Sentences with phrase «in teacher tenure decisions»

In teacher tenure decisions, there has been considerable recent progress.

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Heastie, however, said that the probationary period would be extended from three years to four years, and teachers» evaluations would be a factor in tenure decisions.

In a precedent - setting decision, a Staten Island judge ruled last week that the Department of Education took illegal shortcuts in firing a tenured teacheIn a precedent - setting decision, a Staten Island judge ruled last week that the Department of Education took illegal shortcuts in firing a tenured teachein firing a tenured teacher.

But the groundbreaking decision in the Vergara case makes it clear that early, and effectively irreversible, decisions about teacher tenure have real costs for students and ultimately all of society.

In a stunning decision, a judge in the California Superior Court has ruled that, because education is a fundamental right of California youth, the laws governing teacher tenure, teacher dismissal and rules for layoffs are unconstitutionaIn a stunning decision, a judge in the California Superior Court has ruled that, because education is a fundamental right of California youth, the laws governing teacher tenure, teacher dismissal and rules for layoffs are unconstitutionain the California Superior Court has ruled that, because education is a fundamental right of California youth, the laws governing teacher tenure, teacher dismissal and rules for layoffs are unconstitutional.

In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisionsIn April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisionsin Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisionsin which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisionsin layoff decisions.)

Because a tenure decision involves thousands of future students as well as future colleagues and supervisors at other schools in a district where a teacher might work, it makes no sense to leave the decision in the hands of their current supervisor alone.

Even more striking, the number of states requiring districts to consider teacher evaluations in tenure decisions grew from 0 to 23 over that same period.

In the summer of 2008, just prior to implementation, the district and union disagreed on whether the ratings teachers received under the EITP would be used for teacher accountability purposes, such as tenure decisions.

In 2007, New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein sought to change the process for awarding teachers tenure, allowing student data to be factored into that decision.

Is it in children's interest to make teacher - tenure decisions in 18 months?

The lawsuit is the first of what many analysts expect will be numerous legal challenges around the country following a landmark decision in June by a California Superior Court judge who struck down the tenure system there as unconstitutional under state law, saying it unfairly saddled students in high - needs schools with low - performing teachers.

(California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

Because few charter schools are unionized, they hire and fire teachers and administrative staff without regard to the collectively bargained seniority and tenure provisions that constrain such decisions in many public schools.

During her tenure, she was in charge of all business and marketing decisions, from product definition and stewardship to government and stakeholder relations, and from demand creation and sales to customer understanding and professional development services for teachers.

Maine's school boards are being urged to eliminate seniority clauses from teachers» contracts as the result of a state high - court decision, handed down this summer, that state law does not protect tenured teachers at the expense of nontenured teachers in layoff decisions.

Now, with Republican governors like Scott Walker in Wisconsin and John Kasich in Ohio publicly taking on collective bargaining for public school teachers, replacing strict salary schedules with merit pay, and introducing value - added measures into decisions about salaries and tenure, events have caught up to his message.

Perhaps the higher levels of support we observed in 2014 reflected temporary shocks to public opinion stemming from events such as Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's recall election and the landmark Vergara v. California decision that struck down California's teacher evaluation and tenure laws, both of which took place while our survey was in the field.

In the coming years, it will be important to track whether or not the measures maintain their predictive validity as they are used for tenure decisions, teacher evaluations and merit pay.

But if principals were taking advantage of their pre-tenure freedom to fire at will, we'd expect to see the lower - value - added teachers leaving schools at much higher rates than their higher - value - added counterparts, and an increase in dismissals at the tenure decision point between the fourth and fifth years.

The appeal decision will be closely watched throughout the state and beyond, as the future of California's teacher employment laws surrounding tenure, seniority and dismissal hang in the balance.

School districts also are under increasing pressure to gather data about teacher performance as part of a related effort to address teacher tenure and in some cases are tied to decisions about pay increments.

The decision, which was enthusiastically endorsed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, brings a close to the first chapter of the case, Vergara v. California, in which a group of student plaintiffs backed by a Silicon Valley millionaire argued that state tenure laws had deprived them of a decent education by leaving bad teachers in place.

The decision hands teachers» unions a major defeat in a landmark case, one that could radically alter how California teachers are hired and fired and prompt challenges to tenure laws in other states.

Teachers would tie tenure decisions to evaluation and support systems, as a natural outcome earned through exceptional performance and growth in the first three to five years.

We would hope, for example, that the measures used to make teacher tenure decisions are good predictors of how teachers will perform in the years after they receive tenure.

It is unlikely that empirical evidence will shed much light on the matter of when in a teacher's career high - stakes decisions (e.g., licensure or tenure) should be made.

Increasingly, state legislatures have been working to weaken or even abolish the practice of teacher tenure, including the requirement to use teacher evaluation data in the decision to grant tenure.

Trading a couple of years of tenure to a developing teacher who needs more mentoring to become more effective and avoiding the decades of youth who might be denied an effective education by a teacher who was granted tenure in a rush should be an easy decision for those who espouse to care about children.

In addition, «27 states [now] require annual evaluations for all teachers, compared to just 15 states in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6In addition, «27 states [now] require annual evaluations for all teachers, compared to just 15 states in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6).

He told the court he could decide within three months whether a new teacher would meet program standards — testimony the defense used in support of its claim there is sufficient time to make decision on tenure within the two - year statutory framework.

The story, «The War on Teacher Tenure,» is mostly about the Vergara decision — in which a judge found that the tenure, seniority and dismissal statutes in the California education code are unconstitutTenure,» is mostly about the Vergara decision — in which a judge found that the tenure, seniority and dismissal statutes in the California education code are unconstituttenure, seniority and dismissal statutes in the California education code are unconstitutional.

Now, their main tasks revolve around making teacher tenure decisions, conducting «Quality Reviews» of school's internal organizational structures, attending public hearings about schools in their districts, and putting out fires when they arise.

The Vergara decision, striking down tenure and dismissal laws in California as depriving the state's most vulnerable students equal access to a quality education, was widely seen as a blow to the teachers union and has moved public opinion toward agreeing with change.

With respect to tenure decisions, first of all, you need to have — in the system, you need to have clear standards that you're going to evaluate the teacher against, that express the kind of teaching practices that are expected; and a way of collecting evidence about what the teacher does in the classroom.

(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.

In a speech to New York's state legislature last November, Mayor Bloomberg praised «data - driven systems» while arguing that student test scores should be linked to teacher tenure decisions.

Just two months ago, lawmakers from both parties, at the behest of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, increased the role of test scores in teacher evaluations and tenure decisions.

Sixteen states require the results of teacher performance evaluations be used in decisions about tenure or non-probationary status, versus 10 in 2011.

Similarly, in Newark, New Jersey, Superintendent Cami Anderson has asked the state's education department to allow teacher evaluation to be considered along with tenure in personnel decisions.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

In a 2 - 1 decision, with Judge Chris Dillon agreeing in part with the majority, the three - judge appeals court panel found that the repeal of teacher tenure in 2013, a bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rightIn a 2 - 1 decision, with Judge Chris Dillon agreeing in part with the majority, the three - judge appeals court panel found that the repeal of teacher tenure in 2013, a bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rightin part with the majority, the three - judge appeals court panel found that the repeal of teacher tenure in 2013, a bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rightin 2013, a bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, amounted to an illegal taking of contract and property rights.

«On the problem with extending the tenure beyond two years... It's important that while we want teachers to at some point have due process rights in their career, that that judgment be made relatively soon; and that a floundering teacher who is grossly ineffective is not allowed to continue for many years because a year is a long time in the life of a student... having the two - year mark — which means you're making a decision usually within 19 months of the starting point of that teacher — has the interest of... encouraging districts to make that decision in a reasonable time frame so that students aren't exposed to struggling teachers for long than they might need to be....

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

Even when derived by averaging several years of teacher scores, effectiveness estimates are unlikely to provide a level of reliability desired in scores used for high - stakes decisions, such as tenure or dismissal.

The unions also proposed that evaluations be clearly tied to a teacher obtaining due process rights, usually known as «teacher tenure» and that decisions about layoffs in times of fiscal crisis include performance evaluations rather than a system based solely on seniority.

Likewise in Minnesota, the district judge said that the plaintiffs failed to establish that they had been harmed in any way by the statutes, but even if they had, «because Plaintiffs» alleged harms are not fairly traceable to the teacher tenure and the continuing contract provisions they challenge, a decision by the Court to strike those laws would not redress the harms.»

In March, Governor Cuomo, dismayed at the large percentage of teachers getting high ratings, succeeded in tying teacher evaluations and tenure decisions more closely to the testIn March, Governor Cuomo, dismayed at the large percentage of teachers getting high ratings, succeeded in tying teacher evaluations and tenure decisions more closely to the testin tying teacher evaluations and tenure decisions more closely to the tests.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A stunning decision to overturn teacher tenure laws in California has New York City parents mobilizing to seek the same thing here.

I think it's also possible that — having watched a lot of school districts over the years — not having a moment at which you have to make a tenure decision could allow districts to just keep fairly mediocre teachers along, without doing the due diligence of making a decision in the early years that would protect kids from teachers just kind of hanging on.