Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Measuring teacher effectiveness: We Have Brought this On Ourselves

Alan Sitomer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:53 +0000

Have we not brought this on ourselves? Truly, it’s our own fault we are mired in this whole “measuring teacher’s effectiveness” mess anyway.

And why? Because we, as teachers, have run amok.

We had a chance to police ourselves, we…

Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 4

Alan Sitomer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:12 +0000

Okay, so for the past few days I have offered up a perspective on measuring teacher effectiveness, devising a matrix that would include…

* student test scores
* peer evaluations
* administrative evaluations
* student

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Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 3

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:36 +0000

If you haven’t followed the prior few days of my blogs on the notion of evaluating teacher effectiveness you might want to go back and do some prep before you read this next post… cause today, I am going to…

Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 2

Alan Sitomer — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:30:14 +0000

As I discussed yesterday, when it comes to measuring teacher effectiveness (it’s all the rage in national education policy these days), I, as an educator, want multiple measures to be used.

Yesterday I conceded the use of student test scores…

Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 1

Alan Sitomer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:04:19 +0000

These past few days I have been blogging about this idea of measuring teacher effectiveness. To do this properly, the rule seems to me that the powers-that-be are going to have to use multiple measures.

And when I say multiple,…

What I believe measuring teacher effectiveness is all about.

Alan Sitomer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:17:15 +0000

I am a huge fan of teacher autonomy. Trust me on this. I used to be a pariah, now I am considered an innovator. Either way, it’s my own internal teaching compass which always drives my class and if you…

Are we, as teachers, hiding something that causes us to not want to have our effectiveness measured?

Alan Sitomer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:30:38 +0000

Are we hiding something? Really, are we?

Because let me be the first to call it like it is — when it comes to the conversation about teacher effectiveness, I think I am secretly harboring an inferiority complex about my…

If we can put a man on the moon, we can certainly measure teacher effectiveness.

Alan Sitomer — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:30:28 +0000

Think about the immense accomplishment of safely putting a human being on the moon and then returning that person back home to planet earth. Truly, it’s almost unreal when you think about the size and scope of the achievement… and…

A penny for my thoughts? You’re over-paying.

Alan Sitomer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:40:25 +0000

I’ve heard that it costs the United States Treasury more than one cent to produce a penny. Obviously these people went to American schools because where else would you come up with the idea to spend more money creating an…

Dr. Seuss is my Homeboy!

Alan Sitomer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:30:26 +0000

Tuesday was Read Across America day, chosen as such because it’s the birthday of Dr. Seuss (who, btw, is probably one of the most influential authors to shape my own writing life).

Me, I read all of my classes GREEN…