IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!
Contact Key House Education Committee Members on HB 1033 | |
Stop Rep. Hoffman's House Bill 1033 | |
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Many LAE members have contacted Representative Frank Hoffman regarding House Bill 1033. Now it is critical that LAE member advocates contact key House Education Committee members and tell them to stop HB 1033. It's bad for educators and students. House Bill 1033 attempts to impose all the flaws of Race to the Top. Rep. Hoffman's bill, which is a product of Governor Jindal, attempts to subject all teachers and administrators of Louisiana to the failed policies, plans and regulations the US Department of Education rejected in the state's Race to the Top application. Representative Hoffman's statement that good teachers will love the bill and bad teachers will hate the bill is a classic example of not understanding teacher concerns about appropriate use of standardized assessment and teacher accountability. House Bill 1033 seeks to establish an unequal and inconsistent measure of teacher performance and effectiveness by basing 50% of a teacher's evaluation on student test scores and would allow a teacher's evaluation to become public record. Research does not adequately show that basing teacher evaluations on student test scores is an effective indicator of best practices. Student testing is designed to be diagnostic, and this bill misuses testing as a tool to invoke punitive measures against students and teachers... Bottom-line: HB 1033 scapegoats and demonizes public school teachers and administrators in Louisiana schools. HB 1033 is bad for Louisiana teachers and public education. Take action now!!! Send key House Education Committee members an email by composing your message below. It's critical that members of the House Education Committee hear from LAE members on HB 1033. | |
This bill is unfair to educators. You have a mix of children in a classroom. Some are naturally gifted, others are slow. Some have behavioral/mental/emotional disorders and some have physical handicaps. It is time to understand that children are not, "bricks in a wall". Each child is unique and this bill does not address the unique needs that teachers deal with on a daily basis. To judge our educators by the status quo is unbalanced and irresponsible. Teachers are already frustrated with the amount of paperwork that is mandated for them to fill out. They are disenchanted by the lack of creativity they can exercise in their classrooms because of the "cookie cut" regulations imposed upon them.
ReplyDeleteThink outside the box and find a better way. This bill will cripple education. I can tell you the best way to get rid of the bad teachers is by observing which ones are sitting on their butts. The best way is to ask students. Have the children fill out surveys. These surveys should be passed out while the teacher is out of the classroom by the Principal or someone from the school board. All surveys will be turned in to the Principal and then the teacher can return to his or her classroom. Observe the teacher by dropping in at random times. There are better ways to evaluate teachers. This Bill is not one of them.