Brendan Murphy (dendari)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

More »

Tags

Recent Tags:	Computerstuff(0), Greeninformation(0), SageFeeds(0), OPMLImport-O'ReillyHacksSeriesAuthors'Blogs(0), hacks-authors(0), TeachingStuff(0), 3phaseinformation(0), StudentMath(0), Cellphones(0), Humor(0), family(0), joblinks(0), Learning(0), studentloans(0), Realtor(0), WVUAlgebraClass(0), domehome(0), interesting(0), electriccars(0)
Top Tags:	Bookmarks(436), education(147), _A_work_site(133), Learning(97), web2.0(85), joblinks(79), Blog(75), Cool_sites(67), reference(58), technology(58)

More »

Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

Annals of Education: Most Likely to Succeed : The New Yorker on 2009-11-09
- retested
  - Brendan Murphy on 2009-11-09
    
    So instead of one test we have two big tests in a year.
- why shouldn’t we value someone who hasn’t had the chance to play as highly as someone who plays as well as anyone in the land?
  - Brendan Murphy on 2009-11-09
    
    Why we should have a two year mentorin gprogram. 1st year watching learning and occasionaly teaching 2nd year teaching and taking constructive criticism
- 3 more annotations...
- - But these aren’t cognitive skills.
  - instead, try out three or four “good” candidates
    Brendan Murphy on 2009-11-09
    
    Why not spend more time in actual classrooms? instead of one sememster of student teaching which is actually only 6 to 9 weeks why not a full year or even two of working in the classroom?
  - firms like North Star have been doing for years. Deutschlander interviews a thousand people to find ten advisers
    Brendan Murphy on 2009-11-09
    
    Actually what most of these firms do is bring in thousands of applicants tell them they can make hundreds of thousands per year and then work them to death until there are just a few left. Meanwhile taking the orphaned clients and passing them off to vets who survived the trial by fire.
    Having thousands of applicants actually makes them more money than being selective about who they hire.
Fall 2009 Article on 2009-11-08
- Eric Hanushek
- a lot more in a year than the kids in another classroom. I started saying at the time, ‘It looks lik
- 17 more annotations...
- - ‘It looks like teacher differences are really important.’”
  - William Sanders
  - “value-added
  - Tom Kane
  - the solution to the problem is right in front of us, if we could just get much more serious about identifying and rewarding effective teaching
  - Jesse Rothstein
  - potential pitfalls are everywhere
  - The Widget Effect,
  - “This phenomenon where you get schools where year after year the kids are failing, and the teachers are all deemed to be great — that’s not a recipe for improving learning for kids in poor neighborhoods,” says Dan Weisberg
  - principals often have little training in how to review teacher performance, they allot minimal time for evaluations in already overworked days, and there is often so little riding on the outcome that negative evaluations may only sow ill will among a school’s teaching staff, while doing little to improve teacher performance.
  - Value-added assessments couldn’t serve as the only basis
  - clear learning curve for those in their first few years in the classroom
  - Donaldson, the University of Connecticut researcher
  - “These people expect to be assessed based on their performance and receive rewards, if they perform well, or sanctions if they do not,”
  - “Isn’t that real life? I’m being held accountable and I’m holding principals accountable as school building leaders for educational performance. If they can’t pick their team, how can you hold someone accountable for the results?”
  - once three teachers have bid on a position, the building principal must make a hire from that group, regardless of whether he or she thinks any one of them is an ideal candidate to fill the job.
  - The guidelines for Race to the Top funding say that any state with a legal ban on the use of student achievement data in teacher evaluations is automatically ineligible for an award
Media Center Alternatives on 2009-10-04
Candidate Self-Service on 2009-07-15
Enable tethering in iPhone 3.0 - UPDATE on 2009-07-13
The Innovative Educator: 25 Random Things Innovative Educators Can Do To Enhance Teaching and Learning on 2009-07-13
PaperBack Swap: Book Club to Swap, Trade & Exchange Books for Free. on 2009-07-12
Free: The Past and Future of a ... - Google Books on 2009-07-12
Florida Virtual School - Employment on 2009-07-11
Dangerously Irrelevant: NECC - Resources for those of you who missed the circus on 2009-07-11

More »

Bookmark Lists

Computers_programming

More »

Groups

Brendan murphy havn't joined any group yet.

Brendan Murphy's Profile

More »

Tags

More »

Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

More »

Bookmark Lists

More »

Groups

Recent Visitors (2 visits)

Me elsewhere

Brendan Murphy's Profile

More » Tags

More » Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

More » Bookmark Lists

More » Groups

Recent Visitors (2 visits)

Me elsewhere

More »

Tags

More »

Recent Bookmarks and Annotations

More »

Bookmark Lists

More »

Groups