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Working Toward a Different Narrative of Accountability

Working Toward a Different Narrative of Accountability . Sandra Mathison Faculty of Education University of British Columbia. BCTF Annual General Meeting March 2012. Current Narrative of Accountability in education. declares adequate resources are already available for quality schooling,

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Working Toward a Different Narrative of Accountability

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  1. Working Toward a Different Narrative of Accountability Sandra Mathison Faculty of Education University of British Columbia BCTF Annual General Meeting March 2012

  2. Current Narrative of Accountability in education • declares adequate resources are already available for quality schooling, • emphasizes outcomes measures, • suggests that schooling is a commodity in the free market, • distrusts the professionalism of teachers, and • blames teachers, but especially the BCTF for pretty much any problem in education.

  3. Narrative of authentic accountability • Emphasizes adequate and fair educational funding • Assumes that accountability is reciprocal and multi-directional • Sees students, parents, and local communities as primary clients • Makes decisions about the means and ends of schooling at the community level • Assumes schools are accountable for • physical and emotional well being of students • student learning and assessment • teacher learning and evaluation • equity and access • improvement and renewal

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