08/08/2026
The challenge of finding the right evaluation metrics...
"I asked for our objective. He asked me back." — Nikos T.
GREATER AGORA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT — Veteran instructor Mr. Socrates received a rating of Needs Improvement following Tuesday's formal observation, after evaluator Mr. Stavrellis found no learning objective posted anywhere in the colonnade. The rubric awarded zero of four points under Domain 1c, noting that when students were asked what they would know by the end of the lesson, all 30 replied that they knew nothing.
At the post-observation conference, Mr. Socrates responded to each of the 11 findings with a question, which Mr. Stavrellis documented as additional evidence of unclear success criteria. Student Nikos told Eyes On Meme he once asked Mr. Socrates directly what the day's objective was, and has spent the weeks since questioning whether objectives can be known at all.
Mr. Socrates declined to sign the evaluation, asking whether a signature can certify understanding, and was logged as refusing to engage in the growth process. A follow-up observation is scheduled for spring, along with a separate hearing on corrupting the youth, which will use the same rubric.
