tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407898.post2097003183884755721..comments2023-10-30T05:10:02.209-07:00Comments on TEACHER SOL: Bargaining for Better TeachingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407898.post-91723758619878960822008-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:002008-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:00Ms. Flanagan,I thank you once again for visiting m...Ms. Flanagan,<BR/><BR/>I thank you once again for visiting my blog and for your kind words. Elizabeth Davis is one of the most dedicated, passionate, most effective veteran teachers in DC Public Schools. She is an excellent teacher leader and she is one of my mentors that I respect and look up to. She has trained me well, with the rest of the DC Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants, and I will never be the teacher that I am today if not because of them.<BR/><BR/>Just like you, I couldn't agree with her more. Indeed, great minds think alike!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420970336566300484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8407898.post-41344521637151049122008-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:002008-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:00I am standing, APPLAUDING Elizabeth Davis' very sa...I am standing, APPLAUDING Elizabeth Davis' very salient questions on raising teacher quality in DC Public Schools--as well as all public schools. They are right on.<BR/><BR/>It is gratifying and encouraging to note that you are using "Measuring What Matters" in your quest to help the education community and policy-makers understand the impact of raising teacher professionalism on student learning and teacher practice.<BR/><BR/>Good teachers want to be responsible for their students' growth and achievement. But they also want to be part of the process that determines what best practice looks like, and what's most effective. <BR/><BR/>I was happy to see that Davis pushes for teacher residency programs, one way to build teacher capacity over the long haul--rather than the "here today, gone tomorrow" programs that bring in new teachers who are not committed to becoming a part of the long-term solution to improving the schools where they work.<BR/><BR/>You have been posting some great things. Thank you.Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.com