New Business Item No. 1 2012 KEA Delegate Assembly The ...

low‐ level knowledge tests drives instruction away from more challenging learning and, more
importantly, these test scores have more to do with who takes the test than how they were taught. This
is true even when statistical methods are used to “control” for student characteristics. Ranking teachers
based on test scores would create the wrong incentives and undermine collaboration.
Submitted by: Rick Jones, Boone County EA; Merry Berry moved to table NBI 6. Marie McMillen
seconded. The motion to table NBI 6 PASSED.
NBI 7 = PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
The KEA Board should explore the options of actions available to members and friends of the education
community in preparation for possible future assaults upon public education in this commonwealth and
report back to the 2013 delegate assembly what actions were discussed.
Rationale: Assaults on public education are increasing throughout the national arena. Being a visionary,
proactive body, the KEA must begin the conversation of how best to prepare a response to this.
Submitted by: Mickey McCoy, MCEA Retired
NBI 8 = PASSED
I move that KEA work with our KEA members on the Education Professional Standards Board to provide
professional ethics and professionalism training in the workplace through our Instructional Advocacy
Work Team.
Rationale: Many faculty and staff need training and updates on professionalism and ethics. Situations
arise daily and most school employees are not aware of the legalities involved.
Submitted by: Barbara Boyd, JCTA
NBI 9 = WITHDRAWN BY THE MAKER
KEA should provide immediate and sustained support for members in PLA (persistently low achieving)
schools by providing training, informational meetings concerning legal and professional ramifications,
and a chance for teachers from various districts to compare their experiences.
Rationale: Teachers in schools that have been labeled as persistently low achieving (PLA) are under
extraordinary pressures from a community that has lost faith and administration that is looking for
someone to blame. Teachers need more support and more changes to convene with other teachers to
get the real picture of what is possible and what is expected.
Submitted by: Nina McCoy, Martin County EA