On what planet is "other tools not yet developed" an acceptable proposal for how we will measure teacher effectiveness? This cake isn't even half baked and we want the State Board of Education to approve it? #nced#ncpol
The whole viability of this scheme rests on whether or not it fairly and accurately measures teacher effectiveness. If Tomberlin and DPI can't figure that out now they don't deserve a blank check.
Also, the people driving this scheme keep talking about the big salary increases because that distracts from the myriad flaws in the proposal (see above) and from the shady and probably illegal process they followed to get to this point.
They know there isn't a snowball's chance in hell this General Assembly will commit that kind of money to public education and that it's far more likely they'll keep the most odious parts of the scheme and slash the salaries. #nced#PathwaysToExodus
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Here’s your regular reminder that the NC Pathways to Excellence merit pay proposal which is currently making its way toward the State Board of Education was crafted in secret Human Capital Roundtable meetings which likely violated state law. #nced#PEPSC#ncpol
At issue is whether the Human Capital Roundtable, which was made up of state employees and appointed officials and conducted business on drafting what it hopes will become state law during the work day, meets the statutory definition of a public body.
I've consulted with multiple attorneys who specialize in this area of the law and all of them believe that it does and that a judge would likely agree.
Today’s merit pay public records release shows the Southern Regional Education Board’s Project Manager scheming with SREB’s president and Eckel and Vaughan’s founder about how to best prevent the press from attending the NC Human Capital Roundtable’s meetings. #nced#ncpol
The Human Capital Roundtable (HCR) drafted the unpopular Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal, holding regular meetings from December 2018 through summer 2022 which were never announced to the public despite state open meetings law.
On May 5, 2022, @EducationNC reporter Alex Granados contacted SREB Project Manager Megan Boren to ask about attending a Human Capital Roundtable meeting.
Today would be a great day for @SREBeducation to stop withholding the Human Capital Roundtable’s records from the North Carolina public.
We deserve transparency in official policy processes, and @DrSPruitt and his team are preventing it. #nced#ncpol#ncga
Under SREB’s facilitation, the Human Capital Roundtable co-opted PEPSC’s legislative mandate and drafted the Pathways to Excellence merit pay plan they hope will become policy if approved by state legislators including those tagged above who serve on SREB’s legislative council.
There are hundreds of Human Capital Roundtable documents including notes from 3+ years of meetings which SREB refuses to provide. These documents would clarify the influence of lobbyists and companies such as SAS Software on NC policy.
Today's merit pay public records release is about the cozy relationship between @SASsoftware and @BESTNCorg, two driving forces behind the Pathways to Excellence teacher merit pay proposal.
SAS Software was founded by NC's richest individual James Goodnight. He continues to serve as its CEO and his wife Ann Goodnight is the company's Director of Community Relations.
SAS produces EVAAS, the controversial value-added software which claims to be able to determine exactly how much value a teacher adds to a student's learning by using a secret algorithm to analyze student performance on end-of-year standardized testing.
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?)
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...