CEA Teacher Development Specialist Kate Field testified before the State Board of Education today on streamlining the state's PD requirements.
Many of the issues articulated by PEAC members are ones that CEA has voiced concern about already and addressed in the proposed
CEA teacher evaluation guidelines released at a news conference last week.
EDUCATION CONNECTION Professional Development Specialist Susan Domanico,
CEA Teacher Development Specialist Kate Field, and AFT - Connecticut Professional Issues and Development Coordinator Jennifer Benevento talked to PEAC about their work with Professional Development and Evaluation Committees.
«It's hard to imagine that in the mere seven months since its initial application, Relay was able to redress such serious programmatic flaws with any meaningful degree of fidelity,» noted
CEA Teacher Development Specialist Kate Field, a teacher for 16 years and an administrator for three.
Not exact matches
The
CEA website proclaims: «We're here to point the way and help members elect lawmakers who value and respect the important role public education and
teachers play in our state.»
Malloy critic Jonathan Pelto, who tweeted news of the
CEA endorsement Saturday morning, said that Malloy has waged «an unprecedented attack» on
teachers.
The support of the
CEA board is considered key for Malloy, who alienated some
teachers with his proposal to overhaul the tenure system, his support of charter schools and his selection of Stefan Pryor as state education commissioner.
O'Neill also asked that the membership of the existing Minority
Teacher Recruitment Task Force and the new Minority
Teacher Recruitment Policy Oversight Council include
teachers of color from both
CEA and AFT - Connecticut so that the insights and experiences of these
teachers are reflected in the groups» work.
«Members of
CEA's Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee have recommended that we need to reach out to potential
teachers of color before college,» O'Neill said.
In response to Colorado's new
teacher evaluation system, a system plagued by ambiguity and fear,
CEA funded our grant request to recruit NBCT and other master elementary, middle and high school
teachers in Cherry Creek Schools, representing Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, World Languages and ELL, to participate in a professional development activity centered on best practices and the new system.
CEA County Forums around the state offer
teachers an opportunity to meet
CEA - endorsed candidates for elected office and share important information about what is going on in their classrooms.
Representatives of the Connecticut Education Association (
CEA) and the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT) Connecticut submitted a Minority Report detailing the problems with SBAC.
CEA Director of Policy, Research, and Reform Donald Williams shared responses from surveys of
teachers in Connecticut, Oregon, and Washington that showed that an overwhelming majority reported problems with the SBAC accommodations available for special needs students and English language learners.
I have repeatedly urged the leadership of
CEA and AFT NOT to endorse Dannel Malloy as governor as it would be a slap in the face to every public school
teacher in the state.
Kerrie Dallman is a high school American Government
teacher and president of the Colorado Education Association (
CEA).
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Mr. Swerdfeger, a Republican, faced Carole Partin, a Democrat and retired middle school
teacher, who was also a former president of the Pueblo Education Association, an affiliate of the
CEA.
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teacher engagement in public education.
Windsor
teacher and
CEA Professional Issues Coordinator Lisa Bress said the new evaluation system is an extremely time - consuming process, one that some educators feel distracts them from their ability to spend ample time with their students in the classroom.
Ms. Partin received support from the
CEA and the Colorado affiliate of the American Federation of
Teachers.
From right, Bridgeport Education Association President Gary Peluchette,
CEA President Sheila Cohen, and
CEA Vice President Jeff Leake listen to Curiale
teacher Katie McLeod explain an exciting plan to boost student achievement at the school.
More than 400
teachers with one to six years of classroom experience attended the
CEA New
Teacher Conference at the Mohegan Sun Conference Center on April 6 to get training to help them be the best
teachers possible and improve student performance.
CEA delivered hundreds of petitions signed by more than 10,000
teachers to members of Connecticut's congressional delegation today.
CEA President Sheila Cohen said the vote shows that legislators want a greater focus on student learning, not testing, and a better tool to evaluate Connecticut's
teachers.
CEA President Sheila Cohen said, «We commend
teachers for their diligence this year in chronicling the problems with SBAC, and sharing those experiences with their legislators.
CEA is one of many public education stakeholder groups that sit on the council that advises the State Board of Education on
teacher evaluation.
CEA, the Connecticut Parent
Teacher Association (CT PTA), and the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) presented key survey findings including concerns with technology to the effects of overtesting and the time needed to administer and take the SBAC test.
Well, I hope
CEA and AFT get into this instead of posting crap about National
Teacher's Week on their facebook page.
Look at the sham of a Connecticut democratic governor
CEA endorsed a second time who is rhe most anti-public school
teacher and pro common core governor.
Cohen commended
teachers for making their voices heard at a rally at the State Capitol, via a
CEA survey on SBAC, and in correspondence and conversations with legislators.
Earlier this month
CEA held a press conference urging caution and highlighting the many problems with SBAC that
teachers have witnessed.
The
CEA leaders presented a comprehensive report, including research from around the country, detailing why state legislators need to eliminate the link between
teacher evaluations and SBAC that is scheduled to take effect in September.
Donald Williams,
CEA director of Policy, Research, and Reform and a member of the Mastery Examination Committee, highlighted a survey of Connecticut
teachers, as well as a survey of
teachers from other states, outlining serious concerns and issues with the validity, reliability, and fairness of the SBAC test and the harm it is doing to children.
Indisputable evidence from the frontlines of teaching took center stage today at a
CEA news conference in Hartford as
teachers urged lawmakers to examine the needs of students and reject a test that is not valid, reliable, or fair.
Green says that «the Connecticut Education Association is at war with Gov. Malloy over his education reform strategy,» that Malloy is only trying to «convince taxpayers, parents and
teachers that his plan is a moderate, unified effort to improve schools» and that the «
CEA is telling
teachers that the strategy is a threat to every
teacher in the state.»
The title would seem to indicate that the
CEA is doing something «REALLY BAD» telling
teachers to speak out about Malloy's anti-teacher education reform proposals.
I understand the way you put it - the way he did is to suggest that the
CEA is somehow «bad» or «wrong» or «evil» to speak of for Connecticut's
teachers.
Now, as Rick knows, I'm a nobody when it comes to posting stuff on Facebook but having spent a fair amount of time researching the issues — I think the
CEA is being a bit mild when it says the Governor's bill and strategy is a threat to every
teacher in the state.
And I hope our
teacher unions (
CEA and AFT) do not think he made a miraculous recovery from his insanity so they endorse him!
Disgusting that
CEA / AFT Leadership ignores the wishes of membership
Teachers who won such support of the public.
CEA has proposed that the state revise and simplify
teacher evaluation guidelines.
Every year
CEA members identify areas of particular importance to students and
teachers on which to focus advocacy efforts.
So they advocate for and protect businesses and the
CEA and AFT advocate for an protect
teachers and their working conditions.
CEA will oppose any reduction to the income tax reduction for retired
teachers.
CEA leaders, members, and staff will continue to work to ensure appropriate funding for the
Teachers» Retirement System (TRS) and the Retired
Teachers» Health Insurance Fund.
Some of the leaders involved in the discussions, including the
teacher union (
CEA), administrators (CASE) and school boards (CASB), advocated for more funding, but did not believe changes to the system were necessary.
In the article, Colorado Education Association (
CEA) spokesman Mike Wetzel attributed the decline to two factors: 1) a shrinking
teacher workforce due to budget cuts and layoffs, and 2) an economic crunch causing
teachers to feel they could not afford to pay union dues.
A new report from
CEA, the state's largest
teachers union, (prepared by Rodriguez Data Solutions, LLC) shows that these charter management fees are growing at a higher rate than overall State spending on charter schools in Connecticut.