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All in a Day's Work: What's Standing in the Way of Teacher Effectiveness?October 10, 2006 In October of 2006, Common Good and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) were joined by around 100 teachers, university professors, and education policymakers in a dialogue on how bureaucracy impacts teaching in New York City public schools. The event, “All in a Day’s Work: What’s Standing in the Way of Teacher Effectiveness?,” was hosted at The Harvard Club of New York City.
Common Good President Janet Corcoran began the program by welcoming attendees, panelists, and commentators, and by introducing the evening’s moderator, Jean Johnson of Public Agenda. The heart of the program involved four teachers – Johanna Chase, Melanie Cohen, Katie Kurjakovic, and Bruce Zihal – sharing their experiences teaching in New York City schools. In particular, they discussed how bureaucracy and law affected their work in five particular areas: discipline, assessments and testing, mandated teaching procedures, school management, and paperwork. The teachers were then joined by Pedro Noguera of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education and Jane Hannaway of the Urban Institute, who offered their comments and insights on the teachers’ experiences and how they were reflective of teachers’ experiences nationwide. UFT President Randi Weingarten closed the program by thanking participants and expressing hope that the dialogue will continue and lead to positive change for teachers in New York City and beyond.
Read the "All in a Day's Work" report.
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