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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What we need are responsible, smart, well-meaning teachers who get respect. And we need a good evaluation system (that is not even a little bit BASED ON @%$*# STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES!) so that we acknowledge the great teachers and work to improve those who are not great. And maybe show the door to some who show no effort in improving.[/quote]

There needs to be a balance. I have a teaching background and volunteer in my 1st grader's class. His teacher really is not a good a teacher. She's very nice but scatterbrained. She doesn't realize when she is being inconsistent with the kids or when she forgot to include part of the directions. I've seen her explain something wrong but then not catch herself and be confused about something else. She's just one of the people who always seems confused and spacey. The kids at all levels are underperforming because of her abilities.

She's very nice so a peer review would probably cut her a ton of slack as this is how peer review works in K-12. She would never not do exactly what the principal wants or cause problems so the principal will not be after her. The parents are not pleased but since she isn't mean to kids there isn't the ground swell of protest just everyone talking about how bad 1st grade is in MCPS.

An evaluation that includes standardized scores would help identify this teacher as a problem which is needed.

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