GOING FORWARD IN 2012-2013 … OUR PRIORITIES
(from the New Action September 2012 Chapter Leaders meeting leaflet) For a printable version click Leaflet 2012 September) GETTING RID OF MAYORAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION Mayoral Control has been an absolute disaster for educators, students, parents, and our communities. Bloomberg has literally wreck
TEACHER DATA REPORTS – TIME for DIRECT RESPONSE
New Action/UFT …a caucus of the United Federation of Teachers PO Box 180574 North Richmond Hill, NY 11418 http://newaction.wordpress.com/ March 2012 TEACHER DATA REPORTS – TIME for DIRECT RESPONSE Bloomberg can point a finger at the courts and say they did it. But the publication in the media ha
DANIELSON AND TEACHER EVALUATION
October 2011 There has been much discussion of the “Danielson framework” – an evaluation system based on the work of Charlotte Danielson, designed to promote professional conversation and growth. Clearly Department of Education administrators are abusing the framework, using it to promote driv
The New Teacher Evaluation
September 2011 THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATION Are you in a Transformation, Restart, Talent Management Pilot Program, or just plain “traditional” school? Heard about the new Teacher Evaluation model? Has your principal already announced that your school will be moving into a new evaluation system? On
New Tenure Plan
You Could Be Removed (after 2 years) before the Letters in Your File (after 3 years) New Action opposes the teacher evaluation system just proposed by the Board of Regents, with support from the NYSUT and UFT leaderships. The proposal would base a significant part of each teacher’s rating, up to 4