123th Morrison Congress

2nd Session

H.R. 123-0
Title of the Bill:

Reforming Teacher Hiring Act

Main Author(s):

Rep. Chi-Min Ni (D-WI)

Co-Sponsor(s):
BE IT ENACTED BY THE MORRISON CONGRESS
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SECTION 1: Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
1) The Stanford Social Innovation

Review has found that 30% of public school

students never graduate high school (i).
2) Students in American public schools underperform students of other nations,
especially in math, with only 26% of high schoolers considered proficient in
math in 2011 (i).
3) Research shows that new teachers are not good at managing the classroom
and lack instruction skills (ii).
4) Western teachers often work isolated and are given little feedback about
their teaching, hurting their chances of improving (ii).
SECTION 2: Purpose
The purpose

of this bill is to improve public school teacher hiring by requiring

prospective teachers to observe hired teachers in the class and then teach a lesson
themselves.
SECTION 3: General Provisions
This act will require that all prospective public school teachers must spend two
months in observation of a current teacher working at the school to which the person
is applying. The applicant must observe at least five class periods per month in order
to see in person how an experienced teacher leads the class. After this, the
applicant will prepare a lesson plan and teach for one class. During this time, the
current teacher watches and gives feedback afterward.
If the applicants lesson is found satisfactory, he or she continues on with the
applying process. However, if the lesson does not meet the teachers expectations,
the applicant is given one more chance at teaching. If he or she does not succeed,
then the applicant is placed on a teacher mentoring program where he or she can
learn and continue receiving feedback. This process is conducted in the hopes of
remedying poor student performance by starting with the teachers. It also expands
the job application process to become a public school teacher so that it is not reliant
on just a rsum and interviews.
SECTION 4: Definitions
Prospective public school teacher: Somebody applying to work at a public school
Applying process: The regular process by which someone becomes a public school
teacher, which includes sending in a rsum and attending interviews

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Works Cited:
1) https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_missing_link_in_school_reform
2) http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21700385-great-teaching-has-long-been-se
en-innate-skill-reformers-are-showing-best