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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:40 PM Oct 2012

Charlotte Danielson: For the LIFE of Me I Cannot Understand Why Her.... [View all]

.... Teacher Eval. Rubric is so Popular.

To me ... it is idiocy itself. It allows anyone.... a 10 year old can do it... who can make checks on a clipboard to superficially and artificially evaluate the "quality"of classroom instruction based on incomplete "snapshots" ( i.e. surprise 15 minute 'walkthrough' observations.)

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2012/10/hush-hush-sweet-charlotte-from-rob-rendo.html

Aside from the fact that it's a handy tool with which to conduct psychological warfare in the war against teachers, can anyone explain why this particular ... ummmmm.... *methodology* has been adopted all of a sudden by so many school systems?

Is there $$$ involved??

Does anyone here have any experience at either end ( observing or being observed) w. the "Danielson Frameworks"?

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Charlotte Danielson: For the LIFE of Me I Cannot Understand Why Her.... [View all] Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 OP

I can share a little, anyway. LWolf Oct 2012 #1

As usual, you said a mouthful. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2012 #2

And you've given a mouthful back. LWolf Oct 2012 #3

"Then we find out that it's a nationwide stampede. It was never a local effort." HiPointDem Oct 2012 #5

"Here's the Gun. Here are the Bullets. Place the Bullets in the Gun, Point it at Your Head and..... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2012 #7

It bugs me, too. LWolf Nov 2012 #8

"To me it reminded me of the Maoist hijinks during the Cultural Revolution" = great comparison. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #9

collaborating with gates. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #4

Those connections say it all. LWolf Oct 2012 #6