tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post5143904849606379428..comments2023-06-28T07:56:10.910-04:00Comments on In Progress: Teacher Baseball CardsPeter H of Lebohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960259139631190172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-21889989214443946102012-09-06T18:00:31.685-04:002012-09-06T18:00:31.685-04:00Katie, I'm sorry that you spent even the time ...Katie, I'm sorry that you spent even the time it took for you to become confused reading my comments. I was just trying to make as much mileage as I could with the teaching-as-baseball metaphor in a desperate attempt to land a few laughs. As Spock said to Checkov after Checkov explained that he "was making a little joke, sir": "Very little, Ensign.<br /><br />The times caught stealing is a reference to my own school district where employee theft is fairly serious problem. Sometimes a banana is just a banana.<br />Big Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488250533536442903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-49799227753220046302012-09-03T23:28:36.018-04:002012-09-03T23:28:36.018-04:00I know I'm a bit late on this but I thought I ...I know I'm a bit late on this but I thought I could definitely weigh in. First I just want to give my bias of being a little dataed-out.... Data is the buzz word of education. It's how we are identifying people that should be fired, students that should not go to the next grade, and schools that should be closed. Ted, I like your idea of baseball cards. I think that would be a great way to hold teachers accountable. I include my data and test scores on my resume it would be nice if we had data to represent other measures. You could also include whole school statistics on the cards. As Jim started to point out, there are so many ways to attempt to quantify a teachers performance. The one I would add would be their role in the academic community; relationship with fellow teachers and contribution to the overall school environment.<br /><br />I'm a little confused by Myk's comments, every time I'm in front of the classroom I feel as if it is a clutch situation and public education in general is in a high pressure situation. I'm not exactly what you consider scoring position... maybe coming from a good home with well educated parents, how good are you at getting them to college? <br /><br />And I'm guessing the stealing is referring to the state wide drop in scores after putting more checks in place for PSSAs this year and seeing a significant drop in test scores... thats as much an issue with administration as teachers... <br /><br /><br /><br />Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424617747496965401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-43164999137205213572012-08-29T19:57:23.415-04:002012-08-29T19:57:23.415-04:00The problem is no stat can predict how well a teac...The problem is no stat can predict how well a teacher will deliver in the clutch, or whether she can advance her students when they are in scoring position.<br /><br />Another posible stat on the card -- and this one negative -- how many times they were caught stealing.Big Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488250533536442903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3808227584959676379.post-27283103277007782192012-08-29T13:37:33.914-04:002012-08-29T13:37:33.914-04:00Perhaps the greatest stat (the OPS in education) w...Perhaps the greatest stat (the OPS in education) would be AI (ironically not artificial intelligence, but Annual Improvement) It's the difference between what each student knew at the end of the previous year and what they know at the end of the current year. This could be easily compiled with standard tests, but I wouldn't mind seeing other methods to determine this. (I hope Katy is reading.) Actually, the term VA or Value Added was once mentioned in the NYT. It should be compiled for each kid the teacher teaches and averaged. <br /><br />Other stats:<br />Amount taught - some teaches teach almost twice as much as others<br />ROI - a stat that compiles the most meaningful stats and compares it to salary<br />Product Reliability - how the student performs as a human being and citizen during the year<br />Happiness Quotient - how much the student wants to learn<br /><br />Currently the big push is for effective teacher evaluations, but that, I think, is expensive, and we don't have the personnel to do it. Can't technology and statistics fix just about anything?James Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871338738388893364noreply@blogger.com