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Bilingual teachers tell SFUSD they need pay, clerical support and release time for extra assessment work
Summary
Around 150 Cantonese- and Mandarin-track teachers presented a petition and described hours of additional assessment and reporting work tied to bilingual report cards; they asked the Board for 24-hour per-diem compensation, training, tech and clerical support, and release time; UESF said it filed a grievance.
A group of bilingual and immersion teachers, backed by the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF), addressed the Board to describe increased assessment and report-card workload tied to biliteracy programs and asked for concrete supports.
Theresa Chen, a kindergarten Chinese biliteracy teacher at Monroe Elementary, said the additional district assessments and site-based report cards "take up at least, at least 7 hours of work time, and that's 3 times a year," and that the work reduces time for…
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