TCTA and several others registered strong objections to this requirement in the rules in public comment with TCTA noting that the commissioner does not have statutory rulemaking authority in particular to require locally - developed and
adopted teacher appraisal systems to include student performance defined in this way.
The final rules define the performance of teachers» students, for T - TESS and locally - developed and
adopted teacher appraisal systems, as «how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:
Not exact matches
State law requires the commissioner to
adopt a state - recommended system for the
teacher appraisal process with criteria based on «observable, job - related behavior, including: (1)
teachers» implementation of discipline management procedures; and (2) the performance of
teachers» students.»
The finally
adopted rules require that, under both the state - recommended system and locally - developed and
adopted appraisal systems, beginning with the 2017 - 2018 school year, each
teacher appraisal shall include the performance of
teachers» students, which the rules define as «how the individual
teacher's students progress academically in response to the
teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual
teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:
PDAS was
adopted in response to legislation that required the commissioner to
adopt a state - recommended system for the
teacher appraisal process with criteria based on «observable, job - related behavior, including: (1)
teachers» implementation of discipline management procedures; and (2) the performance of
teachers» students.»
On April 13, 2016, TEA issued finally
adopted rules for its new state - recommended
teacher appraisal system, the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 schoo
teacher appraisal system, the Texas
Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 schoo
Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS), which goes into effect with the start of the 2016 - 2017 school year.
A school must have a policy setting out how it will carry out
teacher appraisal and this will be that which the governing board has
adopted.
This was because early versions of SB 1403 contained provisions that would have eliminated the minimum salary schedule, required annual
appraisal of all
teachers, and required that the commissioner
adopt an evaluation framework that set the stage for a tying
teacher evaluations to student test scores.