Lower Hudson Valley educator/union leader on the validity of state provided growth scores & VAM. Great read.
By Michael Lillis
President, Lakeland Federation of Teachers and ST Caucus Hudson Valley Coordinator
What’s a teacher unionist to do?
It’s clear that nothing will be the same in education after last year’s budget vote that completely redefined teacher evaluation in New York, followed by a tidal wave of test refusals. As a result of this budget, we are expected to negotiate “in good faith” to develop local teacher evaluation systems that are compliant with the law.
I have been president of the Lakeland Federation of Teachers for 13 years and I understand the benefits of good faith negotiations. We have used them to keep education moving forward in Lakeland, despite the fact that we still receive less state aid than we did in 2009. Putting leaders together in a room to have good faith discussions of what is best for the students, teachers and taxpayers is a very effective…
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