After AB5: Trust, Consensus, Mutual Responsibility
The blog post below is, in a slightly extended version, cross-posted from a piece I wrote for EdSource Today. I’m grateful for the chance to reach some different readers, and now want to bring the discussion over to InterACT. With the upheaval in Chicago as a backdrop, I’m hopeful that California stakeholders and policy makers are in the mood to look for common ground with teachers. One good starting point would be to study the recommendations in the soon-to-be-released ACT report, “Promoting Quality Teaching: New Approaches to Compensation and Career Pathways” – along with the new report from the state’s Educator Excellence Task Force, “Greatness by Design.” Here are some ideas about productive approaches to teacher evaluation reform after AB5.
Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, Sacramento, Jan. 2012 (photo by the author)Last month’s legislative drama involving a teacher evaluation reform bill, Assembly Bill 5 (Fuentes) provided a
Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, Sacramento, Jan. 2012 (photo by the author)