Students May Learn More From Attractive Teachers, Study Says

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

Well, I guess if your students score low on state tests, you'd best take a long look in the mirror!

And, we aren't talking about the figurative mirror, where you examine your methodology...

...we're talking about the break-me-and-you'll-have-7-years-of-bad-luck mirror!

So...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? If said mirror answers back: "It's John/Jane Doe down the hall...", well, you'd best take out a loan and get thee to a plastic surgeon! Consoling yourself with idioms like "beauty is only skin deep" ain't gonna make it when the district publishes its rubric on teacher physical appearance:

On a scale of 1 to 10, how easy is your teacher on the eyes?

If you ain't a 10 or close to it, well, maybe you need to consider a career change...

...to something less visible!

Maybe Billy Crystal had it right, in his Fernando's Hideaway sketches on Saturday Night Live:

"It's better to look good than to feel good."

So...

When it's time for your next evaluation and you have your post-observation conference, it is permissible for your eyes to glaze over as the principal drones on about your competency at...

...creating a positive learning environment, promoting developmentally appropriate standards of behavior, maximizing instructional time, planning of instructional content, planning instruction to cognitively engage students, selecting appropriate assessment strategies, implementing instructional content, leading students to construct meaning and apply new learning, assessing student learning, providing feedback to students and adjustments to instruction, engaging in continuous professional learning, collaborating to develop and sustain a professional learning environment, working with colleagues, students and families to develop and sustain a positive school climate, blah, blah, blah...

...but, keep an ear open for the magical phrase that will make your heart go pitty-pat and insure that you will receive a rating of EXCELLENT:

"You look mahhhvelous!"

POSTSCRIPT:

Burning the midnight oil...

...preparing lesson plans, grading papers, etc.

Forgetaboutit...