Resolution Rejecting Remote Teaching Amendments to APPR
By Quinn Zannoni and John Lawhead, UFT Solidarity Council
WHEREAS, principals across the NYC DOE have been sharing amongst themselves a newly released Danielson Group framework for Remote Teaching; and
WHEREAS, The Danielson Framework for Remote Teaching is not on NYSED’s list of Approved Teacher Practice Rubrics for New york State; and
WHEREAS, there is no sound basis for using any remote teaching evaluation framework, as there are no proven, research-based “best practices” for the experimental remote learning modality which has been under development and in operation for less than one full school year; and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted a remote teaching modality as a temporary emergency response measure and has no contractual approval to continue with the practice beyond the limited scope of a pilot program teaching high school AP and foreign language classes; and
WHEREAS, under the extenuating circumstances of a pandemic, adding an arbitrary, untested framework/rubric to an already confusing mix of ever-changing DOE directives regarding online schooling will do nothing but cause confusion and add stress for all stakeholders; and,
WHEREAS, most building administrators have no experience in teaching or evaluating teaching in an online setting:
RESOLVED, we urge that the UFT reject any framework or rubric that purports to measure teacher effectiveness in a remote setting.
