From Steve Brandt's report on the report by the New Teacher Project.
"The report urges that evaluation of teachers be changed. It said
this would make it easier to fire teachers whose poor performance is
documented so they're not passed from school to school, and also to
encourage high performers. It urged better pay, more responsibility
and added educational career paths for the
latter."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/5731649.html
I think that most MPS teachers would welcome a change in the
evaluation process, better pay, encouragement, more responsibility,
added career paths - all the things urged by the report. I doubt that
there would even be much objection to making it easier to fire teacher
whose poor performance is documented.
A point in the report that was not in Brandt's piece is that while
"changes in staffing rules is necessary it is not sufficient." The
report further calls for leadership reform, HR department reforms, and
budgeting and planning improvements.
If the district can find the time and money to implement the
changes, they will be well received. If the changes are attempted
without first putting in the time and money to make the changes work,
there will be significant, justifiable resistance.
I would also be interested in reading about any success stories of
the New Teacher Project; their web site is a little thin on actual
documented accomplishments. http://www.tntp.org/ Do the new recruits
who have avoided the schools of education that they place end up
sticking it out as teachers, or is it merely their 'urban experience'
before moving on to other things? What are their scores on closing the
achievement gap?
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
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