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Post Strike. Business community unhappy Pushed in a “get-tough” board Non-educator superintendant—Alan Bersin Former federal prosecutor Friend of Clinton and Gore SDEA not consulted. Supt. Bersin. Bersin given carte blanche Based on NYC District 2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Business community unhappy
• Pushed in a “get-tough” board
• Non-educator superintendant—Alan Bersin
– Former federal prosecutor
– Friend of Clinton and Gore
– SDEA not consulted
Post Strike
• Bersin given carte blanche
• Based on NYC District 2
• Invited Anthony Alvarado from NYC as chancellor for instruction
Supt. Bersin
• Balanced Literacy• All elem. teachers required to teach it for 3
hours/day• Balanced Literacy Coaches in each school • SDEA protested
Curriculum
• Added constructivist math– Double-periods in middle schools
• Secondary 2-3 period literacy blocks• Summer school• Longer days
Blueprint for Student Success in a Standards-Based System
• From administrative layoffs• Shifted Title I funds– Fired 600+ paras
• Gates, Hewlett, Carnegie, Broad
Funding
• Bersin disdained teacher buy-in• Command and control• “You don’t cross a chasm in
two leaps”• “Do it fast; Do it deep; Take no
prisoners”• “You’ve got to jolt a system.”
Top Down
• Arrogant, condescending, disrespectful, • Bullied by grade switching, evaluations• Forced jargon: “I am a reflective practitioner”• Teacher negativity did not soften over time• 90% of principals replaced• 1/3rd of the teachers left
Impact on StaffTeachers felt exhausted, stressedClimate of fear and suspicion
• Bersin threw Alvarado under the bus (’02)• Appease angry teachers• School board majority shifted• Bersin fired
Decline and Fall of Bersin
• Gains were modest– less than statewide ave.• High schools test results did not improve• Dropout rate increased
Academic Results
• In the buildings
• CBA not an obstacle to reform
• Connect with parents, neighborhood
• Fight layoffs with allies
• Focus on organizing, bargaining, enforcement
San Diego EA Today
SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
WEA STAFF PRESENTATION – JUNE 16, 2011
vs.
2006 2011
Key Factors Allowing For SDEA’s Involvement:• Built the capacity to organize in the community & have developed strong
relationships city-wide (Central Labor Council, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Equality Alliance, SDOP, etc.).
• Elected “adequate” people to the School Board through grassroots campaigns
• Demanded and received “hands off our contract” agreement with partner organizations as pre-condition for our involvement
• The contract is NOT the problem so it won’t be even discussed as part of a solution
SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
WEA STAFF PRESENTATION – JUNE 16, 2011
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