Malloy originally proposed that
the local teacher evaluation process utilize the Connecticut Mastery Test results to determine fifty percent of a teacher's evaluation but that number was eventually reduced to twenty - two and a half percent.
Not exact matches
State and
local officials describe the system as one in which the state will provide descriptions of the major functions of
teachers and principals and will leave most of the
evaluation process and use of its results up to
local districts.
The waiver application contains the same commitments that all states seeking waivers were required to meet: implementing Common Core or other rigorous standards preparing students for college and careers, developing a
teacher evaluation process that includes the results of
local and state tests, and creating an accountability system that recognizes that success is more than students» test scores.
This partnership provides districts all over the state with certified consultants to deliver
teacher professional development as well as
local support for School Leaders as they begin to implement new systems and
processes for growth and
evaluation in their buildings.
If a more experienced
teacher has become ineffective, there is an
evaluation procedure and remediation
process in the contract the district has negotiated in good faith with its
local teachers union.
This legislation seeks a better way to determine what students are learning, and how
teachers are performing, by allowing more
local participation in the
evaluation process,» Brindisi said.
The amended version of AB 934 allows
local districts and
teachers unions to negotiate an alternative dismissal system, eliminating the bill's previous language whereby an ineffective
teacher could be dismissed with due
process after two negative
evaluations and a robust professional development program.
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 evaluatio
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 evaluatio
Evaluation Committee (PDEC) members often having a say in the
local district
evaluationevaluation process.
Besides a reduction in
local testing used to rate
teacher performance, the new plan also calls for the elimination of standardized tests for grades K through second that are tied to
teacher evaluations, caps the instructional time that can be used for
local assessments used to inform
teacher evaluations at 1 percent, and creates an «expedited review
process» for
teachers to use.
That
process requires
local schools administrators to continuously evaluate every
teacher and that the
evaluation process uses multiple indicators of student academic growth to identify which
teachers are succeeding and which need to be asked to leave the teaching profession.
Decided to conduct surveys of
local Professional Development and
Evaluation Committee (PDEC) members and
teachers to get feedback on how the PDEC
process is working and review the findings at the next PEAC meeting.
Juan has been the author or co-author of various publications focusing on
process and summative
evaluations of supplemental educational services,
teacher - focused professional development, the impact of accountability systems, the impact of interim assessment practices on summative assessment results, and the
evaluation of technical assistance efforts provided to state and
local education agencies throughout the country.
For example, despite each district's experience demonstrating that this
process has no quick fix, all point to the benefit of allowing
local districts and unions to tackle the complexities of
teacher improvement through new
evaluation systems.
A
process for evaluating and approving
local evaluation tools for educators that are consistent with the state
evaluation tool for
teachers and administrators and the act.