Sentences with phrase «department over its teacher evaluation»

The teacher's union is suing the Education Department over the teacher evaluation process, and won a partial victory in state court last summer.

Not exact matches

First, the state Education Department and the teachers unions must resolve a lawsuit over the evaluations or Cuomo will insert his own plan into the 30 - day amendments (taking advantage of the broad powers the governor has over the budget in New York).

Talks over the evaluations broke down in the city last month when Department of Education officials refused to consider the UFT's insistence that teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.

The governor is also asking for the state's largest teachers union and the state education department to drop a lawsuit over the teacher evaluation has that has further delayed things.

Without a real evaluation plan in place created by the teacher's unions and the State Education Department within 30 days, the government will take over and institute an evaluation plan.

The state Education Department plans to offer its first draft of new evaluations for teachers and principals next week amid growing discontent over another revision to the state system.

The board and state Education Department generally have control over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of controversy.

Plattsburgh City School District Superintendent Jay LeBrun attributes the overall decrease to the link between student scores and teacher evaluations — a major sticking point last year as educators battled with the state Department of Education and the governor over reforms that would have wedded the two.

But unions and the State Education Department have battled over how districts should handle teacher evaluations in the absence of test scores, with the union saying scores should be thrown out entirely and the state saying a backup measure should be used.

Takes issue with Phil Rumore's characterization of the dispute between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and the state Department of Education over teacher evaluations.

Bennett in the interview: Takes issue with Phil Rumore's characterization of the dispute between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and the state Department of Education over teacher evaluations.

Just two months ago, we announced, in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education, a revised teacher evaluation system that considers the work students and teachers do over the entire school year.

The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the union and the Department of Education over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.

But can it possibly be true, as reported in his recent post, that the Regents and the New York State Department of Education went to court with the teachers union over whether test scores would count as 20 percent or 40 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation?

Thirty districts, encompassing over 15,000 teachers and principals, piloted aspects of the new evaluation system so that the Department could discover first - hand what works, what doesn't, and what districts should focus on in the first couple of years of implementation.

Governor Christie's Department of Education (NJDOE) is in the second year of its «Excellent Education for New Jersey» (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program in over 30 school districts across the state right now, which will expand to every school in the state this fall.

After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.

The State Education Department and New York State United Teachers have until Thursday to resolve their litigation over new evaluation standards for teachers and school adminisTeachers have until Thursday to resolve their litigation over new evaluation standards for teachers and school administeachers and school administrators.

Dr. Robert Marzano, researcher and author, «I am honored by the Department's selection, and will work closely with my partner, Learning Sciences International, to serve the needs of Florida's districts with our model that incorporates contemporary research in effective teaching practices, the development of expertise over time and the key concept of deliberate practices to districts» teacher evaluation systems.»

The state's teachers» union said it plans to call for a vote of no confidence in state Education Department Commissioner John King on the ongoing controversy over new student testing and teacher evaluations.

Removes all flexibility / local control from districts and makes the Florida Department of Education the sole decision - making authority over teacher evaluations, pay schedules and working conditions

In a letter the state department's Julia Rafael - Bar wrote to Brown on March 25 about the situation, she also said that the district could jeopardize its $ 11 million in School Improvement Grant funding from the federal government for 2012 - 13 (and $ 40 million over the remaining life of SIG for Buffalo) if it did not conform to state law about teacher evaluations.