tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post3751307381171966275..comments2023-06-24T10:52:34.846-04:00Comments on EducateHilliard.com: New Teacher Performance Policies: Does Obama Mean It?Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960574627644930183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-42032142708260301332009-03-11T16:34:00.000-04:002009-03-11T16:34:00.000-04:00Hillirdite:All teachers already get periodically e...Hillirdite:<BR/><BR/>All teachers already get periodically evaluated by an administrative leader. So a process exists, it's just not used to set compensation.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a mistake for those of us outside the education profession to impose our views on the teacher evaluation process. It would be like me asking a customer of my firm to evaluate the job performance of one of the design engineers on my team. The customer certainly gets a vote in the matter, by continuing to spend money on our service or not, but they don't have to understand how a design engineer performs to make that determination.<BR/><BR/>This is one of the reasons I'm a big fan of vouchers. I may not be able to evaluate a teacher as a professional, but I can certainly decide whether I think my kid is learning stuff at the pace I expect. If I'm not happy, I'll find another school where the teachers are known to deliver the goods.<BR/><BR/>After all, we make exactly this value decision at the college level for/with our kids. We're motivated to make a good 'buying decision' because we have the visceral experience of writing a check each semester to some university.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how differently parents would behave as consumers if they had to write tuition checks to their local school districts each quarter (with financial assistance as needed - see the prior post titled <A HREF="http://savethehilliardschools.blogspot.com/2007/01/food-stamps.html" REL="nofollow">Food Stamps</A>)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960574627644930183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-81539219541977690552009-03-11T11:26:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:26:00.000-04:00Paul -I was pretty surprised as well. I hope that...Paul -<BR/><BR/>I was pretty surprised as well. I hope that he does mean it. As far as I'm concerned, bring on merit pay. Accountability is a good thing.J. Rowseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438971405576459612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-52338367501549166872009-03-11T10:30:00.000-04:002009-03-11T10:30:00.000-04:00I'm still curious how a teacher gets "rated"? Do t...I'm still curious how a teacher gets "rated"? Do teachers in the inner city, who are teaching kids from one parent families, etc, get treated the same as our suburban teachers, whose kids come from a different background, i.e. 2 parents, both of whom probably went to college and are truly interested in how their kids are doing? I don't think you can tie student test scores into how good the teachers are, at least not in a broad sense. Ideas?Hillirditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502059362611692461noreply@blogger.com