Comments on: VAMing and slamming teachers in Los Angeles http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/09/02/vaming-and-slamming-teachers-in-los-angeles/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:35:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steven Lowder http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/09/02/vaming-and-slamming-teachers-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-25078 Steven Lowder Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:51:45 +0000 http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=3262#comment-25078 Could we agree that the "good fight" should be improving our profession? We should seek out those who are the most effective with students and share their methods and techniques.  Test scores are an important indicator, albeit not the only one. Public shaming is never effective, but alas while we claim that what we do is "for the children" it is often "all about the adults!" As educators we should be much more critical of our performance before those who do not understand the profession do it to us. Thoughtful value added rubrics can and should be a valuable tool for improving our profession. Could we agree that the “good fight” should be improving our profession? We should seek out those who are the most effective with students and share their methods and techniques.  Test scores are an important indicator, albeit not the only one.

Public shaming is never effective, but alas while we claim that what we do is “for the children” it is often “all about the adults!” As educators we should be much more critical of our performance before those who do not understand the profession do it to us.

Thoughtful value added rubrics can and should be a valuable tool for improving our profession.

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]]> By: David B. Cohen http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/09/02/vaming-and-slamming-teachers-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-24361 David B. Cohen Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:12:43 +0000 http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=3262#comment-24361 Alchemy indeed, Gary!  Thanks for keeping up the good fight on this.  Hope our paths will cross again sometime in more than a radio conversation. Alchemy indeed, Gary!  Thanks for keeping up the good fight on this.  Hope our paths will cross again sometime in more than a radio conversation.

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]]> By: CarolineSF http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/09/02/vaming-and-slamming-teachers-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-24345 CarolineSF Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:07:03 +0000 http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=3262#comment-24345 It's beyond the scope of reporters and editors to determine how to evaluate members of another profession and then proceed to publish the evaluation. That was already a collapse of journalistic standards and ethics, and the public shaming with names and pictures of specific teachers deemed by the Times to be unsuccessful was more egregious still. It’s beyond the scope of reporters and editors to determine how to evaluate members of another profession and then proceed to publish the evaluation. That was already a collapse of journalistic standards and ethics, and the public shaming with names and pictures of specific teachers deemed by the Times to be unsuccessful was more egregious still.

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