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Teachers union challenges L.A. Unified's new evaluation process
- 05-09-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
The union representing Los Angeles teachers is pursuing a legal challenge to a key early step in creating a new teacher evaluation system that includes the use of student scores on standardized tests, union officials said Friday. United Teachers Los Angeles filed an unfair practice charge Friday with the regional office of the state Public Employment Relations Board. The union asserts that the Los Angeles Unified School District violated its legal obligation to "engage in good faith negotiation with UTLA regarding the development of … performance evaluation procedures and any related impacts." At issue is an effort to develop and test a new evaluation process outlined in an April 28 letter to employees from Supt. John Deasy. The letter lists incentives for volunteer participants in the still-evolving evaluation system, while also pledging that participants would not face adverse consequences to their employment status. The incentives include a stipend, paid training days and the option to bypass the standard evaluation process for a year. (more...)
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