While many of us have formed our own answers to those questions, we haven't really known for sure what impact video really has
on educator effectiveness processes until — now.
Jason LaTurner is the director of the Texas Comprehensive Center and oversees work
focusing on educator effectiveness, school turnaround, and systemic change for Texas school districts.
Derrell's been dedicating his many talents to the State of New Jersey for some time now, recently as executive director of Excellent Education for Everyone, the state's school - choice advocacy group, and now as head of Better Education for Kids, an advocacy outfit focused
primarily on educator effectiveness.
Given the statute's scope, today's debate could include countless issues, such as possible changes to Title II
rules on educator effectiveness, the expansion of the charter school grant program, the introduction of a private school choice initiative, reconsideration of competitive grant programs (RTTT, TIF, i3), and much more.
A good teacher is now recognized as someone whose students learn and grow, with 38 states revising their
policies on educator effectiveness to include measures of student growth or achievement as one of multiple factors in teacher evaluations.
Retired science teacher with over 36 years classroom experience, I currently teach courses on Classroom Environment for St. Mary's University, provide inservice training to
districts on educator effectiveness and Danielson's Framework, and guest teach at the secondary level.
District administrators ensure that labor contracts support, not detract, from a good working environment by enabling principals to make critical personnel decisions
based on educator effectiveness and other school contextual factors.
Keynote speaker Peter Cunningham — former advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan — talked about demystifying education reform and the need to continue focusing
on educator effectiveness as an important lever of change.
We need more visionary thinking than the current narrow
focus on educator effectiveness, without overlooking the importance of profession ready teachers and principals,» said coalition co-chair Joseph Bishop, who is the executive director of Opportunity Action and policy director for the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign.
I would commend this memo to just about anyone in our field, but particularly groups like TNTP that do this work day in and day out, officials at USED interested in witnessing the difficulty of bringing an Administration priority to life, the Gates Foundation MET team (who I've been pestering about next steps), academics who study policy implementation, and anyone else with an interest in today's work
on educator effectiveness.
It has also been urging policymakers to move beyond a narrow focus
on educator effectiveness, and instead to embrace a comprehensive vision of teaching quality that begins in preparation and extends to leadership roles.
Elizabeth Barkowski is a senior researcher at AIR with more than 10 years of experience in education program evaluation, research, and technical assistance, with a particular focus
on educator effectiveness and human capital management.
Prior to joining Insight, Anissa served as director of learning technology at a national non-profit organization focused
on educator effectiveness.