Assorted Stuff for Junior High School Teacher

It's worthwile considering Assorted Stuff's post, Teaching Creativity, in light of the Junior High School Teachers concern that she's not allowed to use her own creativity or promote creativity in individual students. The Junior High School Teacher writes:

Last year I threw out almost every thing I'd ever created to teach from the red textbook from Holt. I kept to the schedule, even when it made no sense. I spent at least one class period a week on spelling, because that's the area administration decided upon which we would focus. More than halfway through the year, the English chair decided we would adopt the Sheri Henderson way of teaching writing, and we had no say in that decision. So, yet again, I threw out something (this time, something not even well-tried) for the newest "solution."

I think all good teachers recognize the importance of creativity.