tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post4659348603426774750..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Report cards for teachers: Are they fair?Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-44495330443036600622012-01-14T14:28:36.423-05:002012-01-14T14:28:36.423-05:00First, the linkage between satisfactory teaching a...First, the linkage between satisfactory teaching and graduation rates is not a one channel liniar relationship.<br /><br />The bottom line is that the one formal observation evaluation is not the flaw in this system. When I go into a teacher's classroom for the formal evaluation, it is just a limited portion of what I take into account in my determination of the teacher's effectiveness. All seasoned administrators know you can spin a formal evaluation to say whatever you want. Often times it is the administrator's pre-evaluation observations and antidotal impressions of the teacher, parent and faculty comments, student performance and behavior, etc. which set the tone for what is to become the formal observation instrument. <br /><br />The problem is that some administrators either won't pull the trigger for various personal, social or political reasons. I personally don't understand why some of my colleagues are reluctant to do this but for me, I wish could look at teachers and determine effectiveness which would result in immediate action instead of waiting around for the year to end. Are we really willing to write off an entire classroom of kids for one year because we hired someone in the summer who didn't pan out. Would Toyota keep a line worker in place for months if they knew that the individual was attaching the brake line properly or sealing the gas tank connections in order to complete that year's model production? So if we are willing to do it for cars, why not kids?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com