Sentences with phrase «for tenure decisions»

In the coming years, it will be important to track whether or not the measures maintain their predictive validity as they are used for tenure decisions, teacher evaluations and merit pay.

Many universities, including Princeton, already allow new parents to request extra time for tenure decisions.

Not exact matches

One university divinity school dean told me that he himself values the writing his faculty does for laypeople in the church, but tenure decisions are made by a universitywide committee, and chemists, economists and other scholars will dismiss more popular writing as «obviously not scholarship.»

Fuller Seminary decided not to offer tenure to a New Testament professor, J. R. Daniel Kirk, whose view of marriage does not comport with Jesus's view.Although a decision such as this is never made happily or easily, I am grateful for the courage of senior faculty at Fuller Seminary in asserting....

id like to see him stop with the weirdness that he's been displaying in later years no one can deny what he's achieved for the club in his tenure with us But no one can deny either that some of his decisions have been appalling at some points what's wrong with suggesting that we need three more class players?

Gettleman's decision at no. 2 might be more important than any pick that Reese made for his entire tenure.

Medicaid is the tool under Obamacare that is being used to plan for covering 20 - 30 million of the uninsured.The Supremes will strike a major blow against universal health care coverage if the mandate and Medicaid expansion of struck down.In addition, a negative decision on Obamacare will affect the closing of the Medicare Part D donut hole; the ability of youth remaining on parents» policies until age 26; and the funding of hundreds of community health centers.That is a lot of power being given to 5 unelected, lifetime tenure, white men.

The attacks only put May under more scrutiny for national security decisions she made during her tenure as Home Secretary, a role she held for six years in the government of her predecessor, David Cameron.

The group which joined Celebrities for Mahama, mentioned on Montie FM Entertainment show «Fontoomfrom» that the decision to endorse candidate Mahama, comes due to the evidence and the rate at which President Mahama has developed the country in the shortest time of his tenure.

The decision of the party to allow congresses followed appeals by President Muhammadu Buhari who had opposed the approval of tenure elongation for party executives at all levels.

The FBI is reportedly working to release to the public several documents at the heart of its decision not to recommend charges against Clinton for her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state and the Justice Department's ultimate decision to follow the FBI's recommendation.

Meanwhile, the Edo State chapter of the APC has thrown its weight behind the decision of the APC governors to reject tenure elongation for the current NWC officials.

Rosenblum cited a twofold rationale for her candidacy: a belief that her experience as a Town Board member — and as deputy supervisor during much of former supervisor Jeff Moran's four - year tenure — will enable her to push projects and decisions through to completion; and a determination to make better use of the local talent pool.

Mundell's continued tenure as Scottish secretary was one of the more simple decisions for May, given that since the 2015 election he has been the only Tory MP in the country.

So, the decision whether to run for a second tenure or not, depends on him.

But this will hinder support from funding bodies, journal reviewers — and departmental colleagues and chairs who write letters for tenure and promotion decisions.

Another scientist named Tenure - Track Asst Prof wrote that she (or he) needs a funding decision sooner than June to remain in a tenure track position: «[T] he consequences of this decision could very well be career - ending for those of us who are in need of external funding for re-appointment.&Tenure - Track Asst Prof wrote that she (or he) needs a funding decision sooner than June to remain in a tenure track position: «[T] he consequences of this decision could very well be career - ending for those of us who are in need of external funding for re-appointment.&tenure track position: «[T] he consequences of this decision could very well be career - ending for those of us who are in need of external funding for re-appointment.»

But he continues: «Also, the university makes tenure decisions with a long - term view, so that is the reason for the elaborate procedures to grant it.»

The tenure decision, he believed, was evidence that Yale wasn't the right intellectual environment for him.

The day chemist Rebecca Conry's tenure decision came at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), she sat waiting alone at home for the department chair to call.

As an example, she recommends policies that extend tenure decision timetables for women faculty.

And in order for evaluation committees to be more effective — as well as to take the guesswork out of some decisions — Goel says tenure candidates need more time to «build a stronger case.»

Specifically, the authors report that women who compete for assistant professor positions in math - intensive science fields are just as likely to be hired as men are, if not more so, and that women are not discriminated against in tenure and promotion decisions.

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.

In a stunning decision, a judge in the California Superior Court has ruled that, because education is a fundamental right of California youth, the laws governing teacher tenure, teacher dismissal and rules for layoffs are unconstitutional.

Elite tenure, for the top 10 — 25 %, would confer status to the deserving, open doors to paid instructional career opportunities, and give power over future decisions to top teachers who would be motivated to maintain a high standard.

Teacher tenure, and the related onerous and costly requirements for dismissing an ineffective teacher, have evolved into a system that almost completely insulates teachers from review, evaluation, or personnel decisions that would threaten their lifetime employment.

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

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.

There should be reasonable due - process requirements for schools to make layoff decisions even after tenure.

In 2007, New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein sought to change the process for awarding teachers tenure, allowing student data to be factored into that decision.

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

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.

This law defines certain requirements and structures for the new evaluation system in New Jersey, and requires that tenure decisions be linked to evaluation outcomes.

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.

During her tenure, she was in charge of all business and marketing decisions, from product definition and stewardship to government and stakeholder relations, and from demand creation and sales to customer understanding and professional development services for teachers.

Building on this work, New Jersey's historic 2012 TEACHNJ Act — unanimously approved by the State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Christie — mandates many requirements for the new statewide educator evaluation system and links tenure decisions to evaluation ratings.

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.

John has been a vocal opponent of teaching effectiveness measures used for consequential decisions such as tenure or termination.

The final decision in the headline - grabbing tenure suit sets the stage for the appeals process.

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.

We would hope, for example, that the measures used to make teacher tenure decisions are good predictors of how teachers will perform in the years after they receive tenure.

Such comparisons are especially useful for some personnel decisions that require an up - or - down vote — we either renew the teacher's contract or not, give tenure or not, promote him to leadership or not.

Allowing new evaluations to be used in tenure decisions will be «studied» (another term for «no snowball's chance in hell will happen»), while charters ate unlikely to see any additional funds this year.

This decision is a chance for the state to pass tenure reforms that balance the needs of students with teachers» due process rights.

recent court decision that ruled the repeal of tenure for those who have already achieved it is unconstitutional

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.

In addition, «27 states [now] require annual evaluations for all teachers, compared to just 15 states in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6).

It was timely, then, when in 2014 Campbell Brown and the Partnership for Educational Justice brought a suit called Wright v. New York that «was inspired by a California court decision a few months earlier, when a judge ruled the state's tenure protections denied California's students their constitutional right to a sound and basic education.»