I do not entirely disagree with you. The problem is that we lack adequate measures of good teaching – standardized tests give us some numbers, but the numbers themselves are pretty worthless. If teachers themselves had much say in the selection of administrators, I would be more accepting of the elimination of seniority.
The job of the teachers should be to inspire, but inspiration becomes difficult where teachers lack respect and where they get bogged down in bureaucratic nonsense. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David B. Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > Tenure is a completely separate issue from seniority protection from layoffs. > If you said to me that the unions support layoffs (or annual salary) based > upon peer review evaluations (as opposed to managerial evaluations), I might > disagree with you, but at least the policy would be based on the assumption > that there is qualitative difference in teachers (as opposed to > interchangeability). But that is not the union policy. For all practical > purposes, if you manage to survive the first few years, the union position is > that you are a qualified teacher and there is no basis to economically > distinguish one teacher from another (other than seniority). -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
