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Anti teacher bill advances in MO
More legislation straight out of the ALEC playbook. There's a similar bill in the state senate but it's not moving as fast.
State Rep. Scott Dieckhaus, R-Washington, is pushing for legislation that would make major changes to how teachers are tenured and evaluated.
Earlier this year, Dieckhaus introduced House Bill 1526 which includes a number of changes to teacher contracting and evaluations. According to a bill summary, Dieckhaus' legislation would make it so that a teacher who completed a one-year contract may be granted a contract for a period of two to four years. A teacher who receives two successive annual evaluations of "ineffective," according to the summary, will not be kept at a particular district.
Additionally, the bill would alter the allowable causes for termination. It would remove "unfit mental and physical condition, immoral conduct, and incompetency" and replace it with "unsatisfactory performance based on an evaluation on specified teaching standards and performance measures and specified immoral conduct."
"The first part deals with the permanent contract status that we currently have in the statute," Dieckhaus said in a telephone interview. "And instead replaces it with a multiyear contract system ranging from two to four years. Under the new system, teachers would be evaluated multiple times each year. And that's significantly important so that teachers get feedback more often."
The bill would also mandate that 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation would be measured using what Dieckhaus describes as "student growth." Asked about the specifics of that measurement, Dieckhaus said he is working with some of the different education groups "to try to find a way that would give quite a bit of flexibility to the local districts.
more . . . http://www.emissourian.com/news/top_stories/article_171ac346-51db-11e1-b49a-0019bb2963f4.html#user-comment-area
Earlier this year, Dieckhaus introduced House Bill 1526 which includes a number of changes to teacher contracting and evaluations. According to a bill summary, Dieckhaus' legislation would make it so that a teacher who completed a one-year contract may be granted a contract for a period of two to four years. A teacher who receives two successive annual evaluations of "ineffective," according to the summary, will not be kept at a particular district.
Additionally, the bill would alter the allowable causes for termination. It would remove "unfit mental and physical condition, immoral conduct, and incompetency" and replace it with "unsatisfactory performance based on an evaluation on specified teaching standards and performance measures and specified immoral conduct."
"The first part deals with the permanent contract status that we currently have in the statute," Dieckhaus said in a telephone interview. "And instead replaces it with a multiyear contract system ranging from two to four years. Under the new system, teachers would be evaluated multiple times each year. And that's significantly important so that teachers get feedback more often."
The bill would also mandate that 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation would be measured using what Dieckhaus describes as "student growth." Asked about the specifics of that measurement, Dieckhaus said he is working with some of the different education groups "to try to find a way that would give quite a bit of flexibility to the local districts.
more . . . http://www.emissourian.com/news/top_stories/article_171ac346-51db-11e1-b49a-0019bb2963f4.html#user-comment-area
