What is that word when someone tells you one thing and does the opposite?

Remember the "vicious rumor" email and robo calls you received from Superintendent Terry Grier stating that there was no intention to evaluate or fire teachers based on the ASPIRE/EVASS scores?

WELL...........

The HISD Board will vote at the next meeting on changes to HISD Board Policies DCB (Local) Employment Practices: Educator Term Contracts, DNA (Local) Performance Appraisal: Evaluation of Teachers, and DFBB (Local), Term Contracts: Nonrenewal, written and put forward by the HISD administration, Terry Grier and the school board.

AS part of HISD consultation, we were given copies of the proposed changes. All of the changes are to allow EVASS scores to be used in your evaluation and as a reason to non-renew contracts. The changes to be added are highlighted below.

Under DCB (Local) Term Contract, a sentence has been added: "The District shall consider student performance and value-added data in its decisions regarding term contracts."

Under DNA (Local) the added sentence is: "The District appraisal systems for campus educators shall incorporate value-added data for consideration in the overall appraisal rating, effective beginning with the 2010-2011 school year."

Under DFBB (Local) "Reasons for proposed nonrenewal of an employee's term contract Shall be: #34. Insufficient student academic growth as reflected by value added scores."

What it is called, what is that word when someone tells you one thing and does the opposite?

HFT opposed these changes in consultation, and we will fight them through the grievance process and at TEA. Firing teachers based on student test scores is against state law. This was pointed out to the administration, but they intend to make these changes in local policy anyway.

If any of your friends are not HFT members, tell them they better join now!!!

submitted by:

Joanna Pasternak, HFT Representative
3100 Weslayan, Suite 255
Houston, Texas 77027
713-623-8891 Ph.
713-623-2711 Fax