NYC Public School Parents: Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17

NYC Public School Parents: Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17:

Teacher Evaluation Forum on April 17

by Leonie Haimson

Teacher Evaluation Nightmare !
          a forum on testing,teacher evaluations and our schools 

Tuesday, April 17 at 5:30 PM

Murry Bergtraum High School Auditorium

411 Pearl Street, Manhattan

(Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall Station 4,5,6 -Fulton Street Station 2,3 - ChambersStreet Station J)

Come to a Meeting to Discuss: Why are the new teacher evaluations badfor teachers, students, and families?

How can we organize to change them?

Speakers: Carol Burris:  L.I. Principal, one of the co-authors of the principals’ letter against evaluating teachers by       student test scores, which has been signed by nearly 1,400 New York principals. Leonie Haimson: parent activist and  Exec. Director of Class Size Matters   Gary Rubinstein: Math teacher at Stuyvesant High School and critical analyst of the Teacher Data Reports Arthur Goldstein:  E.S.L. teacher and  chapter leader at Francis Lewis High School in Queens

Come hearspeakers  explain how the new evaluations will work and the implicationsfor students, teachers, families, and education.  Join the discussionof how we can organize to change the final outcome.

Co-sponsoredby: Grassroots Education Movement, Class Size Matters, and Parents AcrossAmerica 

  For more information, email gemnyc@gmail.com