tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post9072094809226836050..comments2024-03-28T23:38:22.511-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Oh No! Not Program Placement Again!Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-9294666035946666772012-04-20T14:39:05.024-07:002012-04-20T14:39:05.024-07:00enough already -- Systematic fairness? Bless you!...enough already -- Systematic fairness? Bless you! Spot on! I keep thinking about the comments I heard about Martin Floe's "evaluation/pip" last year -- how there was a huge list of stuff (20 to 30 things) that he was supposed to just have immediately corrected. And comments from Lowell and other teachers about totally bogus and unworkable PIPs. If these claims are true -- the District has a HUGE silent liability waiting out there the first time some teacher with a trust fund or another reliable income source takes them to the mat. The Exec Directors who do this to principals should be fired. The principals who do this to teachers should be re-educated immediately -- and fired if they don't change their ways. And since the buck stops at the top, any superintendent who takes action to fire a principal based on one of these should not be the superintendent any longer. While I found Dr. E's reversal of the Floe decision credible (in part because the initial decision had seemed so NOT credible that the reversal could not have helped making a great deal of sense) I will go to my grave wondering whether part of the reason for the change was an evaluation of whether the District's actions could withstand Floe's legal challenge. If the performance plan was as flawed as some have suggested, I think it would not have.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923777229601243321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-82710240069014836852012-04-17T16:52:20.488-07:002012-04-17T16:52:20.488-07:00I'm just hoping that the new superintendent wi...I'm just hoping that the new superintendent will be honest. <br /><br />Also, since teachers would be put on PIPs for much less egregious shortcomings than the ones you just posted, I would hope that the new superintendent would institute some systemic fairness.<br /><br />I know that I am setting a high bar, but I'm just funny that way.<br /><br />--enough alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74241449962698109382012-04-17T16:45:46.131-07:002012-04-17T16:45:46.131-07:00Just because I like some things that a person says...Just because I like some things that a person says and does is not any reason to presume that I like everything that person says or does.<br /><br />I can decide that, on balance, someone is doing a good job - or a good enough job - without having to believe that they do a perfect job.<br /><br />Do I really have to explain this? Why create these false dichotomies?<br /><br />I think I explained, pretty clearly, why I would have been satisfied for the Board to offer Dr. Enfield a contract. It did not include any suggestion that I was 100% delighted with every aspect of her work. So let's not pretend that it did.<br /><br />What makes anyone think that another superintendent selected from the available pool by this board would, on balance, be better?Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83166120687698003552012-04-17T13:48:13.225-07:002012-04-17T13:48:13.225-07:00Charlie,
This is the superintendent (Enfield) who...Charlie,<br /><br />This is the superintendent (Enfield) whom you endorsed so wholeheartedly.<br /><br />What was that all about?<br /><br />--enough alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-90278962762785239932012-04-17T12:40:21.671-07:002012-04-17T12:40:21.671-07:00I think Charlie's from Brooklyn.I think Charlie's from Brooklyn.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85065688203227489692012-04-17T12:16:05.959-07:002012-04-17T12:16:05.959-07:00There are even more moving pieces than that.
The ...There are even more moving pieces than that.<br /><br />The Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee is supposed to work on a revision of the Program Placement policy on April 26.<br /><br />The superintendent - and you simply won't believe this when I tell you - has committed to delivering her administrative process for program placement in the Fall of 2012. Yes, that's right. She said that she would deliver it six months after she stops working here and six months after a new superintendent is hired. And, believe it or not, the Board agreed to that timetable. It's all in the minutes of the board retreat from the fall.<br /><br />Everything is up in the air.<br /><br />How will program placement be done? Can't say.<br /><br />How has it been done?<br />Can't say.<br /><br />How will the new superintendent change it?<br />Can't say.<br /><br />Will the new superintendent make changes?<br />Can't say.<br /><br />Will the board change the policy?<br />Can't say.<br /><br />Will the board enforce the policy?<br />No. They won't.<br /><br />Will the board enforce any policy?<br />No. They won't.<br /><br />Isn't that their job?<br />Yes. It is.<br /><br />Could the new superintendent disagree with the decisions made by the current superintendent on program placement that are coming out of the FACMAC and the ALPTF?<br />Yes. Most definitely.<br /><br />Could the new superintendent completely reverse all of the decisions built on FACMAC and ALPTF recommendations and even disband those committees?<br />Yes. Most definitely.<br /><br />Have a lot of work and effort, time and resources been totally wasted?<br />Probably.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12653913303438916532012-04-17T12:03:59.791-07:002012-04-17T12:03:59.791-07:00Holy cow, Curious, that's a lot of questions. ...Holy cow, Curious, that's a lot of questions. Are you from Brooklyn? (That's NY Times joke, just kidding.)<br /><br />Well, the final BEX list isn't until late August/September and program placement should be done by the end of the school year (but can't because of BEX) so sure, the new Super could attend to it. However, he/she has a lot to come up to speed on and may defer to Curriculum & Instruction and the heads under that. <br /><br />I don't think that's a good idea but maybe a full-court press pressure from parents for the new Super to attend to these issues first might be in order. There isn't a lot more important to get settled than capacity management, program placement, and building condition/safety so that the district can move onto just academics.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21234455308104349552012-04-17T10:04:47.956-07:002012-04-17T10:04:47.956-07:00Superintendent candidates are to be announced next...Superintendent candidates are to be announced next week, yes? Will program placement stay as is for next school year, and any changes be put forth by the new Superintendent? What is the timeline and how do BEX, program placement, and the hiring of a new Superintendent overlap?<br /><br />curiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com