Chalk Notes

-A good teacher can make a impact on a students life
-The film follows a few teachers with their new set of students
-One of the teachers has just begun his teaching career-history teacher
-Mrs Reddell: first year assistant principal
-Mr. Stroope-3rd year history teacher
-Coach Webb 2nd year P.E.
-A administrator runs through some changes Mr. Stroope needs to work on- including sarcasm
-A few of the classrooms are a bit reckless and unorganized, especially the new history teacher
- He tries to gain respect from his students
-The schools seems like they lack the resources to help the students and teachers
-Webb tries to enforce the rules to keep the students from ignoring authority
-Webb usses a technique that gets her students get involved and want to participate
-Some of the teachers express their feelings and concerens; including what they could adjust their teaching methods.
-Mr. Stroope finds out that some of the faculty is taking school supplies for personal use, in which he tells them that it needs to stop. They are no better than some of the students they teach and need to be good role models.
-The new teacher is having a hard time with his first year; his classroom has a hard time taking him seriously and can't gain their respect
-Mr. Reddell is one of the two teachers for teacher of the year
-The new teacher has a parent teacher conference to discuss his freak out
-Webb tries to convince the assistant principal the importance of attendance and tardiness
-The faculty seems to be as disorganzied as some of the classrooms
-During a teacher of the year debate Mr. Reddell talks about the changes he would make to help the school and teachers
-The students and teacher have a slang spelling bee, which loosens tension between the teachers and students
-The relationship betweent the teachers and students begans to improve, for example, the new teacher participates in freestyling
-The school they teach at resembles your typical American high school