Yet the call -
up of a single teacher can alter the lives of a classroom full of students in ways few have imagined.
In addition to student test scores not being solely the
product of a single teacher, the test itself is not a good way to measure student performance.
But it would be incredibly difficult and complex to link the performance of a class of pupils to the teaching and
performance of any single teacher since so many other teachers and teaching assistants, as well as the head, and culture of the school all play a part inside school.
Let me give you an example of how merging school districts in one Erie County town could result in millions of dollars in savings without the closing of one school or the
layoff of a single teacher, teacher's aide, janitor or other direct educator to children.
Globally, we now know that ``... because principals can have an impact on student achievement, improving the quality of school leadership is more important than improving the
quality of a single teacher's practice.»
A recent spate of articles and education blogs brings encouraging news of research showing that standardized test scores are an unreliable way to measure the
effectiveness of a single teacher.
Value - added analysis built around the
model of a single teacher leading a class of 25 students might make it impossible for schools to pursue more personalized instructional models, or models in which a team of professionals is responsible for raising achievement.
In its first year, however, the Desert Trails Special Ed program
consisted of a single teacher, Special Education Coordinator Tina Fryberger, and a sole classroom aide.»
Caputo - Pearl's case — ostensibly, a simple
transfer of a single teacher — embroiled the top leadership of both the district and the union, United Teachers Los Angeles, and brought protesters by the hundreds to two successive school board meetings.
· The notion that the success or failure of an individual student rests solely on the
shoulders of a single teacher is both misguided and contrary to what we know about good practices in schools.
One of the reasons blended learning holds great promise is that it magnifies the
impact of a single teacher who is responsible for many students at different stages of readiness for learning.
They may also be appropriate for schools characterized by a high degree of staff cohesion, in which teachers work collaboratively to improve student learning and it is difficult to isolate the
performance of a single teacher.
And the focus is on all - school traditions, not
those of a single teacher.