tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post6023469681856083066..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Cerf and NJDOE: In Way Over Their HeadsDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-52966848323855582942013-05-02T22:30:05.802-07:002013-05-02T22:30:05.802-07:00In Maryland, the state is requiring all districts ...In Maryland, the state is requiring all districts (including the two that did not sign the RTTT application) to make the state NCLB exam (MSA) 20% of a teacher's evaluation.<br />I contacted the state employee in charge of this and asked how did they determine 20% was the best, most effective percentage for determining teacher value.<br /> He said there was nothing to support that or any percentage. He did write back, though, that the MSEA originally proposed 30%.edlharrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052852615803884665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-76428951959570487342013-05-02T17:16:34.949-07:002013-05-02T17:16:34.949-07:00Oh, where to start, where to start... I haven'...Oh, where to start, where to start... I haven't seen much discussion on my totes FAVE parts about our shiny new teacher eval. It's been sooooo much fun being in one of the pilot districts!! It's a party every day!!<br /><br />At first I thought my favorite part was the Danielson "Framework for Teaching" model we're using to judge effective practice. The trainer we had from Danielson was really quite excellent. But as a special ed teacher, I was most interested in the part when she told us that Charlotte Danielson is working on a framework for special ed teachers since her original Framework isn't appropriate for special ed practitioners. But hey--we're using it anyway! Party hardy.<br /><br />But now that we're almost through our pilot, I think my absolutely fave part is the computerized standardized test that gives us this awesome data to measure student growth, which determines our effectiveness and in turn, our tenure and job. It was definitely a total party watching my special ed kids, many with ADHD, have sooooo much fun in the computer lab with 25 screens flashing away all around them, clicking away at all the colorful dots. They loved it so much they clicked through those test items before even I was able to read the questions (not out loud, of course)!! Some of them were just mesmerized by that clock that comes up to tick down the time just before the question times out! They loved clicking on it as they watched it tick away.<br /><br />Yeah, I think all that happy clicking and data it provides--including that SGP that isn't designed to measure the cause of the students' growth (or lack thereof)--upon which soooo much is based, is my new fave part! <br /><br />Am I the only one???Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944318060384221497noreply@blogger.com