drawing him.

This is the drawing of the week for February 5-11, 2006.

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