tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1050891071456766899..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Professional StandardsChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-57991341740080839392010-02-25T19:04:03.164+13:002010-02-25T19:04:03.164+13:00We must not forget that the NZ National Party memb...We must not forget that the NZ National Party membership has been stealthily standing in the School Boards of Trustees elections and that as Matthew Hooten has said in the National Act Business Roundtable Review they are gearing up to do a number on the Primary teachers like the British Tory/Conservative Party did on the British Mineworkers.cbmilne33https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480369412137432442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-37358492035776465422010-02-14T22:43:56.309+13:002010-02-14T22:43:56.309+13:00The NZEI are scared because they already have the ...The NZEI are scared because they already have the results of the stanine tests that have been running for the last few years. Every principal knows , every teachers common room knows and parents who talk , already know the the useless teacher(s) in every school.<br />The one teacher who doesn't give a damm and hates the little sh**s they to manage.<br />Every school has one.<br /><br />Every principal already has a folder on each teacher detailing their yearly assements and the last half dozen stanine results where little Johny came in at a Reading / Writing level x and left , a year later , not advaning a year but only six months. <br />A problem for John , but since the rest of the class went down the same path , as did the previous class and the class before that. Johnnys teacher needs a bit of correction.<br /><br />The principal is powerless, they cant fire them. They cant force retraining. they prey that the useless will leave , but they dont. Way too much tied up in pensions and only five more years to go.<br />So everyone suffers till they retire (or get promoted :) , my hope is that a national standard will force the useless and the lazy out.<br /><br />Therein lies the NZEI's "problem" what do you do if you are a useless teacher. Obvious, join a union and every professional organistaion and prey you can dive for cover for another five years.<br /><br />FWIW , I'm not interested in school league tables on who got the most A grades , I would like to see what schools and classes have the highest stanine results. What do they do and how can it be repeated.<br />I want to see teacher names and their years individually ranked by their stanine scores and the bottom 5% retired , retrained or fired.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-2530610219927832562010-02-14T22:16:37.464+13:002010-02-14T22:16:37.464+13:00This is going to be an interesting test for the Ed...This is going to be an interesting test for the Educational Police State. Initial indications are not looking good. Much foot stomping coming up. I guess they will find a way to make it look good, by lowering National Standards most likely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-77325108794318506442010-02-14T21:12:14.179+13:002010-02-14T21:12:14.179+13:00I always thought that the introduction of National...I always thought that the introduction of National Standard is merely a precourser to Tomorrow's Schools Part II.<br /><br />I am interested to read of changes to education law to allow corporate entites or other schools to take over the running of 'failing' schools.<br /><br />It doesnt take a rocket scientist to put two and two together.<br /><br />MillsyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-45484999929431612182010-02-13T18:33:18.829+13:002010-02-13T18:33:18.829+13:00Thank you for this article. I am interested in wh...Thank you for this article. I am interested in why the NZ Herald, DomPost and last week the Listener are so pro this policy. It seems in each case that there has been little or no thought given to the governments propaganda around them or that they too want a far right approach to education. Why would that be? Why too are private schools - which we all fund - exempt from this policy?Paul Barkernoreply@blogger.com