The 09/18/11 Sunday edition of the Wausau Daily Herald has the first article of a series on the need for an overhaul of the area school teacher evaluations. Here is a link to first article. Links to the rest of the series will be posted as they appear in the Daily Herald.
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http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110919/WDH0101/109190393/Grading-Our-Teachers-Job-evaluation-reform-gains-traction?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
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I keep reading all of this nonsense in the ADJ from jealous individuals that bash teachers and their salaries, but I don’t hear them whining about the salaries of bankers, car mechanics, insurance salesmen, doctors, lawyers, etc. etc. etc. Oh thats right, as tax payers, they pay my salary. B.S. Who pays their salaries? And who evaluates the work that they do?
@Gimmeabreak. Did you even read the article ?
“WEAC proposes that teachers be judged not only by administrators, but also by a panel that includes peers. Those who are found lagging would be given three years to improve. If they don’t, they would be fired”.
3 YEARS TO IMPROVE BEFORE THEY GET FIRED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously? most employees get 30 days to improve before they get fired. The current public educational system is broken, outdated, protected and pampered by their powerful union, and needs to fixed. Per the article, quality teachers know it and even acknowledge the system is broken and needs to be fixed.
Beside the teachering profession, who has tenure? Name one profession outside of teaching that an employee cannot be fired because they reached tenure. Tenure promotes poor performance because teachers know it doesn’t matter how good or how bad of a job they do, they can’t be fired.
Get real.