Each year an IOTY is given to someone that has done something rather silly in education. This year there were a few candidates. My personal favourite is the one most recent.
Currently (as reported in the West) education (teaching) staff are being declined travel requests. The interesting thing is that (on my reading) the travel requests as reported in the West are only related to airline travel.
Not so!
Recent requests for support from head office have been declined because support staff are not allowed to use government vehicles to come to schools. This means that critical support required to examine statistical data and perform professional development within schools prior to the 2013 year is being denied for a few dollars of petrol. These supports onsite are important as they bring together school staff with neutral advisors that can drive critical change and provide confidence to make courageous decisions.
To the person that decided that this is a good idea and changed a good idea (reducing travel where benefits cannot be clearly justified) to a poor idea (trying to save a few dollars and in so doing reducing the effectiveness of teaching programs) deserves the IOTY for 2013.
To the mystery person poorly implementing a good idea... the IOTY goes to you!
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