George Parker, president of the Washington Teachers' Union, said he has not endorsed the salary plan. (By Dominic Bracco Ii -- The Washington Post).
It will be in the WaPo tomorrow... what we talked about last Monday at the WTU office with Chancellor Rhee. Red or green?
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UPDATE: For my salary scale, how much is the difference between the tiers? Red ...green...a difference of $20,000 (thanks for the copy). Tempting, really! Would I let myself be under probation because of the money? I just need to see the criteria for a teacher to be qualified for the bonuses. This can't be dependent solely on the students' DC CAS test scores, I believe they know better than this. How would they measure the effectiveness of a teacher? How is this going to be a fair process of evaluation for all teachers (including special ed, related service providers, ESL, music, PE and arts teachers)? I need to see some more details on how they would ask the teachers to demonstrate our high quality professional practice that leads to student achievement...something like this (Arlington Public Schools). I will make sure that I understand the fairness of this process before voting for this new contract.
UPDATE: For my salary scale, how much is the difference between the tiers? Red ...green...a difference of $20,000 (thanks for the copy). Tempting, really! Would I let myself be under probation because of the money? I just need to see the criteria for a teacher to be qualified for the bonuses. This can't be dependent solely on the students' DC CAS test scores, I believe they know better than this. How would they measure the effectiveness of a teacher? How is this going to be a fair process of evaluation for all teachers (including special ed, related service providers, ESL, music, PE and arts teachers)? I need to see some more details on how they would ask the teachers to demonstrate our high quality professional practice that leads to student achievement...something like this (Arlington Public Schools). I will make sure that I understand the fairness of this process before voting for this new contract.
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All teachers will be on a competitive level. If a teacher does not play his game well, he can be eliminated regardless of seniority or tenure. Teaching is really easy, but teaching effectively is the hard part.
All teachers will be on a competitive level. If a teacher does not play his game well, he can be eliminated regardless of seniority or tenure. Teaching is really easy, but teaching effectively is the hard part.
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