Not exact matches
This line of argument suggests that eliminating what the California judge
called «über due process» for
teachers will lead to increased
dismissals of incompetent
teachers.
The LAUSD Board will hold a special closed session on Tuesday, December 4 to confer with its legal counsel about the Doe v. Deasy case and to discuss labor negotiations: Board Members Monica Garcia and Tamar Galatzan will also introduce a resolution
calling on state legislators to change «the lengthy, expensive [
teacher]
dismissal process required...
One of the historical failings of
teacher evaluation systems in the United States has been their reliance on the school principal alone as the person expected to observe
teachers, mentor beginners, coach those who need help, document concerns and support processes for those who struggle, and make the final
call on whether to recommend
dismissal based on the assembled record.
One of the failings of
teacher evaluation systems in the United States has been their reliance on the school principal alone as the person expected to observe
teachers, mentor those who struggle, document concerns and processes, and make the final
call on whether to recommend
dismissal.
This week, The 74's Matt Barnum looks at the national push to improve
teacher quality — specifically, the Obama administration's
call for states to «evaluate individual
teachers and tie those evaluations to pay, tenure, promotion and
dismissal decisions.»
The proposal, which was prompted by the scandal enveloping the Los Angeles Unified School District over the long career of former Miramonte Elementary School
teacher Mark Berndt, who now faces 23 charges of what the law politely
calls lewd acts upon a child, arose the ire of the two unions because it would have allowed school districts to suspend
teachers accused of alleged sexual and substance abuse crimes without pay and allowed
dismissals to be presented before an administrative law judge instead of the usual three - person panel of the state's Professional Competence commission that is largely slated in favor of NEA and AFT.