Saturday, October 24

I completely agree with the article on Top-Notch Teachers. I have found that a lot of teachers look up to those teachers who have reached Master Teacher levels. These teachers are looked to for advice and ideas. From my experience, I have seen scores increase from having instruction by a teacher who has gained higher education or National Board status. I think a lot of teachers who feel confident in their teaching abilities would not mind going to a performance-based salary. I would not, however, align the performance-based criteria on NCLB standards, but on individual student achievement, or classroom achievement. Otherwise, you are looking at too many snaffoos with having EVERY student on the same level. I also the discussions on the school policies.