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In Survey, Many Polk Teachers Pan County "Learning Focused" Program

These comments about the Learning Focused Strategies program were made by teachers answering a survey by their union, the Polk Education Association.

"The reason I am able to have a positive outlook about LFS, planning, etc., is because my principal and assistant principal actually understand the LFS process. The key is the effectiveness of the administration."

"In my training, we were told by the facilitator that LFS is for middle-class students. Most of Polk County is not middle class."

"I believe that not having to do LFS would help me in the classroom. I am a veteran teacher, three times Teacher of the Year and my family (members) have been teachers in the county since the 1900s. All the intimidation, workload, low pay and working conditions have driven fabulous educators to retire early or want to leave this county and seek employment somewhere else."

"The implementation of LFS has added a great deal of time and stress to all of the teachers at our school. Lesson plans and keeping up with the boards is very frustrating. We are given very little training and then are criticized for noncompliance. I never heard words of encouragement, only criticism. As a result, I am doubting myself as a teacher and am currently looking for other means of employment."

"These LFS boards have to much information on them and are too overwhelming for the teachers and students to even look at. I can't even imagine how an ESOL or ESE student feels looking at them. They cause me anxiety!"

In two separate surveys, many teachers stated earlier this year that the School District should end its contract with Learning Focused Strategies.

In one survey — done by district officials — many school based-employees responded that Learning Focused should be cut as part of the solution to budget challenges. In it, 98 respondents suggested that contract be ended. The district said it was unknown how many total responses it received to the survey nor how many employees received it.

And in the other survey — done by the teachers union, the Polk Education Association — more than 100 teachers said the program was ineffective and too much work. In the union survey, 2,099 out of 6,801 teachers responded.

"This is the first year ­implementing it (Learning Focused) at our school," one teacher wrote in the union survey. We are not, and never were, a failing school. Now, the entire school is in complete chaos. There was a time when I went to work with a positive attitude, knowing that I was making a difference.

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