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Make Educators accountable
Apr 12 2008, 7:06 AM EDT
Why can't we reward the best teachers with the best pay, move the poor teachers out of the system and hold Principals accountable for school perfomance? Seems every initiative that may drive accountability in education is condemned by Teaching Unions. A teachers performance should be measured by the annual improvement of students within their classrooms. Test all students annually and you can measure the results. Survey parents to get their perspective on teacher performance and school cultures. Cum the annual movement in student performance to measure school results. It's not hard, it's done in business throughout the world every year. Use the results to reward the best - they are the one's who'll make a difference. Use the results to move on those who don't cut it. 2 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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1. RE: Make Educators accountable
Apr 18 2008, 3:29 AM EDT
this would be too difficult to measure - we need to take into account different teaching/learning styles, school resources, socio-economic areas, and a range of other varying factors. a teacher in a public school in a low socio economic area may be just as capable as one in a religious, private, city school, but the results of their students will not show it. teachers should not be penalised for thse factors, nor other students in the classes.
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2. RE: Make Educators accountable
May 1 2008, 9:58 AM EDT
I'd hate to be a teacher of "special needs" or even lower ability students under your scheme. How do you measure the social progress made by these students? There'd be a scramble to teach the best classes or in the top schools to get those monetary rewards - pity those outback schools under your short-sighted scheme. They'd always be understaffed.Typical to see those not working in schools telling how they should be run - just look at the people appointed as education ministers! You're right on one count though. "It" is done in business throughout the world every year - quality is often abandoned in the global striving to produce greater quantities. Let's abandon weaker students, poorer communities even further by trying to attract the best teachers into those more lucrative schools. Easy to see you've had a private-school education and voted liberal. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
