| CALIFORNIA TEACHERS |
| California Teachers' TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN: Teachers would be evaluated through observations by experienced teachers from other school districts (to limit the role of politics). The evaluators wouldn't even know beforehand whom they're going to evaluate. New teachers would accompany and assist the evaluators because observing and assessing is a great way to learn. There would be a standard list of traits to look for, and every teacher would be given a score which would be based on: I. the observations described above; II. students' test scores; III. standardized tests taken by the teachers themselves. The tests given to teachers would be used to determine (a) which teachers need training; and (b) which teachers can do the training. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE FINAL SCORES? 1. Average teachers would stay in the standard teaching job, but they would have the possibility of improving their scores and rising to master teacher level. 2. Every classroom would have one standard teacher, while the more effective master teachers would be given responsibility for several classrooms, teaching part time in each of these classrooms, and taking responsibility for guiding and educating the standard teachers. 3. The more effective teachers should be paid two to three times what the regular teachers are paid in order to attract really smart people--people who could have been doctors or physicists. |
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| San Diego Unified School District |
| Links for Guajome Park Academy and Vista Unified School District (VUSD) |