Don’t you already have enough to do at school?

Well, some House lawmakers don’t think so.

Rep. Andrew Lewis is pushing a bill that would require Pennsylvania schools to post all of their “instructional materials” on their websites. That means educators like you would need to gather up EVERYTHING YOU USE TO TEACH KIDS, FOR EVERY CLASS YOU TEACH, to post that material on the internet so that people who don’t even live in your school district can judge, criticize, and weigh in on how and what you teach.

House Bill 1332 could be voted in the state House tomorrow.

Contact your state representative TODAY and tell him or her to oppose House Bill 1332.

Let your state representative know that you’re too busy teaching kids to waste valuable time on this ridiculous plan.

Here’s what you need to know about House Bill 1332.

• Right now, state regulations say that schools must have policies to grant parents and guardians of students access to “curriculum, including academic materials, academic standards to be achieved, instructional materials and assessment techniques.” School districts typically make all of this information physically available for parents and guardians to review on-site through an established process.
• This bill would require schools to post all “curriculum, including academic standards to be achieved, instructional materials, assessment techniques, and course syllabus for each instructional course” online for anyone to see.
• “Instructional materials” is not defined under the bill. It could be interpreted so broadly that it could literally mean everything you use to help your students learn.
• The bill would take effect in the 2022-3 school year.
• The burden of getting all of these materials together, for every class you teach, would likely fall on YOU.

What would this really look like?

We asked a few PSEA members what “instructional materials” they would have to gather up to post online. Here’s what two of them told us.

·       Elementary STEM teacher: “calendar pocket chart and numbers, coins, base ten pocket chart, pocket charts (many), cardstock (white and colored), velcro dots, Decodable books (Bob books, half pint, Geodes, Super charged), Heggerty manual, Fundations manual, Fundations magnet boards, Fundations consumable books, Pencil boxes, dry erase markers (on average 4 per marking period per kid), two boxes of crayons per student, markers for students and teacher, lined chart paper, blank chart paper, pencils 2-4 per marking period per student, STEM bins, Legos, books, dry erase boards, name tags, number lines for desks, wobble seats, scoop seats, stools, Chromebooks, Ozobots, code and go mice, Indi spheros, number blocks, linking cubes, unifix cubes, base ten blocks, bulletin board paper/boarder, hand held mirror, alphabet magnets, letter cubes and Playdough.”

·       High School Technology Education Teacher: “power point presentations, Nearpods, screencasts, lesson plans, guided notes, reading lessons (Cornell note taking, SQ4R, study guides, text marking), guided practice labs, lab reports, safety demonstrations, hands on projects, quizzes and tests.”

What are they really up to?

We’re all for transparency. But something tells me that is not what this is all about. I think it’s about making it easier for people who don’t even live in your school district to judge, criticize, and weigh in on how and what you teach.

One thing is for sure. PSEA members don’t have time to waste just so they can help push politicians’ anti-public education agendas.

Contact your state representative TODAY and tell him or her to oppose House Bill 1332.