Restoring Creativity: Given the pressure of constant deadlines and legal mandates, can UTLA do anything to restore room for creativity in our practice?
The deadlines and mandates are not going away any time soon, if ever. Progress toward restoration of room for creativity can be made by UTLA only in the sense that you and your colleagues are UTLA. If you and your colleagues can develop suggestions for changes, along with a rationale for those changes and an argument that they will not damage the District’s ability to be compliant with the law, UTLA leadership can help you try to get those changes implemented. UTLA may help with the development of these suggestions by providing resources to the developers. All groups within UTLA are struggling with this issue. For example elementary teachers are saddled with the Open Court script and pacing plan. Some individuals may have been creative and developed partial solutions. UTLA could help by bringing those individuals together for discussions aimed at wider application of their ideas. For this to happen for psychologists someone in your group must take the initiative.
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