tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post4982160006232337039..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: The Continuing Humiliation of TeachersDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-81704080341476412832012-02-25T09:46:31.594-08:002012-02-25T09:46:31.594-08:00Anon, of course all assessments are flawed; they a...Anon, of course all assessments are flawed; they all have margins of error. That is not the point.<br /><br />It is INAPPROPRIATE to use an test that is designed to assess STUDENTS as a way to assess TEACHERS.<br /><br />It's that simple.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-53045968369973445452012-02-25T09:43:36.025-08:002012-02-25T09:43:36.025-08:00TIM, Bruce Baker beat you to the idea!
http://sch...TIM, Bruce Baker beat you to the idea!<br /><br />http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/dice-rolling-activity-for-new-jersey-teachers/Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17152011174854784072012-02-25T09:26:51.343-08:002012-02-25T09:26:51.343-08:00Anon,
Opinion? Are you serious? There really is no...Anon,<br />Opinion? Are you serious? There really is no debate about accuracy. The only debate is whether or not accuracy is relevant. You assume the measures are accurate, but no one, not even Cerf will sat that they are.TIMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-26175877563006822082012-02-25T08:42:35.595-08:002012-02-25T08:42:35.595-08:00Teachers are publicly employed workers in an impor...Teachers are publicly employed workers in an important public job. The Legislature put in place a measurement criteria paid for by public tax dollars. It is the height of arrogance to say that these results should be somehow hidden from the public.<br /><br />Jazzman's opinion that they are flawed is just that, his opinion, from someone who on a weekly basis for years has saad that ALL measurmeents are flawed -- while decrying the secrecy of various processes like charter school boards. <br /><br />(shrug) Boy that cried wolf, Jazzman. Transparency is the price you pay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-2913457252736143372012-02-25T07:33:31.616-08:002012-02-25T07:33:31.616-08:00Maybe after each school year teachers should be as...Maybe after each school year teachers should be asked to publicly roll two dice. Those that roll a ten or higher can be deemed "high scoring"; roll a number from six to nine, you are an acceptable scorer, if you rol a five, you are below average and put on probation. If you roll a two, three, or four, and you are counseled out of the profession. But don' t worry, the odds are you will not be fired in any given year. <br /><br />We could save money without the need for Broad Academy consultants (one of who earns almost 1 Million dollars from the NJDOE and state controlled districts that goes to his company FOCAL POINT). Let's just roll dice and save money.TIMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-27808419931707261232012-02-25T07:26:25.541-08:002012-02-25T07:26:25.541-08:00If teacher evaluations are made public, then there...If teacher evaluations are made public, then there should also be public release of evaluations of hospitals, they get my tax dollars too. I also want evaluations released of the military, all of them, they also get my tax dollars. Then there are evaluations of all the lobbyists, governors, past governors, their staffs, nurses, road crews, public workers, and on and on and on... This is discrimination and intimidation and would qualify for protection under the HIB laws. If all you have to be is publicly funded and publicly employed, then let the floodgates open on ALL of them. Otherwise, it's nothing more than distraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-29269625246092775712012-02-25T06:51:11.865-08:002012-02-25T06:51:11.865-08:00Why would publicly funded evaluations of publicly ...Why would publicly funded evaluations of publicly employed teachers not be made public, Duke? <br /><br />You make no sense sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-26999688275520748602012-02-25T06:32:58.266-08:002012-02-25T06:32:58.266-08:00I have no idea how teachers are evaluated in other...I have no idea how teachers are evaluated in other towns, but I work in Newark, and it is hit or miss. I have had years when my principal never once observed me - she just gave me two evals to sign. As they were positive, I signed them! Currently, I have an admin who does come to my room all the time, and also does formal observations. I much prefer this, as we can all use constructive criticism.<br /><br />However, I did receive a letter telling me that whenever we finally get a contract, I will have an increment withheld because of my attendance last year. Last year my son had surgery and recovery for his cleft palate. I could not use FMLA, because it had not been a year since I used it for my time off with his birth and first 2 surgeries. Nice, right?<br /><br />So if they were to release my eval, it would look like I am some slacker who used all her days last year. Yes, my students' parents understood, but it still paints me in an unflattering light.<br /><br />We are repeatedly assured that evals are for US, for our personal and professional development. They are not meant for the public. This is a very disturbing trend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com