Please read and help, my fellow Texans!!!!
Teachers are worth more than $27,540 a year. The STAAR test is not a measure of a good teacher. The growth, and indexes of testing accountability are also not comparing apples to apples in every classroom. Unfortunately, even after many letters, phone calls, and social media campaigns the Senate Education Committee passed SB 893. This Bill will allow School Districts to use standardized test scores as a major evaluation tool.
Teachers are some of the hardest working, caring individuals in the
world. They pay for their jobs! They buy many supplies for the
classroom and their students. They work before 8 a.m. and hours after 4
p.m. The Texas State Senate has embarrassingly DISRESPECTED EVERY
TEACHER in the STATE of TEXAS by voting to reduce salaries without
steps! They have also disregarded the lack of Teacher retention in the
State.
It is now up to the House of Representatives that WE THE PEOPLE have voted and put into office to hear our voices and vote in favor of TEACHERS!!!
PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES TO VOICE FOR TEACHERS! This is going to make a difference in so many different lives. Not only teachers but their families and students. You can continue to vote against. Its counts as tallys. So vote your hearts out!
http://www.texasaft.org/staar-measure-good-teaching.../
One teacher commented on the site given and makes a good point...
"If this bill passes, teachers like me, who spend their own money to supplement their budget, won’t be able to. Teachers like me, who spend their own money to attend professional development in their field, won’t be able to.Teachers like me, who spend their extra time, teaching in extracurricular programs to benefit low income students, won’t be able to, as we will be looking for outside employment to pay our bills. This bill discourages people like me, who pride themselves in learning new things, buying new things and keeping current in their field of study in order to teach, from doing so. This bill discourages people like me, who believe in making a difference, and encourages them to seek employment simply making a living." This bill discourages people like me, who pride themselves in learning new things, buying new things and keeping current in their field of study in order to teach, from doing so. This bill discourages people like me, who believe in making a difference, and encourages them to seek employment simply making a living."
It is now up to the House of Representatives that WE THE PEOPLE have voted and put into office to hear our voices and vote in favor of TEACHERS!!!
PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES TO VOICE FOR TEACHERS! This is going to make a difference in so many different lives. Not only teachers but their families and students. You can continue to vote against. Its counts as tallys. So vote your hearts out!
http://www.texasaft.org/staar-measure-good-teaching.../
One teacher commented on the site given and makes a good point...
"If this bill passes, teachers like me, who spend their own money to supplement their budget, won’t be able to. Teachers like me, who spend their own money to attend professional development in their field, won’t be able to.Teachers like me, who spend their extra time, teaching in extracurricular programs to benefit low income students, won’t be able to, as we will be looking for outside employment to pay our bills. This bill discourages people like me, who pride themselves in learning new things, buying new things and keeping current in their field of study in order to teach, from doing so. This bill discourages people like me, who believe in making a difference, and encourages them to seek employment simply making a living." This bill discourages people like me, who pride themselves in learning new things, buying new things and keeping current in their field of study in order to teach, from doing so. This bill discourages people like me, who believe in making a difference, and encourages them to seek employment simply making a living."
