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So at age 32, after 6 years in the classroom, without any experience as an Assistant Principal that I can see, she became a Principal and now goes around as if she knows anything about education.  I’m sure she’ll soon find herself in line for a job at Tweed; but of course hopefully with Bloomberg reign of terror over the schools slated to end in little more than a year, hopefully it will be temporary.  To take such a person seriously is one of the problems we face in education today where experience in the classroom means nothing as long as one’s political views jives witgh those hell bent on destroying the public school system.

”Guest”,

Hall was an assistant principal at the school from 2006-2009.

Gee, seems I wasn’t invited to present what I think to the
Cuomo Commission. Well, I’m only a teacher, but at least the UFT sent a rep.
 but way things are going, looks like
that won’t be for long.  Gotta come up
with another plan here. Three ivy league degrees, great evals, but always been
teaching in “failing” schools and taking the blame. Ok, sorry fellow teachers,
but with my skills time to bag it and follow Michelle Rhee and…start an education
think tank!  Ok, I need a program. How
about: Abolish teacher tenure, unions, and qualifications; extend school day to
5pm and year to 280 days including Saturdays; and yea, double class size since
we know class size doesn’t matter. Umm…yea, that should do it. Sounds like a ruthless factory owner in
1840s England.  Cool, but its for the kids remember.  That should work to get
me funding and fat salary from the libertarian billionaire crowd. Ok, I’m set.
I’ll have some job slots open for “policy advocates”. Good pay, and no dealing
with nasty kids anymore. Apply now.  

And she’s 36, not 32, but who wants to let facts get in the way when you’re disparaging someone you don’t even know…

Once again the public is being informed about “school reforms” by these inexperienced teachers(E$E), with less than 15 years in the classrom, whose focus is on themselves by pretending to promote education reforms.  Their goal is to bring focus on their career advancement from the classroom to Tweed by stepping on children first.

All these “reformers” share on characteristic: they do not want to teach. Well, there you have it, our “problem” in education.

Justthefactsmam
Teaching is a profession that is never fully learned and each and every year is very unique. Most teachers I knew were always learning new things but in the last few years under Bloombergs control with the advent of the 40 day wonder teachers and administrators many of these people came with an attitude that they know it all. Some people need 15 years and others will never get it.Your friend, your relative is part of the problem. She is climbing up the ladder of the DOE but she has a rude awakening coming.
For her sake I hope she lands softly.

She has no ability except to kiss up to the Doe.She is a big part of the problem. Wait until the turds third term is over and then send in people to throw out all of these false principals. 

She will be taking her lead from the Queen and she will do all of the Rheeject’s dirty work….let’s see…get rid of experienced, higher salaried teachers, get rid of collective bargaining, get rid of tenure, create a cheap labor force of at will employees, train Stepford TFA scabs to be test prep drones, but be sure to say “we must put the children first and reward great teachers”. Repeat after me, ready:

“we must put the children first and reward great teachers”
“we must put the children first and reward great teachers”
“we must put the children first and reward great teachers”

Got it, can you remember that, okay, you are now the RheefirstNYC representative.

Did you know David Coleman, now the head of the College Board and the main person behind the Common Core, was once the treasurer for Students First?

Based on the comments, it looks like 3 years as a teacher, 3 years as an assistant principal and less than 3 years as a principal? No wonder she’s against seniority protections; she doesn’t have any! And she seems so loved by her bosses, she doesn’t look like she needs any! 
I know it may sound like an insane suggestion at this point, but why don’t we KEEP seniority protections, start using a detailed evaluation system and get rid of poor teachers that way!

Oh wait, I’m not on the panel….

This is happening because at every level Bloomberg is in retreat. This was all scripted so that this meeting wouldn’t backfire. Bloomberg created e4e to do his dirty work and those non teachers in e4e always get on line first to spew the Bloomberg line. Principals like Hall should be watched for everything they say or do. She will stick her foot into her mouth and all that is needed is a few of her teachers to say what is really going on.I would love to hear from some of her staff she has to screw up and it should be jumped on by the union. Make her miserable at every point.

I wonder if the people in StudentsFirst really DO put children first. If they are parents, do they
 
nurture their marriages to make certain their sons and daughters have the advantage of an intact home;
 
respect and honor their spouse, the other parent of their child, instead of falling “in love” with a new man or woman;

take care of their children instead of sending them to live with ex-spouses or other relatives for the sake of “freedom” or convenience;

spend as much of their free time as possible nurturing their children;

place the needs of their children before their own.

If they are teachers, do they

prefer to be in the classroom where they can serve the children directly;

spend their time in graduate school learning how to be better teachers instead of going after the more lucrative administrative degree;

spend most of their evenings, weekends, summers getting ready for the next day, week, year;

spend more of their own money on their classrooms than the federal government spends?

Actually it’s easy to tell who puts students first. They are the people who choose to be with the children each day! Please support teachers, parents and others who give their time and money directly to children. People who truly put students first need your help.

This speaks to the quality of Anna Hall’s work and her tenure as an “educator.” You can’t make this stuff up. We truly live in an upside down world
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Okay, so you aren’t going to focus solely on experience when firing teachers eh?  Let me ask you this; you are going in for life threatening surgery.  Do you want the surgeon who has 15 years of experience and a strong cure rate, or do you want the surgeon who hasn’t done too many of these operations, but is CHEAPER.  Please consider this whenever anyone you know talks about wanting to fire more expensive teachers in a cost cutting measure. You are playing games with the lives and education of children when you think this way. Let’s not forget that the goals of the governor’s of clearly defined as 1. Saving Money, 2. Improving sudent learning. This in oxymoron beyond belief.  You can’t cut education spending to the extent the governor has and improve education at the same time.  You gotta spend money to make money.  If you don’t, expect student performance to decline, expect less and less of our more talented young people to pursue a career in education because of the financial disincentive.  Reforms to education which are implemented by politicians for political reasons have never, and will never, reform education.  Mr. Cuomo will likely be long gone on his journey to the White House to care very much about the long term damage this reckless policies will have on the children of New York State

“her substantial skills as a frontline educator?” I’d say that after three years of teaching her skills were hardly substantial. As a 20 year educator who takes her job seriously, I am still amazed by what I learn every year from being in the classroom. I’ve never looked for a “way out” and have stayed in the classroom, despite the myriad of challenges, and worked to make a real difference in the lives of children. Lately most “administrators” seem to be on the fast track, that is, looking for the fastest way out of the classroom.

It’s unintentionally revealing that GS reports “StudentsFirstNY Adds an Educator in Time for Cuomo Task Force,” as if an educator’s affiliation with this group – although in reality Ms Hall is an ed deform apparatchik, whose classroom experience is minimal – should be treated like news.

Then again, I guess it is a man bites dog story that an “educator” would be associated with Michelle Rhee’s front group.

The commission refused to have REAL educators speak.  It was fixed to push a single view point. It is shameful what is happening to our education system. 
The purpose of tenure was to eliminate cronyism.  We watched the cronyism of New York City in the appointment of Chancellor Black. 
In addition, study after study has shown that constant turnover in schools has serious negative consequences on student learning yet these “reformers” want TFA replacements for their 2 year service commitments.  TFA forgives student loans and has corporate or government appointed jobs waiting for them.  They push this agenda for their own self serving interests. 
Wendy Kopp’s husband is a paid board member of the largest charter school in New York.  Michelle Rhee failed and lied in New Orleans and in DC.  Cheating scandals followed her but the media ignored this.  Rhee lied about her test gains in New Orleans and then said she was unaware of her scores.  How does she get away with it?  Teaching in a classroom for less than five years, failing and lying, leaving DC schools in shambles and now based on this record being given a prime speaking spot on the Cuomos education commission.  She is a master of self promotion.  Goebbels would be proud!
This is what this brave new world of education has become.  WELCOME to the EDUCATION INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!