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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While it would be great if MEs were able to visit each teacher's classroom for much longer -- say a one-hour block six times a year -- that doesn't seem particularly cost-effective.  It would mean the school system needs to hire six times as many MEs, which would mean less money for teacher salaries.

I know it's frustrating to be evaluated, and more frustrated to have your salary depend on the evaluation, but that's really an inevitable fact.  The private sector does this all the time, and it's clear such management techniques are going to be applied to the public sector.  So what's the best way to do it?  It seems to me that a combination of ME evaluations plus statistics from standardized testing is a pretty reasonable way to go about it.  But maybe someone else knows a better way.[/quote]

Frankly, this post appears to be talking down to teachers, based on assumptions that may not reflect reality.

Rather than have MEs visit classrooms more frequently and for longer periods, it might be more cost effective to revamp the system.

This post assumes that teachers want to end the evaluations because of frustration  with being evaluated, when teachers have said very clearly that it's the method and intent of evaluation that is frustrating -- and also not conducive to good teaching or learning.

This post presents salary-based evaluations as inevitable and presents the current system as reasonable, although there is no evidence that this enhances teaching.

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It didn't sound like the PP was talking down to teachers.  PP is pointing out that previous management techniques for teachers weren't based in reality.  For years, if not decades, poorly performing teachers were protected by administrators, schools and unions.  Rarely were teachers fired for being crappy.  [/quote]

you are verbally bankrupt, Miss Potty Mouth.[/quote]

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