Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

This collection includes 101 color cartoon images from Teaching Old Logs New Tricks.

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Slumberville

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a group of 5 people sitting in front of an audience at a curved table. The sign on the front of the table is labeled, "Slumberville School Board." The man on the far left side of the table says, "We need staff who can make decisions and accommodations on the spot for students with disabilities in regular classes." The woman next to him says, "...and they have to be adept at dealing with challenging behaviors." The man in the center says, "And they must be proficient in teaching core academics." The woman on his other side says, "...and life skills too!." The woman on the far right says, "...and we hope to accomplish this by hiring a small army of untrained paraprofessionals at $7.00 dollars and hour." The tag line reads, "If you need staff with the skills of teachers and special educators, maybe you need to hire teachers and special educators."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Word Problems

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a document labeled, "Mediation Exam." It reads, "27. During a one-hour meeting, if a parent speaks about her child's educational needs at 120 words per minute and a professional listens to 83 of those words per minute while simultaneously scanning 6 pages of the students file, how many years will if take for them to understand each other?" There is a hand with a pencil coming from the right side of the panel getting ready to write in the answer. The tag line reads, "Word Problems."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Band-Aid Approach

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a woman with short blonde hair and purple dress on the left side of the panel. She is a teacher. She is holding a green binder talking to a person-sized Band-Aid who is a paraprofessional. The teacher says, "Here's the deal: we've got lots of kids, too many who need extra help, too much paperwork, not enough planning time, and extensive staff development needs. Thank goodness you're here! Our problems are solved!" The Band-Aid responds, "I'll do what I can, but I can only do so much." The tag line reads, "Band-Aid Approach: Are we expecting too much of instructional assistants?"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Fish

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows a seafood market with a fish monger selling fish to a woman with a shopping cart. The tag line reads, "Supported employment lesson #6: Give a person a fish and that person eats for a day. Teach a person to work and that person can buy fish any day!"
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks

Helping hands

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Creator: Giangreco, Michael F., 1956-.
Date Created: 2000
Description: The cartoon shows two teachers talking as they are looking at a shelf that has a gravy boat with two hands sticking up out of it. One woman says, "What's with the mannequin hands in the gravy boat?" The other responds, "They're to remind me of the distinction between my role as a teacher and my assistant's role." The tag line reads, "Classroom Assistants: Expect an extra pair of helping hands. The other great things they do are gravy."
Parent Collections: Absurdities and Realities of Special Education, Teaching Old Logs New Tricks