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Smarmie Doofus

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6. Sorry. I'm all thumbs when it comes to acronyms.

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 12:30 AM

Oct 2013

( I'll give myself an "ineffective" on that one).

I meant "Race to the Top" ( Actually RTTT). That's the Obama-Duncan scheme to use billions of fed. tax-dollars to entice local districts to enact alleged "reforms" such as Danielson-style teacher observation and the resultant micromanaged, stilted , boring, mindlessly conformist pedagogy.

NYS = simply "New York State".

"ineffective" is the lowest of 4 categories that Danielson ( and spinoff methodologies) are employing. It's "ineffective" "developing" "effective" "highly effective". All of the states are adopting this scale more or less verbatim.

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Favorite Teachers [View all] jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 OP

I have two gejohnston Oct 2013 #1

Great teachers stay with you forever jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 #3

Both would be rated "ineffective" according to the Danielson teacher observation rubric. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #2

I don't know what to say jeffrey_pdx Oct 2013 #4

Sorry. I'm all thumbs when it comes to acronyms. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #6

This calls for a round of LWolf Oct 2013 #8

" I became a '1', when I met Danielson." Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #9

When I first found it LWolf Oct 2013 #10

In high school TlalocW Oct 2013 #5

I actually heard this comment from an administrator the other day: mbperrin Oct 2013 #7

Favorite teacher petson Oct 2013 #11

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #12

Hey I know you've got a 100+ posts already but welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #13