AB 5 locks in approaches to evaluation that have failed families
Oscar East. Cruz
Blogs have been written, editorials published, and dozens of activeness alerts sent to hundreds of individuals related to AB v, the neb introduced by Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes that aims to revamp teacher evaluations. Lost in all this commotion is the vocalism of families. Although they are the ultimate users of the public school organisation, their voices are typically lost in a political process that values compromise more than outcomes.
Families In Schools works annually with thousands of parents from low-income communities and communities of color, and their unified voice screams: "Nosotros want a quality education that volition prepare our children for college and set them on a road to lifelong success." Parents want an instruction system that is focused more on raising educatee outcomes than on political issues that have no relevance to student improvement. These voices should be our guiding light within a murky and confusing policy-making process.
My role as a community advocate is simple: to elevate parents' voices to ensure that the best and almost effective policy is implemented, not the almost politically convenient or the least controversial. If non community advocates, who will advocate on behalf of parents and students?
That is why I believe that the current version of AB 5 is not good enough for the parents we serve. Requiring a board meeting to hear from parents/community is positive, simply how will it improve twenty-four hours-to-24-hour interval pedagogy and learning? Allowing the evaluation system to be negotiated at the local level retains local autonomy, just how will it eliminate the political gridlock preventing modify? The current version of the bill will merely solidify current conditions into police that have already proven to fail our families. The role of policy is to provide solutions to problems, not to codify problems into law that will create even greater barriers to student achievement.
I believe that what we need is a policy that includes parent/student feedback in school staff evaluation, eliminates political gridlock at the local level, and sets articulate expectations for school personnel by including student academic growth as a key component of evaluation and personnel decisions.
To be effective, the state bill should aim to ensure that every school in California will be a place of effective and high-quality teaching and learning – local autonomy should never exist an excuse to protect inequitable conditions. Without this, the electric current neb lacks courage. Information technology lacks simple bravery to demand more than just process. Worse, information technology lacks the courage to need outcomes and truly address what all families desire: a high-quality education for all.
Oscar E. Cruz serves equally president & CEO of Families In Schools, a nonprofit in Los Angeles whose primary focus is involving parents and communities in their children's instruction to achieve lifelong success. He has more 12 years of feel in the nonprofit sector. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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