Sentences with phrase «at peac»

Cohen stressed, «We do not want to see what is happening at PEAC not coincide with what is happening in the legislative session and go past the legislative adjournment.

She will sometimes be thinking that word while crying, screaming for joy or just being quiet and at peac...

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Cardona said that when PEAC has heard directly from education practitioners at its meetings they often want to focus on what is going well with teacher evaluation.

PEAC is considering additional ways to increase flexibility to districts and, at a meeting Thursday, members heard from districts in Connecticut that are already provided greater flexibility in their teacher evaluation plans.

According to PEAC members, some of the issues that PEAC and state officials should look at include the requirement that statewide test data be included in evaluations, the strict formulaic approach of the system that limits judgment and takes an inordinate amount of time away from teaching and learning, specified teacher rating categories that interfere with improvement, and evaluator training that may not ensure calibration.

At today's meeting, PEAC members were asked to identify issues that need addressing in the new evaluation system and pinpoint positives that seem to be emerging.

«I think this is a coup against Warren,» said a source within LAUSD, referring to the UTLA President Warren Fletcher, who at times has appeared caught in the middle of widely disparate factions within the union — reform - friendly teachers like NewTLA on the one hand, and hard - liners like PEAC on the other.

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.

At a meeting earlier this month, the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) recommended putting off the use of SBAC scores in teacher evaluations for another year.

Since PEAC is advisory to the state Board of Education, the board must vote on the PEAC recommendation at its meeting on April 6.

At today's PEAC meeting, CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg and President Sheila Cohen held a small group discussion with SDE Commissioner Dianna Wentzell and New Haven Federation of Teachers President David Cicarello on the question of the appropriate use of state mastery tests.

«Regardless of what we want to plan for, a lot is going to depend on what happens in Washington, D.C.,» CEA President Sheila Cohen told other members of Connecticut's Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) at a meeting yesterday.

Decided to conduct surveys of local Professional Development and Evaluation Committee (PDEC) members and teachers to get feedback on how the PDEC process is working and review the findings at the next PEAC meeting.

At today's PEAC meeting in Hartford, Waxenberg and CEA President Sheila Cohen, who represent teachers on the council, reiterated the Association's position that state mastery tests should not be used in teacher evaluation.

That's according to survey data reviewed by the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) at a meeting this week.

Cohen concluded, «We are hopeful that the State Board of Education will adopt PEAC's recommendation at its April 5 meeting so that we can continue to move forward and to improve the educational opportunities for all public school students in Connecticut.»

CEA championed people over process at today's meeting of the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC).

The exchange over the dispute resolution process, a required element of district educator evaluation and support plans, came at this week's PEAC meeting.

At a meeting May 31, PEAC decided the following, against CEA's strong objections and opposition.

With today's PEAC improvements, parents and communities can be confident that teachers will be able to enhance their impact on students — a focus put at risk this school year as teachers, administrators, and school districts were forced to put enormous time and resources into compliance and paperwork required by the Connecticut State Department of Education.