Comments on: Is it too hard to remove incompetent teachers? http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:35:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15787 Theresa Harrington Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:59:59 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15787 BOT: Teacher job descriptions are on EdJoin: http://www.edjoin.org/searchResults.aspx?keywords=teacher&onlineApps=&days=&counties=&jobTypes=&recruitmentCenterID=8&searchType=all&q=teacher+jobs

]]> By: Doctor J http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15708 Doctor J Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:46:50 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15708 @TH #56 It depends if the cuts are “within the contol” of the agency or not. Clearly cuts that need to be negotiated with a union are not within the control of the agency. Its just a phoney shell game that sends most people to prision for doing it.

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15705 Theresa Harrington Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:29:08 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15705 School Services of California told me that it is fairly common for school districts to include cuts that haven’t been made yet (although I don’t know how common it is to include cuts that still need to be negotiated). Some districts merely state their intention to make a certain dollar amount of cuts, with the assumption that discussions for identifying the cuts are underway.
However, School Services said assumed cuts that need to be negotiated must be removed from future budgets if the negotiations don’t look like they will pan out.

]]> By: Doctor J http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15704 Doctor J Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:24:47 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15704 Theresa, just because you footnote with an asterick, doesn’t mean you have followed “Generally Accepted Accounting Practices” by including assumptions that MUST be negotiated. And its not just furlough days, it was also unapproved [at that time] SIG grants and who knows what other contingencies. This house of cards is going to collapse, who will be to blame for it ?

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15697 Theresa Harrington Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:19:19 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15697 Technically, it’s not “cooking the books,” since the district is telling the public what it is doing. However, it is misleading, since it suggests that the district has more money in reserves than it actually does.
If the district is unable to negotiate the furlough days, it will need to subtract those assumed reserves from the budget.

]]> By: g http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15695 g Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:02:54 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15695 Will Bryan Richards be embarrassed enough to refuse to cook the books the next time he is told to do so? Will the Board be embarrassed enough to refuse to simply sign off on everything that is put before them without taking the time to actually understand it?

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15691 Theresa Harrington Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:20:50 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15691 When Dick Nicoll was interim superintendent, then-Trustee Paul Strange criticized the San Diego school district for building cuts into its budget that hadn’t been made, just to get a positive certification. He said it was important to actually make the cuts before showing them in the budget.
Clearly, the tides have turned.

]]> By: g http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15690 g Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:17:46 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15690 Fudging on budgets and misleading cash flow reports to get better ratings–hmmmm.

Isn’t that what Enron did? I think the SEC frowns on that.

]]> By: Theresa Harrington http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15688 Theresa Harrington Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:53:49 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15688 The other irony is that the school board cut hours, pay and benefits for classified staff to build up the reserves that MDEA is now using as justification for its pay raise/no furlough proposal.
Also, the reserves are not really as big as they appear because the district built in furlough days that hadn’t yet been negotiated, so it could certify a “positive” budget (and get a better bond sales rating).
Now, the district is in the awkward position of having to tell MDEA and the public that it needs to make cuts because the portion of the reserve that assumes furlough days doesn’t really exist.
Previously, interim superintendent Dick Nicoll told me that he believed it was better to file a “qualified” budget — instead of building in cuts that hadn’t been made — so the public could see exactly how many reductions were necessary.
Superintendent Steven Lawrence appears to have a different budget philosophy.

]]> By: brotherofateacher http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/11/28/is-it-too-hard-to-remove-incompetent-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-15678 brotherofateacher Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:04:36 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/?p=6221#comment-15678 @Flippin’

How would you identify a bad teacher?

@Math

Enlighten me

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