Updated Mar 28, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Seattle teachers' tentative agreement
Seattle Schools and the Seattle Education Association have a tentative agreement for a three-year contract.
The district says, "the tentative agreement includes continued collaboration with teachers as we refine measures of student growth and plan the phase-in of a new system of teacher evaluation and support. By providing teachers with multiple measures of student growth data during the year, and by balancing principal observations with evidence of student learning, we believe that each teacher will have genuine opportunities to learn and grow."
I'm pretty good at translating education speak, but that statement doesn't tell me whether teachers agreed to using student test scores from the Measures of Academic Progress as part of their evaluation. I'm on vacation, but will probably take the time later to read through the contract language.
Proposed Certificated Contract
The agreement also provides stipends to recognize "those excellent teachers who take on the extra work of sharing their expertise with peers." And it offers more professional development opportunities for all teachers, and identifies steps to offer specific support to teachers who are struggling.
Seattle Public Schools fast facts on the tentative agreement
Highlights of the tentative agreement
Detailed summary of the agreement
Teachers will vote on the contract tomorrow, and take a confidence/no confidence vote in Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson.
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anotherfencewalker wrote...Does this really matter..?September 1, 2010 8:22 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse -
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Edmund Fitzgerald wrote...you both have pointsSeptember 1, 2010 10:31 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse
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liame wrote...On a more serious note....September 1, 2010 11:39 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse
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Goody wrote...Have you seen the police tests?September 2, 2010 6:37 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse -
wonderfullone wrote...Well, I finally have read through all of the links provided.September 2, 2010 8:01 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse
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shadyachmed wrote...had itSeptember 2, 2010 11:19 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse
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