West Virginia Teacher Strike

[*michaelsean*]

(03-02-2018, 05:18 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: How would you compare myself, someone who gets all regular level classes with IEPs, 504s, and ESOL students because I can teach them, versus someone who only teaches honors or GT classes because they refuse to stop lecturing off of overhead notes despite projectors and powerpoint having been a thing for over a decade?


If I go with standardize tests, the other teacher will have higher scores. The tests are also poor measures with my students as they tend to be more successful at being able to demonstrate growth alternatively. 

We can go with more subjectives measurements, but then politics comes into play.

We have an interesting method in my county for evaluation where we're measured on 4 different domains. Each counts as 20%. Two domains (classroom environment and instruction) are observable while the other two I gather artifacts to show (planning and professionalism). The final 20% is a "student learning objective". We pick a skill (history thinking skills in my case) and give them tasks throughout the year that we grade on a rubric. We measure where they're at when they start and then set a goal for where they should all be at the end of the year. The % who reach the goal determines your score in that area. 

I don’t know the answer, but it seems there has to be a way. I mean someone who phones it in just shouldn’t get the same pay as a dedicated teacher. Hell ask the kids. They know.