Q: I am non-tenured and was hired prior to
the tenure reform law taking effect.
There isn't a progressive state where a teacher evaluation framework,
tenure reform law, equitable funding formula, charter, or choice program passed without the support of both Democrats and Republicans.
As part of Michigan's teacher
tenure reform law, the Michigan Council of Educator Effectiveness was established by the Legislature in June 2011 with the charge of creating a «fair, transparent and feasible evaluation system for teachers and administrators.»
SGOs are one of three measures used to judge teacher effectiveness as part of the teacher
tenure reform law that went into effect last year.
The state Department of Education last week released a mostly positive report on the initial year of the system as dictated under the TEACHNJ
tenure reform law, citing some challenges but praising the progress in meeting requirements for additional observations and goal setting for teachers.
The tests would still be rolled out as planned if the legislation passed but the results would not count toward teacher evaluations, the centerpiece of the teacher
tenure reform law signed by Christie in 2012.
This was one of the key lessons learned early on by EPAC and led to the recommendation to delay full implementation of the evaluation system by a year: 2012 - 2013 was scheduled in
the tenure reform law as a capacity - building year for districts to choose, train in, and practice using a teacher practice instrument.
Mayor Baraka, however, inadvertently points to one of the unresolved problems with N.J.'s 2012
tenure reform law that requires long paper trails of proof of inefficiency and individualized professional development plans in order to remove tenure.
The teacher evaluation process is the keystone of the TEACHNJ teacher
tenure reform law signed by Gov. Chris Christie last year.
The 2012
tenure reform law requires districts to bring tenure charges against those with ratings of» ineffective» for two consecutive years, and two years later, 2015 will be the first test to see if districts will move on the opportunity.
Of that, $ 1.25 million will be made available to districts in grants to help pay for training of administrators and teachers in the state's new teacher - evaluation system under
the tenure reform law known as TEACHNJ.
As the Christie administration's new regulations for teacher evaluation near a critical juncture, the prime author of the landmark
tenure reform law behind the proposed rules said the administration may be moving too aggressively in some places.
Not exact matches
These
reforms represent a sea change in a borough where County Leader after County Leader has been forced to abruptly end their
tenures due to challenges with the
law.
After last week's Vergara v. California ruling, New York's teachers unions and education
reform groups are preparing to battle over expected legal action seeking to change the state's
tenure laws.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened the first six legislative sessions of his
tenure by making bold requests for
reform proposals, and ended them by blaming opposition in the Legislature when nothing or a slimmed - down measure made its way into
law.
Education
reform groups like StudentsFirstNY and the New Teacher Project say a lawsuit against New York State inspired by the Vergara case could change local
tenure laws and present a long - awaited opportunity to legally assess long - term sticking points with the unions, such as merit pay and seniority rules.
Regarding Duncan's legacy: First, his
tenure will be known for a
law that, as one analyst noted, coincided with «perhaps the sharpest reversal of federal ambitions since the welfare -
reform act of 1996.»
I would go into a state, talk up
reform, and as soon as I left, the union attorney would come in and say, - We've got a great
tenure law, let's keep it.»»
Dean James Ryan comparing the ruling in Vergara v. California, which stated that the state's strong teacher
tenure laws were unconstitutional, to school finance
reform, which said you had to have equal resources in order to have equal educational opportunity.
The paper makes a number of recommendations for federal and state policy that would
reform state
tenure laws and district
tenure processes:
«This was a very cynical statement that she doesn't believe teachers and schools can make a difference in high - poverty areas,» says Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston, a former teacher and principal whose sweeping
tenure -
reform law is a national model.
Does this mean that efforts to
reform tenure laws are a waste of time?
The principal argument against
reforming tenure laws is that they protect good teachers from unfair dismissal.
The teacher evaluation issue got off to a less than auspicious start when the educator effectiveness report envisioned in the 2011 teacher
tenure reform was first slated to be finished April 30, 2012, nine months after Snyder signed the bill into
law.
Reform tenure: Eliminate the
law that grants
tenure automatically to all «persons who have been found competent, efficient and satisfactory» after just three years.
One of the hottest tickets was a session led by Charlotte Danielson, the architect of a teacher - evaluation model being used in a majority of New Jersey school districts as part of the state's new
tenure -
reform law, which aims to hold teachers more accountable for student performance.
EdSource wrote about a debate the four candidates had on Tuesday where Villaraigosa was the only candidate who committed to
reforming teacher
tenure laws.
The NJEA is not against every plank of the
reform platform, and it was a key player in the final
tenure law, but it has found itself more in battle with Christie over his plans than in concert with them.
Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA: New
Law, New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher
Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?
Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown's Partnership for Educational Justice, which recently recruited renowned attorneys David Boies and Laurence Tribe, seeks to
reform teacher
tenure laws, mirroring activities that led to California's controversial Vergara ruling.
This alignment of goals contributed to the rash of statehouses that
reformed teacher
tenure and evaluation
laws from 2010 to 2014, with prominent Democrats such as New Jersey Sen. Corey Booker, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo championing the cause.
Reform New York state's outmoded
tenure law to enable principals to effectively manage their schools and staffs.
By TIMOTHY KNOWLES Colorado did right by its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into
law groundbreaking education
reform to overhaul teacher
tenure and evaluation.
Colorado did right by its kids recently when Gov. Bill Ritter signed into
law groundbreaking education
reform to overhaul teacher
tenure and evaluation.
SB310 — Sen. Trip Pittman's Teacher
Tenure Law and Fair Dismissal Act: Reforms the state's tenure system for teachers in order to improve the quality of education in Al
Tenure Law and Fair Dismissal Act:
Reforms the state's
tenure system for teachers in order to improve the quality of education in Al
tenure system for teachers in order to improve the quality of education in Alabama.
It was thus with No Child Left Behind, Massachusetts» landmark 1993 Education
Reform law, and the
reforms of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during whose
tenure «teacher salaries rose over 40 percent».
Yet to take center stage:
Tenure reform and whether state
law should allow teacher effectiveness to be a factor in layoffs — a virtual certainty during the next biennium.
A state arbitrator has decided the first contested case under the state's new
tenure -
reform law that involves a teacher's classroom performance.
Education
Reform Now claims credit for New Jersey's draconian anti-teacher
tenure law that was designed to undermine the rights of teachers and the teaching profession.
During his
tenure, he spearheaded significant educational
reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies, enlarging the clinical education program, revamping to foster a public service ethos, and developing the international
law program to support a growing emphasis on globalization in legal practice.
He followed up with what his supporters would say has been a successful record of accomplishments on the education front, including last year's passage of a
tenure -
reform law that for the first time directly tied teachers»
tenure to their annual evaluations.
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To a significant extent,
reforms to state
law are being driven by policies of the Australian Government, particularly its secure
tenure requirements under the Remote Indigenous Housing Agreement.