Sentences with phrase «district evaluation»

That publication provides guidelines for state and district evaluation systems.

Thirty - one states either determine the evaluation instrument a district must use, require state approval for district evaluation instruments, or provide explicit guidance.

I had this very conversation with a school district superintendent who argued that their new district evaluation instrument would (by itself) improve teacher effectiveness by more clearly identifying strengths and weaknesses.

Such comparisons can inform national efforts to improve teaching and learning by providing information on the results achieved by national, state, and district evaluation policies.

Each pilot district convenes its own District Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee (DEPAC) to discuss challenges and opportunities and provide feedback about program development and implementation.

South Carolina School District Evaluation in Georgetown and Lancaster Counties: SEDL conducted an evaluation of the extent to which the Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle (PTLC) was changing teaching and learning in the Georgetown and Lancaster county school districts.

According to council members, a sampling of the positives generated by the new teacher evaluation system include administrators focusing more on teaching and learning, administrators visiting teachers» classrooms more frequently, and Professional Development and Evaluation Committee (PDEC) members often having a say in the local district evaluation process.

Washington has enacted a series of legislative and regulatory reforms improving district evaluation systems.

One of the studies cited by Mathews, by Jason Grissom of Vanderbilt University and Susanna Loeb of Stanford University, compares the formal district evaluations principals submitted with how those principals assessed the same teachers in confidential surveys.

For example, teachers and other community leaders from Teach Plus, Future is Now Schools, and Communities for Teaching Excellence have worked over the past year to develop a strong set of recommendations for how to best incorporate AGT (Academic Growth over Time) into the new district evaluations that have already been piloted by 900 teachers and principals.

Ron was a co-author on three district evaluation reports that were honored with awards from the American Education Research Association.

District evaluation criteria often list dozens of elements, yet only a handful of those elements cover classroom work with students.

Mission: For parents, grandparents, schools, faculty or any other caring adult to pledge to help our community's children achieve a truly independent future by reforming public schools, including district evaluations, fitness and nutrition, funding, green schools and technology and six slices of parent involvement and engagement.

The Kent (Washington) School District evaluation team — a partnership of principals, district leaders, and teachers union representatives — had been working together for seven months.

The state Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee (EPAC) serves as the guiding body for this collaboration, and District Evaluation Advisory Committees (DEACs) are helping inform the state group.

However, Miller and superintendents said they planned to work with unions on developing their own district evaluation systems.

In response, SEAs are reassessing their practices, sometimes introducing new processes for district evaluation and support.

«[SNF consultant] Liz Campbell had come in and done the district evaluation, and spoke with our superintendent and administrators, including school nutrition director Margie Bowers; they decided to implement with five pilot schools.

She adds that, before TAP, the district evaluations could feel punitive.

But what does the research say about your district evaluation model's ability to help teachers make the greatest impact on student achievement?

But since then, the high - stakes testing movement has blown up: with increasing frequency, student scores on standardized exams are tied to teacher, school, and district evaluations, upon which rewards and punishments are meted out.

Layne is a principal willing to make changes to his supervisory practices within the context of his district evaluation procedures.

District evaluation systems must rate all teachers as «highly effective,» «effective,» «needs improvement» or «unsatisfactory» as of July 1, 2011.

Each district is required to convene a District Evaluation Advisory Committee (DEAC) composed of a diverse group of stakeholders to advise the district on the implementation of AchieveNJ, at least through 2017 - 18.

The District Evaluation Advisory Committee, or DEAC, required by AchieveNJ through at least SY16 - 17, has great potential for supporting districts in effectively implementing AchieveNJ.