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Monday, June 17, 2013

Ed Notes Online: Burris, Kaufman, Eterno etc. Shake the Tree on John King/Mulgrew Pro-Eval

Ed Notes Online: Burris, Kaufman, Eterno etc. Shake the Tree on John King/Mulgrew Pro-Eval:

Burris, Kaufman, Eterno etc. Shake the Tree on John King/Mulgrew Pro-Eval

Where is the UFT on this?  It looks like they are too busypraising Dr. King's new evaluation system to have noticed any flaws.  UFT President Michael Mulgrew said: "The commissioner's plan is professional and fair and is designed to help teachers improve their skills throughout their careers."  ... James Eterno, ICE blog, NEW TEACHER RATING MATH: EFFECTIVE ON TESTING + EFFECTIVE ON OBSERVATIONS = INEFFECTIVE OVERALL

Even an experienced UFT leadership basher like me is astounded at the continued perfidy of the leadership which has reached beyond Vichy comparisons with their cheer leading for the John King tenure ending plan.
While the ink is drying on John King’s decision and our Union touts how great Danielson is as an evaluative tool it is becoming clearer just how much our current contract was changed without a single vote from one of our members... Under 8E of our contract a lesson plan is for the use of the teacher. Who knows what we gave up to get this provision in our contract but it was important