tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7318060541327706169..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-77703192621485877092013-12-09T06:13:26.503-08:002013-12-09T06:13:26.503-08:00The Executive Committee will discuss the calendar ...The Executive Committee will discuss the calendar for management oversight meetings.<br /><br />I think most folks would be surprised to learn that the department with the least frequently scheduled management oversight is teaching and learning. Weird, huh? It's the District's primary mission but they review it half as often as procurement.<br /><br />Those who remember the one and only management oversight meeting for teaching and learning will recall how un-managed the department is. There was no data - none at all - on the quality or effectiveness of any of the District instructional programs. Makes you wonder how they assessed the performance of the program managers without any assessment of the performance of their programs, doesn't it?<br /><br />As we recently saw with the annual report on program evaluation, there are still no program evaluations.<br /><br />The Board's deferral of this management oversight meeting constitutes complicity in the failure to manage this department.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84119358307696500492013-12-08T19:26:18.034-08:002013-12-08T19:26:18.034-08:00I'm confident the legislature will pass MORE u...I'm confident the legislature will pass MORE unfunded mandates and add laws to increase administrative costs.Disgustednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82321815457514511372013-12-08T18:58:50.248-08:002013-12-08T18:58:50.248-08:00We have several assistant superintendents and a de...We have several assistant superintendents and a deputy superintendent.<br /><br />I do want to write a thread about the widening disparities in salaries between the top tier and the bottom tier of workers in our district. The district seems to think they have cut a lot administratively and yet JSCEE seems to grow bigger. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-26167476536683104692013-12-08T18:34:04.780-08:002013-12-08T18:34:04.780-08:00"In fact, the "assistant superintendent&..."In fact, the "assistant superintendent" - I'm not sure who this is - has a budget that goes from $301,117 to $484,269. That's up over 30"<br /><br />I wonder if that is just the increased salary for having an increased number of assistant superintendents. Each of them makes well over $150,000 a year.<br /><br />-IMHOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56826284544139736132013-12-08T16:57:03.320-08:002013-12-08T16:57:03.320-08:00Yes, I have a bit of news coming on that front as ...Yes, I have a bit of news coming on that front as well.<br /><br />And, as you and I both pointed out, Charlie, at the last Board meeting, there was no "program" to the program and assessment review. Not a single Director said anything.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-17025431362980609842013-12-08T16:32:52.888-08:002013-12-08T16:32:52.888-08:00I notice that the Advanced Learning Policy has dro...I notice that the Advanced Learning Policy has dropped from the C & I Committee parking lot.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.com