The key is making sure that schools and educators have the tools to provide students with the kind of education they need to clear the bar, including resources, the ability to build
teams of excellent educators, and enough flexibility at the school level to adjust the length of the school day and year (among other things).
TRENTON — The state Education Department on Tuesday said it selected Rutgers University Graduate School of Education to conduct an independent
evaluation of the Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program that is currently being conducted in 10 school districts it selected in August.
Dr. Hill - Clarke is President of the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (IACTE); is a Lead Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Leadership Academy; and serves on the Indiana Blue Ribbon Commission on the Recruitment and
Retention of Excellent Educators, the Indiana AdvancED Steering Council, the Superintendent's Cabinet for Vigo County Schools, and the Vigo County Education Foundation Board of Directors.
Further, policies must be structured in ways that tease out the attributes and
skills of excellent educators and identify and develop these in less effective teachers.
Improving outcomes for students requires a
bench of excellent educators who support meaningful instruction and empower each other to be their best