Nick and Marc welcome Dr. Carol Burris, former New York State High School Principal of the Year and current Executive Director of the Network for Public Education Fund, as well as the co-director of the Schools of Opportunity Project at the National Policy Education Center.
"Methods Lab" - The Observation Process
What is a principal looking for?
What makes for an effective post-observation conference?
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Links from the show:
NY Times article on the rollback of testing time by President Obama
Dr. Burris takes on APPR
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-dangers-of-building-a-plane-in-the-air/2011/09/30/gIQAojqWAL_blog.html
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/forging-ahead-with-nutty-teacher-evaluation-plan/2011/12/29/gIQAkMiYQP_blog.html
www.newyorkprincipals.org/appr-paper
www.nepc.colorado.edu/blog/teacher-evaluation-going-bad
www.nepc.colorado.edu/blog/what-thoughtless
Dr. Burris tackles Common Core
www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/04/principal-i-was-naive-about-common-core/
www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/17/four-common-core-flimflams/
www.nepc.colorado.edu/blog/why-young-kids-are-struggling
