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http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/pittsburgh-schools-survey-shows-impact-of-student-conduct-657379/
Interesting
the disconnect between what the teachers observe in their schools and what the
principals perceive is happening.
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Nina Esposito-Visgitis has no idea and doesn't seem to care what is happening to her teachers in the schools. She continues to support all of these so called reforms, even as the district scores and behaviors decline. Ms. Esposito was shaken that the TFC (Teacher's for Change) platform might actually overtake her beloved union seat and then played unfairly during last year's elections to ensure she held on to it. As for these surveys, we teachers are afraid to answer too honestly because we then are forced to write yet another plan on how our school will improve the teaching and learning environment. Finally, to use Arlington as a model example is a joke...it's still out of control. Go visit unannounced one day and see if you would send your child there!
Good heavens, exactly why does PPS need a student services operations director that holds no appropriate PDE certification to supervise this area?
9:14
I wondered about the validity of this survey--teachers self reporting that their school has a poor teaching and learning environment would, in a way, indict the teachers.
I thought, please correct me if I'm wrong, that ALL schools had to write a School Improvement Plan based on the results of this survey whether the results were positive or not.
And certainly, any teacher responding from a school computer could be immediately identified. Even though the codes for filling them out are (I think) randomly assigned, it wouldn't be hard at all for someone unscrupulous at the district to pinpoint specific teachers' responses.
So, yes, imagine how a teacher would fill this out if they had any suspicion that it might be traced back to them.
9:14, you are correct, school improvement plans are due to the state each year. However, if a school rates itself low in the teaching and learning environment, they are rewarded with having to write another plan for how they will address their survey results in the upcoming year! These plans, are turned into some central office department (TLE team), who probably uses them to show the Broad and Gates foundations all that is being done to address the issues.
It seems like people need a Masters degree in acronyms to understand school districts now! TLE, TFC, TFA, PELA, VAM and RISE are a few examples I can think of off the top of my head. I am not sure what they all are! I am a parent not a teacher or employee. PPS is putting too much pressure on teachers and has too many layers of idiotic "teams" that serve no purpose other than to keep themselves employed.
The person in charge of the presentation of the survey results is Eddie Wilson the same gentleman in charge of Summers Dreamers Academy?
He was a great leader of the Summer Program. He is now Eddie Wilson, director of operations, student support services, for the district as listed in this article.
What does this mean?
No more Summer Dreamers Program-that my children loved?
Would Mr. Rautherkus have knowledge because he was a part of Dreamers as a Swim Director!
And was Eddie Wilson promoted to this new position due to the end of the program.
Mr. Wilson is a great down to earth person to make an important bridge for this new initiative to work regarding discipline.
I would like to have an answer if they are cutting Dreamers from PPS budget. And if Eddie Wilson was promoted to this new position?
The person in charge of the presentation of the survey results is Eddie Wilson the same gentleman in charge of Summers Dreamers Academy?
He was a great leader of the Summer Program. He is now Eddie Wilson, director of operations, student support services, for the district as listed in this article.
What does this mean?
No more Summer Dreamers Program-that my children loved?
Would Mr. Rautherkus have knowledge because he was a part of Dreamers as a Swim Director!
And was Eddie Wilson promoted to this new position due to the end of the program.
Mr. Wilson is a great down to earth person to make an important bridge for this new initiative to work regarding discipline.
I would like to have an answer if they are cutting Dreamers from PPS budget. And if Eddie Wilson was promoted to this new position?
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