Sentences with phrase «decisions about tenure»

They also encourage the use of these evaluations to inform decisions about tenure and continuation, compensation, promotion, advanced certification, and dismissal.

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

Then we can make informed decisions about tenure and teacher compensation.

Not exact matches

He said decisions about the size of stock buybacks and investment in R&D, which totaled $ 17 billion during his tenure, were not related.

Rubin's decision to share his story about financial losses at Goldman Sachs where he «weathered the storm» using his magical existential thinking stands in contrast to Citigroup's condition with Rubin as the long - tenured Chair of the Executive Committee.

Perhaps no one will be watching as closely as President Obama, who insists he won't get an early heads up from the justices about their decision on the signature achievement of his four - year tenure.

They hear the horror stories about promotion and tenure decisions, the fight to secure funding to keep research going, and the drudgery of teaching introductory courses in which students only want to get the «A» that will help them get into the medical or graduate school of their choice.

In a stroke of bad luck, he lost his funding at about the same time the tenure committee reached its decision, which didn't help his job search.

Similarly, 27 percent oppose basing decisions about teacher tenure on how well students progress on standardized tests, nearly double the 14 percent opposed to the idea one year ago.

For many purposes, such as tenure or retention decisions, it is not the «year to year» correlation that matters, but the «year - to - career» — that is, the degree to which a single year's value - added measure would provide information about a teacher's likely impact on students over their future careers.

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.

Because all tenure deliberations are confidential, I can not speak publicly about the specific circumstances of any decision; however, I do wish to address an issue that some have raised concerning the school's broader interest in certain methods of inquiry or areas of study.

Early, irreversible decisions about teacher tenure have real costs for students and ultimately all of society.

They could make a much better decision about which teachers to retain for tenure if they had an extra few years of data.

Then, to defend the last - in, first - out laws, they had to make an about - face and argue that districts knew nothing about effectiveness after tenure, that using seniority was the only way to ensure that favoritism was not the basis of retention decisions.

However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

We know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take teacher voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

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.

Decisions about licensure, and presumably tenure, would be based on — and here's where things get tricky — «observations of candidates» performance in real - time classroom settings and demonstrated effectiveness in supporting students» academic growth.»

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.

First, it should provide a factual basis on which the district can make decisions about a person's hiring or firing, on - the - job training, tenure, salary and promotions.

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.

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.

And it began requiring principals to justify their decisions about whether to grant or deny tenure — particularly if it didn't match up with the data.

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.

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.

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.

The bill cements the use of test scores to evaluate and make high - stakes decisions (e.g., tenure) about teachers, along with observational measures.

This district is to use these data, along with student growth ratings, to inform decisions about teachers» tenure, retention, and pay - for - performance system, in compliance with the state's still current teacher evaluation system.

2009 - 2010 New York City starts including value - added data in decisions about whether to grant tenure to teachers.

According to another poll from last year, even most educators believe that a teacher should serve in the classroom at least five years before an administrator makes a decision about whether or not to grant tenure.

He hopes the Vergara decision does prompt a wider conversation about tenure.

4 in a row — I heard something about teacher tenure — a facade — never existed — so I propose that CT be the first state to abolish teacher tenure and get rid of that nasty word forever — Instead teachers will agree to just due process where an arbitrator would decide their fate quickly and the arbitrators decision is binding — what say??? No more tenure — only state to agree to this — jump on this bandwagon — T

The new evaluations, which will generally use test - scores as one of multiple measures, including classroom observations, are increasingly being used in decisions about compensation, retention and tenure.

Given the problems with value - added modeling, no matter which formula is used, he suggests that the best uses of the ratings might not be to make decisions about hiring, firing and tenure.

As the authors note, citation counts are often used by university departments to make decisions about hiring and tenure.

AS OIL PRICES IMPROVE AND PRODUCTION IS BROUGHT BACK ON AFTER BEING SHUT IN, lessees should be thinking carefully about steps to protect their tenure from expiry in view of an Alberta Court of Appeal decision, Stewart Estate v 1088294 Alberta Ltd. (i)

However, this focus on secure tenure is not about assisting Indigenous people to make use of their land — it is about governments having control over decision - making.

These processes enable land councils to articulate decisions about land use made under traditional law and custom by the land owners to the outside world in conformity with standard Australian land tenure and land use procedures, while maintaining Aboriginal control.

The preservation of traditional lands in ultimately inalienable form for the use and enjoyment of future generations is still an important principle of Indigenous land tenure, as recognised by the first and second NIC Principles.136 There has been a strong policy focus over more than thirty years on Indigenous people gaining traditional land, having the right to manage it in accordance with Indigenous tradition, and being able to make decisions about land use in accordance with traditional decision - making processes.