Thursday, November 10, 2011

Tennessee's Teacher Evaluation

What a mess!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/education/tennessees-rules-on-teacher-evaluations-bring-frustration.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

12 comments:

Rebecca said...

I know, right! This is wearing us all out! A BIG mess, indeed!

oh' boy said...

wow very interesting and SCARY!!! sorry you are having to go through this!!!

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Amanda Kendall said...

Me too! I nominated you for the Sunshine Award. Go check out my post to learn more about it. Thank you for keeping up with such a great blog. ~Amanda @ The Teaching Thief
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Michelle said...

I read this before and what a shock! Seriously who came up with the evaluation plan?? It really looks like there was one level of thought on this and then thrown on whomever and they just drew straws instead of taking the time to plan it out.
I had a class that amazed me last year. They did great in class, with homework, and on projects but so many blundered at tests. I guess I would be a sour apple in the bunch if that is how I was evaluated!
I really feel for those being evaluated on a subject they don't even teach! It is really hard to believe this is what is in practice!

Michelle

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Think, Wonder, and Teach said...

UGH! I was afraid that was gonna happen!

Misty
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