Today?s Charlotte Observer reports that teachers in the system?s poorest performing high schools got the strong message from Superintendent Gorman ? it not business as usual! The schools have seen resignations and teacher absences increase, but not a bad result as poor teachers NEED to leave the profession. The MOST important factor in student achievement is not the building nor the social economic status of the student, it is the ability of the classroom teacher to communicate!
Gorman is now directing ?experienced? teachers OUT of the central office into needed classrooms. I just hope these ?experience? teachers are good teachers!
Dr. Paul Peterson wrote an informative piece on teacher quality that should be read by everyone who thinks an ?experience? teacher is one who has simply worked for years in the establishment.
Time will tell if Superintendent Gorman will get the results he anticipates, but at least he willing to act instead of whine.