Today in Real Reform & Innovation
1/20/12: What made #realreform types think, cheer & chuckle? A #CATeaching conference, & having way too much fun with #6wordessay at Michelle Rhee's expense.
- First, the good stuff:
Accomplished California Teachers co-hosted a conference with the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) and the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), called "Teaching Quality & California's Future". (Between this & the education section of Governor Jerry Brown's State of the State address, I'd say California had a great week in education headlines!) - Tweets on the #CATeaching hashtag included thoughts on what's wrong with current policy as well as plenty of bright spots-- both on what's currently good, and great ideas to move forward.
LDH: Most inmates are functionally illiterate. Ppl we wouldn't spend $10K/year on in school and now spend $50K on. #CAteaching
Making teachers dumber doesnot make students smarter - scores for low reqmnt Alt Cert do worse - LDH #CaTeachers- Singapore, we do not rate teachers on student test scores, that doesn't make sense #CaTeaching
- Hi achieving nations support child welfare, equal resources, support for teachers pre service and on, focus hi order skills LDH #cateaching
@CATeachersAssoc VP Eric Heins: why ARE there hard to staff schools? How did we end up making some schools less ciable options? #CAteaching- Anthony Cody on ed policy panel: We need schools to be an oasis for learning and instead we've institutionalized instability. #CAteaching
Also at #CAteaching... Study of peer assistance and review (PAR) in San Juan, CA & Poway, CA: ow.ly/8AOze- RT @scope_stanford: RT @CohenD: Shannan Brown: #CAteaching will improve when eval and prof dev are driven by teacher-identified needs.
Calif teacher of the year Shannon Brown, must ask teachers what they need to keep them at low-performing schools. #CAteaching- RT @scope_stanford: Shannan Brown: To have a voice in shaping ed I had to leave the classroom. #CAteaching
- CA Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes addressing our #CAteaching event. Says teacher evaluation must serve teacher first, then admin.
- Panel at #CAteaching presents ideas for teacher training, with longer mentorships under master teachers...
- And teachers going to master roles, where they stay in classroom part-time instead of being on full release like TOSAs. #CATeaching
- Barnett Barry: Isn't it time to blur the distinction between those who teach in schools and those who lead them? #CAteaching
- We hope you leave today with the voices of teachers ringing in your ears and sound ideas for improving teaching. #CAteaching
- I hope so, too-- and look forward to more in-depth writing and video on the ideas shared at this conference.
Teaching Quality and California’s FutureToday in Sacramento (beginning at 9:30 a.m.), Accomplished California Teachers (ACT) will co-present "Teaching Quality and California's F...
Over 10k members have written a #6wordessay about great teachers! Read some of our favorites and submit your own: bit.ly/zPPAgC- Yeah. That makes sense. 'Cause why would a powerful organization use its vast resources to take an in-depth look at what attracts, builds and sustains great teachers, when it can give away iPads in a feel-good exercise in self-promotion?
If I could raise a billion dollars, I'd give it to schools instead of lobbyists, and give iPads to students and teachers doing real work, like the ones at the #CATeaching conference.
Fortunately for the status quo, I have no money. - At any rate...Lightning-rod Rhee + Twitter-sized essay framework = #FieldDay. Need I say more?
- There were tweets in defense of real teaching:
