What's the Buzz??

Symposium 2010 - Innovations in Teacher Induction
by Alyson Mike on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 7:52am

As you talk with others at the Symposisum - what are the topics of conversation?  What's the buzz?? What innovative approaches are you learning about from other organizations?

 

 What are people saying about this at the Symposium?

 

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Submitted by Karl Forest on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 9:02am

Is measuring teacher effectiveness when it is limited to student growth a realistic and healthy way to measure teachers? Depends on how student growth is measured. If as it is currently, by measuring reading, writing and mathematics at the lowest knowledge levels, then probably not.

First, how do we realistically assess student achievement that all states, districts and communities that research shows is true achievement in higher level thinking, and that we can agree upon? Then, what instructional, personal, motivational, etc. factors of teaching effect true student achievement? And third, how do we develop systems to identify current skill sets of teachers, develop effective and ongoing support structures, and relate them to differentiated instructional strategies that individualize and support specific student needs?