Comments on: Commissioner On Grading, Reports Cards, BUT

By: Reality Cheque

Reality Cheque — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:28:11 +0000

You said it right there:

“SGB is not Rocket Science, and if the private teachers were able to learn it, what is preventing Public Educator to get on with it?”

Clearly there is a problem with the teachers’ learning abilities. Let some of the students go through the training and then let THEM teach the teachers.

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:43:12 +0000

Did you inderstand what you read in the article at all?

By: Rise

Rise — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:58:17 +0000

Seems like an implementation plan for introducing this system was severely lacking.

By: wahoo

wahoo — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:05:30 +0000

Why not cut the cost of sending each kid to public school by $10k per yer by sending them to private schools where teachers get fired for under performing? The additional benefit would be that CS can direct their attentions elsewhere.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:49:00 +0000

Nope!

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:39:58 +0000

‘Commissioner of Education Kalmar Richards said, “The Department of Education is confident that teachers in the Bermuda Public School System are qualified to assess what has been learned by students each day.”’

That may be so Commissioner, but the BUT does not appear to share your confidence in the teachers, and the BUT is the teachers’ union!

‘Teachers in the Bermuda Public School System have a duty to ensure that students and parents are provided with information about their progress. Parents were provided with academic and social skills progress reports on Friday, March 15, 2019.’

Yes, and what? Is the civil service going to all of a sudden start holding civil servants responsible for performing their jobs professionally? Is the Department of Education going to start insisting that teachers abide by their employment contract terms? I fail to see your point, Commissioner.

By: question

question — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:03:22 +0000

So did all the students get their report cards on March 15?

By: STRAIGHTFORWARD

STRAIGHTFORWARD — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:37:06 +0000

Interesting… putting principals and teachers under the same stakes-holders’ position??
Gee….principals are to be the heads of schools. Could Commissioner Richards have that hierarchy WRONG??
If that be the current case…. rather disrespectful, unnecessary!

By: Better Teaching NOW

Better Teaching NOW — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:27:03 +0000

The Hopkins Report now more than 10 years old, indicated we have poor quality teaching. The Union has done nothing to work on pushing higher quality teaching. Instead the Union seems to promote low performance outcomes from teachers. This impacts our students performance.

MR.Charles has failed teachers, and has not moved them in the right direction. His statements on the news appeared sluggish and outright with no sense of direction. Is the Union serious about improving public Education or they just busy playing games? Teachers must also invest in ensuring they have the skills to upgrade their teaching. Our children are important, and this should be the overall focus of teachers and union.

We must move towards a more modern era in Education. Most other countries use Technology to monitor progress and outcomes within their school systems. Accountability is key, and SBG helps to do just that, as well as provide a profile of where we are as a system.

SGB is not Rocket Science, and if the private teachers were able to learn it, what is preventing Public Educator to get on with it? Too many reasons by Educator as to why not. According to the above Training is provided to teachers, in addition to help they need ongoing.

Come on Union stop playing games, and move forward for the sake of our Children.

Union, work on improving the quality of teaching and learning. Save Bermuda’s Children and WORK.