A broken feedback loop can’t effectively repair the teacher pipeline

https://videopress.com/v/FhioxTqX?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true NC teacher licensure schemers avoided feedback for as long as possible and remain resistant to changes, yet the plan elevates student survey feedback as a core method to rescind teacher licenses. A scheme created with a rigged feedback loop is set to further damage the teacher pipeline, not repair it. Our students deserve better.... Continue Reading →

September 21, 2022 0

Recipe for Disaster: Creating Competition Within Teacher Support Networks

https://videopress.com/v/ANgaS5uQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The PEPSC licensure scheme is set to transform NCEES, the current teacher evaluation matrix. It will change it from its original intent as a professional growth tool, into a punitive one that revokes a teacher's license for not being all things to all people, despite being everything their students need. You can offer feedback... Continue Reading →

September 16, 2022 0

NC DPI official admits EVAAS stacks the deck against recognizing growth

https://videopress.com/v/ZvZX62Eq?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true EVAAS is a flawed, norm-referenced tool that has been rejected by other states, and was eliminated for official use in teacher evaluations by North Carolina in 2016. NC also drastically scaled back its standardized test regimen after pushback from parents and educators. So why does a teacher licensure pitch headed soon to the North... Continue Reading →

September 12, 2022 0

A crash course on the NC Teacher pipeline

https://videopress.com/v/McxVOIcI?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Share your concerns with NC policymakers: State Board of Education member list Find your NC General Assembly legislators here Contact Governor Cooper

May 21, 2022 0

Why does NC insist on telling 75% of its students and teachers they’re not good enough?

Completing college application materials is a stressful time in the lives of my 12th grade students. It's a mix of excitement and anxiety. They need us to write recommendations, offer feedback on their applications, and give pep talks to encourage them to have faith in the work they've done. I couldn't let the piece of... Continue Reading →

April 5, 2022 5

March 11, 2022 1

The problems with the NC teacher pipeline aren’t “complex” – they’re as easy as ABC.

A flow chart is making its way around the state that claims to be the pathway to address the teacher shortage in our state. To be clear, there are many folks in North Carolina who have teaching certification. What we have is a lack of folks wanting to teach in North Carolina. https://www.sreb.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/ncgraphic_dec8.pdf?1617045981 As a... Continue Reading →

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