I read my NY Teacher today where President Michael Mulgrew said in his President's Perspective column the following:
Right now in New York City, teacher evaluation and observation are toxic in too many schools. Principals are not using observations to give productive feedback, and it's getting worse.
What does our esteemed President propose we do to change this situation?
The answer is he is supporting a change to the teacher evaluation law that will do absolutely nothing to lighten the Danielson observation burden that teachers in NYC now face.
New York State Allies for Public Education, Leonie Haimson's NYC Public School Parents Blog, Democratic Party candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon, Professor Diane Ravitch and of course the ICEUFT blog are united in saying we need to repeal the entire evaluation system. That would return to a satisfactory/unsatisfactory system with its mandated one formal observation per year for tenured teachers on maximum or an alternative to observations. The bill that passed the Assembly and is now in the Senate merely tweaks the awful teacher evaluation law in place since 2015. It leaves test based evaluation in place and does nothing about Danielson observations.
Please join 1,280 of your closest friends in signing our petition and just as importantly tell everyone you know to sign on to tell the Legislature and Mulgrew that the time is right to repeal the entire evaluation law.
The misguided, inadequate bill to slightly alter the evaluation system is on the UFT Executive Board agenda for Monday evening. We will have more to say as this moves along.
Mulgrew has sold you out. He engages in shuck and jive because you enable him.
ReplyDeleteAfter Janus , withhold your membership dues until the evaluation law is fully repealed.
These are simple instructions for those who are attached to reality.
Only strong medicine will heal the bite of a poisonous snake.
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ReplyDeletePlease, please, please, at the executive board meeting ask if Mulgrew is pushing for 2 observations in the next contract. If the state law is still bullshit, we should at the very least get 2 observations like the rest of NYS. This is such a no brainer.
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt expect much. If you do, you are an idiot. Past performance is an indicator of future...
ReplyDeleteExpect nothing unless you have large number of members withhold dues.
DeleteMulgrew is a complete disgrace.
DeleteFact: The shitty teacher evaluation bill passed the assembly. It is now in the hands of the state senate. Only they have the power now to change it or repeal it. They are our only hope but they are NOT teacher friendly. We should be focusing on the here and now in NYC. We can get 2 observations and we can replace Danielson with a different NYS approved evaluation matrix. Mulgrew needs a full court press in the current round of contract negotiations to get this done!
ReplyDeleteSure, just like the last contract was the worst ever, expect the same...
ReplyDelete2005 contract was the worst one ever. All I give a shit about is 2 observations. At this stage in my career, I just want to be left alone as much as possible behind my closed door.
ReplyDeleteMulgrew should be an ATR harassed by one of those Field Supervisors coming with an agenda.
ReplyDeleteIts nice to hear Meathead Mike start to talk a bit of reality, even though it is only lip service. Seems Janus might be getting this union to at least consider their members desires. Just think of the turn around we will see when 30% drop out. I cant wait to see that come-to-Jesus moment from these self-serving FATCATS.
ReplyDelete30% aren't dropping out.
ReplyDeleteIf the rank and file have to sign to remain in the UFT, 60% will drop out. If the rank and file have to sign to get out it will be 20%, but will grow considerably as Mulgrew’s incompetence becomes more and more visible. -Atlas
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Republican economics are bs. Let me stay on topic, Republican and Democratic education policies are bs too.
DeleteMulgrew easily wins elections, why would we think that any significant percentage of teachers is going to "opt out" to get Mulgrew to do anything? I'd bet that most teachers have no idea what Janus is and of those opting out, their motivation is to get more money in their pocket, not to inspire change from the UFT.
ReplyDeleteI can’t walk around NYC for 10 minuets without hearing black people use the dreaded N word.
ReplyDeleteMayor Karl Marx will fix it by turning successful schools into shitholes. That’s how they destroyed City College and countless other educational institutions.
ReplyDeleteSill said NO ATR BUYOUT THIS YEAR. Ok, so they will pay me 2 million dollars over the next 15 years plus a much higher pension plus a bigger sick bank plus my medical instead of a 1 time payment. Plus I will continue to max out the 3 retirement accounts...while getting abused of course. Too bad, I really wanted to get out of this lousy job.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that students aren’t learning when they are suspended (“SC teachers face threats and physical harm in the classroom”). Or at least they’re not learning what we need them to learn.
But while that one child is out of the classroom, no longer disrupting the class, the remaining students have the opportunity to learn. One or two disruptive students can slow a teacher down so much that the rest of the students’ education is being stolen from them.
If Mike Shill said it was sunny out and I was on the beach getting tanned, I would have to pause and consider his statement. Is it sunny out or am I hallucinating from stress? I personally think Shill in a recorded hologram. Ask him a question.
ReplyDeleteMaybe so, but it is June. Last year the buyout was announced on June 2. Common sense would say it would be announced asap if at all.
ReplyDelete30% aren't dropping out.
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I hope it’s a lot more.
DeleteLike many liberals de blasio is saying minorities are too stupid to pass these tests. He’s a horrible racist.
ReplyDeleteOne last reminder to please stay on topic. Thank you.
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