[Winona Online Democracy] I am always impressed by the way the Education Association always is able to remove accountability from their membership either by diverting the issue of "their individual competence to deliver education in a manner each student can learn" into to the testing or not testing of students (to arouse parents) and to the need to eliminate their membership from supervision (eliminate administrators). When will we allow supervisors (building Principals) the authority and with it the responsibility to provide teacher evaluations and "only with their approval" grant all pay raises, bonuses, hiring and firing responsibility. That, in my opinion, starts the process of accountably and professional management. The roll of Central Administration then assures that the Principals are fair, professional and truly accountable for what is taking place in their buildings and that district policy is uniform on all campuses. Central Administration responsibility is to evaluate the Principal and approve or freeze their compensation based on the results of what is taking place in that school. Time on a job should have no reward unless it is tied to corresponding achievement. The School Board then has the responsibility to evaluate the Superintendent's leadership and the results achieved. They then, can look to the future, not move from one crises to the next. Paul Double [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
