Our principals have done heroic work leading our schools, especially over the last 2-3 gruelling pandemic years. Now thanks to the North Carolina General Assembly they could see salary reductions of nearly $20,000. #ncga#nced#ncpol
If that happens, it would have massive repercussions for staffing in our public schools. Strong leadership is key in retaining teachers. If principals begin to leave (and who wouldn't look for alternatives to a $20k pay cut?) then teachers will leave. And they already are.
This issue needs solving ASAP, but there's another reason that teachers need to pay very close attention to what's happening...
@CTruittNCDPI, her staff and the Human Capital Roundtable have used the hold harmless clause as their main tool in quieting teacher concerns over the Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan.
But guess what? It isn't up to them.
Our state legislature has demonstrated its hostility to public schools over and over for more than a decade. This principal pay reduction debacle illustrates what happens when you trust the General Assembly to do the right thing.
Whatever PEPSC, DPI and the State Board of Education can get our state legislature to pass will be subject to change at any time at the whim of those same legislators. It's just one more reason why scrapping our experience-based pay scale would be a huge mistake. #nced#ncpol
To share your concerns about the merit pay proposal, please contact members of the PEPSC commission and the State Board of Education. You can find their emails here: tinyurl.com/PEPSCcontact#nced
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Today's merit pay public records release is a March 2022 email from marketing firm Eckel and Vaughan advising DPI, PEPSC, and the Human Capital Roundtable on how to spin the controversial Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan. #nced#ncpol#ExperienceMatters4NC
At last Thursday's State Board of Education meeting, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and State Board Chair Eric Davis delivered scripted remarks about Pathways to Excellence.
They spoke about our state's difficulty in attracting people to the teaching profession. They spoke about a bunch of teachers who are desperate for a way to climb the ladder without becoming administrators (really?)
Today’s merit public records release is about the Human Capital Roundtable (HCR), the group that created and spent two years working on the merit pay plan behind closed doors.
Under the facilitation of @srebeducation, HCR began meeting in early 2019, not long after the NCGA created PEPSC. There was no public notice of HCR meetings, no recordings posted, and no agendas, minutes or any other documentation made publicly available.
In early 2021 the Human Capital Roundtable made a presentation to the State Board of Education which proposed seven levels of licensure and language indicating teachers had to demonstrate effectiveness to move up in the model.
NC educators, please take the time to read this article about a plan coming before the State Board of Education next week which would transition all North Carolina teachers to a system of “merit pay” as soon as 2023. #nced#ncpol#ncga
This would make North Carolina the first state in the country to stop paying teachers on an experience-based scale that rewards long-term commitment to a career in education and recognizes the importance of veteran educators to a school.
At the center of this plan is the notion that a computer algorithm can accurately measure the value a teacher adds to his/her students' learning just by analyzing standardized test scores.
Here are some thoughts about the very important events playing out in Union County. Pictured here is UC's BOE chair Melissa Merrell. It probably won't surprise you to hear that her leadership as regards COVID/school policy has been highly politicized. 🧵 #nced#ncpol
In fact, all over North Carolina since not too long after the pandemic began, too many local and state policymakers have been downplaying the danger of COVID and casting Governor Cooper as an unAmerican tyrant who doesn't believe in the constitution or freedom.
(I'd argue they were following the lead of President Trump, whose main objective was not safety for Americans but containing political fallout from his disastrous handling of the pandemic and winning reelection in 2020.)