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SUNY Students For Education Reform Thank Gov. Cuomo
Students For Education Reform at SUNY Geneseo have publically thanked Governor Cuomo for his work on driving a new teacher evaluation system in New York.
Governor Cuomo – the self proclaimed “lobbyist for the student” – is set to make teachers more accountable and tie in an evaluation system that emphasizes student achievement, in which teachers receive an overall numerical score on a 100-point scale.
And the measure has prompted Students For Education Reform (SFER) at SUNY Geneseo to record a video, congratulating and thanking Governor Cuomo, the Mayor of New York, Commissioner John B. King, Jr. and state and local unions for coming to an agreement on the plan.
“I support you Governor Cuomo,” is the refrain of the video.
Julia Addeo, who appears in the video, is co-chapter leader of SFER SUNY Geneseo. As a future math teacher, York she said that she understands the importance of good teacher evaluations.
“As an educator I need to know what is working for my students and what is not.
“An effective teacher evaluation system a big step towards ensuring that students will excel above and beyond our expectations — that can only happen if teachers are evaluated effectively.
“At the end of the day, every child needs to have access to great teachers.”
Students For Education Reform is a non-profit that currently has eleven chapters around the state of New York, lobbying for educational equity in 29 states at over 80 chapters with over 3,000 members nationwide.
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February 29th, 2012
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I think I am showing my age. When I first read this, I wondered why the organization would be thanking Mario Cuomo.
For all the complaining the unions are doing about Cuomo’s evaluation system, it looks like the people who haven’t been corrupted by the union yet are supporting it. I’m sure once they start paying dues they’ll “change their minds, ” though.
dues? how about once they start seeing how much instruction time and funding become about tests, how much our curriculum is narrowed because of tests, how much collaboration goes away because of tests.
then they will change their tune
I can write books about how much I was sure I knew about everything in college and didn’t really know at all. She’ll learn. They’ll all learn. It’s too bad really because this is why the attrition rates for new teachers are so incredibly high.
Very true. This future teacher has no idea how the system really works. Two years ago, before I started teaching, I thought evaluations tied to pay were a great idea. Now I know better. Maybe she will be lucky enough to work an affluent district where her students will score well and she will be rewarded. Or maybe she won’t and she’ll realize how naive she was. Tell Obama you’re against RTTT and Arne Duncan. Sign this petition!
http://dumpduncan.org/
I think a large part of this video was to show support for Cuomo finally holding districts and unions accountable. A decision was reached, wasn’t it? and that’s a whole lot more than can be said in the past. Thanking Cuomo isn’t about 100% agreeing with the outcome of the decision but rather about thanking him for getting things rolling. And I think a huge part of new teachers coming into the workforce is hoping there can be enough of them wanting substantial change, where they don’t feel forced into agreeing with the stipulations already in place. Obviously they will have to follow Union rules, but so many people are afraid of change because of how difficult it clearly is to get anything to change at all. College students are often thought of as naive, and as a college student, I’m the first to admit I don’t know what it’s like as a teacher, but I can see how “messed up” everything is right now. Speaking out is better than staying silent and just hating the situation.
Change for change sake, always a great idea because allowing the non experts to make the choices will most assuredly result in a positive change.