Sentences with phrase «decisions on teacher tenure»

He said the state simply prohibits the linking of student data to decisions on teacher tenure, not teacher effectiveness.

Not exact matches

The letter went on to cite reports of teachers who did not receive a final tenure decision because the principal did not complete the classroom observation or was new to the school.

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.

In the summer of 2008, just prior to implementation, the district and union disagreed on whether the ratings teachers received under the EITP would be used for teacher accountability purposes, such as tenure decisions.

Moreover, districts will do a better job evaluating and providing feedback to teachers after tenure, so employment decisions can be made on the basis of the quality of instruction.

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.

Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposal to require up to half of teacher evaluations and tenure decisions to be based on student testing scores cleared its first major legislative hurdle on Wednesday.

Underlying the California court's decision on June 10, 2014 to reject teacher tenure as unconstitutional is a controversial body of academic research on teacher effectiveness.

First, it provided those making the tenure decision with more information on teacher effectiveness including a district - developed Effectiveness Framework, a tool designed to guide principals and superintendents through a rigorous process for determining which teachers have earned tenure.

It is unlikely that empirical evidence will shed much light on the matter of when in a teacher's career high - stakes decisions (e.g., licensure or tenure) should be made.

He told the court he could decide within three months whether a new teacher would meet program standards — testimony the defense used in support of its claim there is sufficient time to make decision on tenure within the two - year statutory framework.

Additionally, instead of making teacher tenure an earned benchmark based on demonstrated quality of instruction, as teachers and policy organizations across the country strongly have advocated, AB 934 now doubles down on making tenure a time - based employment decision.

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.

Seymour's testimony also helped support the defense's position that the contested tenure law doesn't provide for enough time to make an informed decision on a teacher's potential for success.

The California Supreme Court's decision on whether to take up Vergara v. California, a landmark ruling that challenged teacher tenure and declared some school employment laws unconstitutional, could come as early as this afternoon.

(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

«On the problem with extending the tenure beyond two years... It's important that while we want teachers to at some point have due process rights in their career, that that judgment be made relatively soon; and that a floundering teacher who is grossly ineffective is not allowed to continue for many years because a year is a long time in the life of a student... having the two - year mark — which means you're making a decision usually within 19 months of the starting point of that teacher — has the interest of... encouraging districts to make that decision in a reasonable time frame so that students aren't exposed to struggling teachers for long than they might need to be....

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 revisions also drew criticism from Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, who said that aside from reducing funding for the bill, the committees also stripped it of some of its key elements, such as provisions linking teacher evaluations to decisions on tenure.

Teachers» annual evaluations and tenure decisions are partially dependent on test results.

I think it's also possible that — having watched a lot of school districts over the years — not having a moment at which you have to make a tenure decision could allow districts to just keep fairly mediocre teachers along, without doing the due diligence of making a decision in the early years that would protect kids from teachers just kind of hanging on.

The state does not base tenure decisions on teacher performance.

Michigan's Public Act 4 is the most extreme example, but lawmakers from New York to California are seeking ways to circumvent or eliminate public school teacher tenure, pushing for staffing decisions to be made based on merit rather than seniority.

Option # 2: The length of time in the classroom is the most important factor in teacher development, therefore awarding tenure, promotions, and making other staffing decisions based solely on the length of time teaching is most fair.

For teachers who were probationary, but not yet tenured, the court still found an unconstitutional impairment of their contract rights because these teachers had relied on the expectation of receiving tenure as a part of their decision making to remain as a teacher in a district.

It is clear that most states and districts are in some stage of transition in tying data on teacher effectiveness to critical decisions regarding compensation, tenure, hiring, and dismissal.

Last week, a hard - fought legal case brought on behalf of nine California public - school students resulted in a stunning and, for many, exciting decision: A number of the state's teacher - tenure violate the state constitution by depriving California students of the equal opportunity for a quality education.

Many teacher tenure critics also want to end the process of «seniority» — which requires that districts make layoff decisions based on the number of years a teacher has been working.

This 2011 report surveys recently passed teacher evaluation policies in five states and rates each on the law's strengths and weaknesses in teacher evaluation design requirements, transparency and public reporting of evaluation data, principal autonomy over teacher hiring and placement, and the extent to which the law links teacher evaluation results to key personnel decisions, including tenure, reductions in force, dismissal of underperforming teachers, and retention.

Following the original Vergara decision, Republican lawmakers introduced a package of three bills to extend the time it would take a teacher to earn tenure, to repeal the «last - in, first - out» statute that makes layoff decisions based on seniority, and to establish an annual teacher evaluation system.

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

Clearly, this book is to prove very relevant given the ongoing court cases across the country (see a prior post on these cases here) regarding teachers and the systems being used to evaluate them when especially (or extremely) reliant upon VAM - based estimates for consequential decision - making purposes (e.g., teacher tenure, pay, and termination).