Tomorrow the House Committee will be meeting to discuss HB 478. This bill is designed to benefit Louisiana students by allowing effective teachers to remain in the classroom. It ends provisions for policies which can remove some of the most dedicated instructors while protecting senior teachers who may be stagnating. Essentially, the provisions in the bill will allow for the best quality teachers to remain in the classroom with students.
While we support HB 478 we would like to keep in mind that removing seniority as a criterion for teacher hiring and firing leaves measures of teacher effectiveness as the primary consideration. However, teacher effectiveness can be determined in many ways, and we want to urge the committe to be mindful that methods for teacher evaulation cannot solely rely on student test scores; there are many factors which contribute to the success of a teacher in the classroom.
If you share our opinion on HB 478, we hope you will sign our petition to let the committee know that there are eyes watching them!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/101/807/274/pass-hb-478/
Thanks and have a fantastic week!
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