Sentences with phrase «on teacher terminations»

In his study of court decisions on teacher terminations for competency, Zirkel found that «defendant districts prevailed over plaintiff teachers by better than a 3 - to - 1 ratio.»

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Teachers rated Ineffective based on student performance on state Common Core tests could not be terminated, denied tenure or be subject to expedited termination hearings.

Tellingly, teachers themselves agree that current policies on termination protect those who should not be in the schools.

To date, the discussion has focused primarily on evaluation systems as sorting mechanisms, a means to identify the lowest - performing teachers for selective termination.

Ahead of layoffs that could affect up to 60 teachers, SAISD officials on Tuesday announced they would meet with teachers recommended for termination.

He said Montgomery's current system, which mentors struggling teachers for a year before decisions about termination are made, is a «hill to die on.»

On Thursday, Weingarten further proposed accelerating the timetable for teacher terminations.

Teacher due process has become so arduous and costly for school districts that termination has become very rare, according to Floyd Dugas, with the Berchem, Moses, and Devlin law firm of Milford, Conn., one of the speakers on the panel discussion.

Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday that would change how test scores are used in evaluations to prevent teachers deemed «ineffective» or «developing» from facing termination or a denial of tenure based solely on student test scores.

All of the non-tenured teachers who are facing termination this year received one or more negative ratings on a recent job evaluation and have been sent letters indicating that they are being considered for so - called non-reelection.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

Many teachers unions also favor getting rid of bad educators, not based strictly on test scores or the subjective judgment of principals, but through «peer review» plans which call for expert teachers to come into a school and work with struggling educators and in some cases recommend termination.

Citing the constitutional rights of its public school student plaintiffs, the suit seeks to overturn state laws that schedule tenure consideration after two years of teaching, dictate the use of seniority when budget cuts force layoffs, and impose due process rules on teachers» terminations.

In addition, it should be noted that indeed «[t] here are adverse consequences to teachers short of termination» (p. 33) including, for example, «a finding of «minimally effective» [that] has an impact on teacher licenses» (p. 41).

Teachers» EVAAS scores, in short, were being used to evaluate teachers in Houston in more consequential ways than anywhere else in the nation (e.g., the termination of 221 teachers in just one year as based, primarily, on their EVAAS Teachers» EVAAS scores, in short, were being used to evaluate teachers in Houston in more consequential ways than anywhere else in the nation (e.g., the termination of 221 teachers in just one year as based, primarily, on their EVAAS teachers in Houston in more consequential ways than anywhere else in the nation (e.g., the termination of 221 teachers in just one year as based, primarily, on their EVAAS teachers in just one year as based, primarily, on their EVAAS scores).

She was on CNN in the network's early years to talk about a teacher's wrongful termination at the University of Georgia.

o Open alternative routes to certification and base promotions, compensation and terminations on teacher effectiveness.

Clearly, this book is to prove very relevant given the ongoing court cases across the country (see a prior post on these cases here) regarding teachers and the systems being used to evaluate them when especially (or extremely) reliant upon VAM - based estimates for consequential decision - making purposes (e.g., teacher tenure, pay, and termination).