Sentences with phrase «by peac»

In the teacher evaluation framework agreed to by PEAC, 45 % of a teacher's evaluation would be made up of multiple indicators of student academic growth and development.

We have several concerns about the amount of work that must be done by PEAC in order to guide the work of the four work groups (teacher evaluation, administrator evaluation, pupil services evaluation, and implementation).

The recommendation by PEAC, the panel of education partners tasked with developing an educator evaluation system that works toward the goal of ensuring every child has access to a high quality education, now goes to the State Board of Education for consideration.

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.

Not exact matches

«Malloy, Wyman, Sharkey, and Williams asked the [PEAC] council to create a subcommittee of classroom teachers to share the obstacles they face and have them make recommendations to the council, General Assembly, and state Education Board by Jan. 1, 2015, nearly two months after the election.»

The initiative is the result of a years - long effort by few factions within UTLA, including the United Valley Caucus, the Latino Caucus, and the Progressive Educators for Action, or PEAC.

It's significant that PEAC's recommendation is unanimous, for 2 reasons: First, it appears that the leadership shown by CEA last year in striving to work with PEAC members to have deeper discussions about the issues has been successful, which, in turn has brought a more clear understanding of the negative impact brought about by including mastery test scores in teacher evaluation; and second, a unanimous decision will, hopefully, have a greater impact on the way the State Board of Education discusses and reviews the recommendation.

By adding more tests of the same skills in the same subjects, PEAC merely added more meaningless «noise.»

«We're up against a time limit here,» said Waxenberg, referring to the fact that some of the issues that PEAC can address would require action by the legislature, which adjourns May 4.

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

PEAC reviewed surveys of PDECs by the state Department of Education as well as surveys CEA and AFT - Connecticut conducted of members who sit on PDECs.

The guidelines were developed by the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) after CEA and AFT - Connecticut brought teachers» concerns to the council.

This is just the beginning of the work that lies ahead for PEAC, which by statute, is to have the guidelines completed by July 1, 2012.

The state Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) has been consumed in recent years by reports from consultants, disagreements about what's best for students and teachers, and plenty of eduspeak — all in pursuit of a new teacher evaluation system.

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.

TEACHER EVALUATION PROGRAM SBE, in consultation with the PEAC, must adopt guidelines for model program by July 1, 2012.