Should Evaluations Weed Out ‘Bad Teachers’?
Hatboro-Horsham School District officials recently discussed new legislation that will change the way teachers, principals and non-teaching professionals are evaluated.
Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year Pennsylvania public school teachers will be graded on student performance as part of evaluations. Instructors deemed to be “failing” could be fired more easily, officials said. And, while the new evaluation system is nearly a year away – and the state has yet to finalize aspects of it – Hatboro-Horsham School District officials discussed some of the challenges that come with its eventual implementation during a meeting last month. The big change, according to Superintendent Curtis Griffin, is that if a teacher receives two “failing” ratings within a 10-year period, he or she could be fired. Currently, teachers must receive two unsatisfactory ratings back-to-back, he said. “That’s a big change in the …
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Cora Rowe
4:16 pm on Sunday, September 23, 2012
No matter how good a teacher is, he or she cannot make all children do well in school. As others stated, there are so many factors in life to contend with. If a teacher is not performing well it is up to their principle to step in and get the teacher the help they need. A good principle would be overseeing teachers and should recognize these problems more ›