Sentences with phrase «make changes to their teacher evaluation systems»

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Cuomo's current plan includes changes to the teacher - evaluation system — which he calls «baloney» — to make it easier to dismiss bad teachers.

The biggest sticking points for the union: Changes to the teacher evaluation system, tenure and the 3020A proceedings which make it easier for districts to fire poorly performing teachers.

On education, Cuomo is proposing changes to the teacher evaluation system that he says will make public schools more accountable.

The money came tied to some fundamental changes in public education, among them the adoption of a statewide teacher evaluation system that could make it easier to fire those who log years of poor performance.

When Cuomo convinced the legislature to approve a new teacher evaluation system the relies more on standardized tests, his administration said that the State Board of Regents would have very limited power to make any changes including compliance with a November deadline to come up with new performance reviews.

As for the changes to the teacher evaluation system, testing and standards, Elia said state education officials will continue their review and work with the Legislature to make changes accordingly.

A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also opposed making changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.

A divided state Board of Regents on Sept. 16 proposed three changes to the state evaluation system aimed at making the process fairer: an appeals process to address aberrations in growth scores, ensuring that privacy protections to bar the release to the public of individual teachers» growth scores will remain in force and the creation of a hardship waiver for school districts who find it difficult to hire outside evaluators.

This manifested in new systems — from School Grades to new College - and - Career Ready assessments, to meaningful teacher evaluation — things that we can say changed the landscape by telling the truth and putting students and families at the center of all decision - making.

A spokesman said on Friday that Mr. Silver also opposed making changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that would increase the weight of state tests, and opposed increasing the probationary period for teachers to five years from three, as the chancellor of the State Board of Regents, Merryl H. Tisch, proposed in a recent letter to the governor's office.

«We have learned a lot over the last four years about how to do this effectively and well, and the changes we've made are reflective of that,» said Scott Thompson, deputy chief of teacher effectiveness in the D.C. Public Schools, which launched a new evaluation system in 2009.

Changes are on the horizon for the state's public education system, as schools prepare to adopt new curriculum requirements and make significant reforms to teacher evaluations, state Department of Education officials said Wednesday.

The evaluation and compensation changes in Indiana came during a contentious 2011 legislative session in which hundreds of teachers protested laws restricting their collective bargaining rights, making it easier for charter schools to expand and introducing an expansive private school voucher system.