By Mark
If you were not aware already, the way we teachers are going to be evaluated in the state of Washington is undergoing change. (I've mentioned it here at SfS twice before: first here, and then a follow up here.)
After a recent staff meeting, the WEA teaching staff in my building was asked to cast a vote between one of two options for "frameworks" upon which our future evaluations would be based in our district. Because people have heard I've been involved with a TPEP workgroup, every few steps I took after the meeting, someone said to me "just tell me, which one should I vote for?"
With all due respect to my colleauges, who I love and I know were horribly over-worked having just finished the frantic rush of sleepless nights that is semester finals, this very question is a symptom of a critical problem I think many teachers face.