Yesterday I mentioned that two teachers, though each with 5 classes, are certainly not sharing an equal work load if one has 2 preps and their colleague has four preps. That seems pretty clear. There are still many other factors, perhaps not so clear to most, that make this idea of 'equal is equal' a fools errand!
Let's say a Social Studies teacher is teaching any unit; the Civil War, Civil Rights or any other one. Another department member is teaching the same unit at the same time. The background of each staff member may be very different. One person may have a very rich history on the Civil War including doing their Master's Thesis on some aspect of the conflict. The other staff member may have a cursory background on the Civil War.
Though we want some commonality, it is simply impossible to completely replicate what is taught and how it is taught. It may come close but the idea that the teachers can make things 'equal' from one teacher or class to another is not achieveable. It stands to reason then that the students are going to have a different experience.
Far more important to examine and achieve is the idea of equity and what I refer to as a 'qualitative' experience.
Dick
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