A List of Words Not Found in the Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Rubrics

Words Not Found in MA Effective Teaching Rubrics

The Massachusetts Model System for Educator Evaluation

A List of Words Not Found in the Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Rubrics

Collected by John P Sullivan III - High School Social Studies Teacher

I compiled this list by doing a word search of the Massachusetts Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching.

1. inspiration/inspirational
2. caring
3. motivate/motivated
4. dedicated
5. enthusiastic/enthusiasm
6. knowledgeable
7. informed
8. interesting/interested
9. driven
10. passionate/compassion/compassionate
11. empathetic
12. humor/humorous
13. connect/connection
14. responsible
15. supportive
16. loyal
17. concerned
18. energetic
19. exciting
20. thoughtful
21. kind
22. helpful
23. help (appears once-limited guided practice, and/or few other supports to help students )

BEA Solidarity Social

What:  BEA Week of Action Solidarity Social

When: Friday,  June 12th - After School (3:00)

Where: Donahue's 
                  87 Bigelow Ave, Watertown

Why: Opportunity to connect and support Belmont colleagues. 

MTA Week of Action To Stop The Testing Madness

1. How you can take action  

1. Monday June 8 – Sticker Day   
2. Tuesday, June 9 ‐ Lobby Legislator
1. Post pics with other staff
2. Distribute to parents
3. Distribute to PTO/PTA/School Council others
4. You don't have to wait until Tuesday  
5. Call legislator
6. Attend local or regional event.
3. Wednesday, June 10 – Social Media Day  
1. Twitter storm
1. Hashtags
2. Legislator Twitter accounts
3. Sample tweets
2. Tweet for followers
3. FB posting: caption a picture or hold a sign
4. Twibbon Campaign – change profile picture on Facebook
5. DESE PARCC Forum at Bridgewater S.U.   
4. Thursday, June 11 – Hearing Date
1. Attending Hearing 10 a.m. in State House (BEA has Association day)
2. MTA reimburse local for sub cost.  
3. Gather at MTA before going to State House for briefing and materials .
1. Ashburton Place, Boston.  Go to the 5th floor.  We open at 9:00. a.m.
2. If a local can fill a bus, MTA will reimburse for bus costs.
4. Not attending hearing
1. Group pic outside school – email to legislator (could be same as sticker day)
2. Attend an event in your area – a listing will be available on the MTA website
3. Local may issue press release and members can send letters to the editor.

2015 MTA Annual Meeting

More than 1100 delagates attended the MTA Annual Meeting Friday and Saturday.  Ben Delorio, Leon Dyer, Bethany Fitzsimmons, Gabrielle Garschina, Denise LaPolla, Erin McCarthy, Pat Partridge, Peter Tausek, Adam Weldai, and I represented the BEA.  Jeff Shea addressed the delegates supporting global education and the for educators to part of dialogue.   The keynote address by Jesse Hagopian, a Seattle educator known as a contributor to and the editor of “More than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing.”

On Friday, the delegates passed a new business item that requires MTA President Barbara Madeloni and Vice President Janet Anderson to send a letter to Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester and state legislators stating the following MTA positions:

• That parents in Massachusetts deserve the choice to opt their public school students out of high-stakes standardized assessments.
• That districts should be required to provide all parents with yearly written information explaining their right to opt students out of assessments. 
• That students who opt out should not be included in data used by state or federal entities in “grading” schools. 
• That no parent or student should be penalized because of a parental decision to opt out. 
• That no educator should be disciplined for discussing with students, parents or community members the options for opting students out of high-stakes tests.

On Saturday, the delegates voted in support of the following new business item:

• Cancellation of the 2015 MTA Summer Conference  at UMass Amherst  and MTA shall not do no business with the University until  all salary increases are paid  retroactively
• The MTA will begin making plans for an alternative site and a scaled-down version of the conference, Madeloni told the delegates.
• Opposition to Teach Strategies Gold
• Partnering with the community on “the assault on public education and research-validated alternatives” to
• Promoting and supporting the “Schools Our Children Deserve” initiative in districts under the immediate threat of receivership. 
• Focus training and development resources on an open-bargaining model for locals and bring community allies into the process.
• Reaffirm a commitment “to eliminate discrimination in public education” and to “prevent any encroachment on basic civil and human rights”.

Delegates also approved MTA's budget and voted not to increase dues.

More details can be found on the MTA Annual Meeting page.  

PARCC Forums: Speak Out Against All High-Stakes Testing

Are you an elementary or middle school educator who administered the PARRC?  The state is seeking feedback at a series of hearings. Attend one of a series of public forums being held by the Board of Elemenary and Secondary Education (BESE) on the upcoming decision on whether to sunset the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and adopt the Partnership for the Assessment of College and Careers (PARCC). 

The next hearing is on May 18 at Bunker Hill Community College. Let state officials know your views on PARCC - and on the impact of high-stakes testing in general on your students, your school and your profession. More information is available from the MTA 

A decision will be made by the BESE this fall.

Unit D - Free SPRING WORKSHOPS

Mathematic Strategies for Elementary Paraprofessionals

Peter Mili, Mathematics Educator

Education Association of Worcester on 4/28/15

Difficult Conversations

Katherine Clarke, MTA Field Representative

Holiday Inn in Mansfield on 4/30/15

(A free copy of “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High” will be provided to each attendee.)

Differentiated Instruction for Elementary Paraprofessionals

SiriNam Khalsa, MTA Professional Development Associate

Holyoke Community College on 5/4/15

Differentiated Instruction for Middle/High School Paraprofessionals

SiriNam Khalsa, MTA Professional Development Associate

Holyoke Community College on 5/11/15

School Safety and ESPs

Jean Fay, President, Amherst-Pelham Education Association, and Paul DeMarco, MTA Field Representative

Andover Inn on 5/26/15

Math Strategies for Middle/High Paraprofessionals

Peter Mili, Mathematics Educator

Cambridge Ridge and Latin Library Media Café on 5/28/15

All workshops are free for MTA Education Support Professionals and run from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner Provided.

For more information, contact Jessica Parlon, Division of Training and Professional Learning, 

jparlon@massteacher.org.