LAUSD’s REVAMPED TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM GETTING MIXED GRADE
Teachers are finding value in the new evaluation system as it rolls out, but administrators doing the reviews complain about how time-consuming they are.
BY TERESA WATANABE AND STEPHEN CEASAR, LOS ANGELES TIME3 | SHTTP://LAT.MS/10BCBVS
Eduardo Solorzano, principal of San Fernando Middle School, has taken part in the pilot program for L.A. Unified's new teacher evaluation program. He lauds some aspects of the new system but, like other principals, frets over how time-consuming the process is. (Kirk McKoy, Los Angeles Times / June 20, 2012)
November 25, 2012 :: Third-grade teacher Kelly Vallianos wanted to find an engaging way for her students to learn about measuring perimeters. One idea — to have students design a restaurant floor plan — was too difficult, she feared.
But with the help of colleagues, she found a way to tailor that fifth-grade idea to her younger students at Dominguez Elementary School, who excitedly sketched out an imaginary pizzeria.
Vallianos credits the Los Angeles Unified School District's new teacher evaluation system for sparking deeper and more collaborative conversations with administrators, who she said gave her ideas to make the lesson work.
The district's new performance reviews have come under fire by United Teachers Los Angeles, which opposes