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- From: burtt@cycvax.nscl.msu.edu (BRIAN BURTT)
- Newsgroups: misc.education
- Subject: Re: I won
- Summary: crazy idea
- Message-ID: <11NOV199203241953@cycvax.nscl.msu.edu>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 07:24:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.182002.17736@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>, klf@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (karen.l.fenton) writes...
- >In article <8NOV199200272917@comet.nscl.msu.edu>, burtt@comet.nscl.msu.edu (BRIAN BURTT) writes:
- >> In article <1992Nov08.033354.24640@mwc.vak12ed.edu>, wwarrick@mwc.vak12ed.edu (William D. Warrick) writes...
- >> Sit in on classes, and hold teachers accountable if they are teaching
- >> poorly (as well as reward those who are teaching well). I.e., get some
- >> idea of what is going on in the school(s), rather than just going to
- >> the appointed board meetings.
- >> If you are feeling really daring and liberal, try to convince your
- >> other board members to do the same.
- >> --Brian Burtt
- >> Undergraduate major in physics and mathematics
- >> Michigan State University
- >> burtt@lynch.nscl.msu.edu
- >>
- >
- >
- >This is absolutely precluded by most union contracts I've seen.
- >And even if (IF!) one were allowed to do this, I'd like to see
- >a show of hands from all of you who feel that *I*, a software
- >developer with no training whatever in education methodology, classroom
- >techniques, psychology, or staff development/evaluation, should be
- >allowed to sit in and formally evaluate teacher performance.
- >
- >Thanks. I didn't think so.
- >
- >It's all *so easy* when you don't know the laws or limits, isn't it???
- >Karen
- >
- If you have no qualifications in education, then what are your
- qualifications for being on a school board and making decisions about
- education? (This isn't a flame, but rather a geuine question)
- Why, except for basic job security of their less able members,
- are teachers' unions so opposed to teachers being judged on their
- performance?
- --Brian Burtt
-