Sentences with phrase «proposed teacher evaluation program»

«It turns out state's proposed teacher evaluation program is far worse than I originally believed it to be.

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The State Education Department today proposed regulatory changes to reinstate an individual evaluation pathway in certain certificate titles for teacher candidates who have not completed an approved teacher education program but have completed coursework and field experience.

He has proposed that teacher evaluation programs be linked to standardized test scores.

During the 84 - minute speech, Cuomo largely focused on education, proposing to increase school aid by $ 1 billion, increase reliance on teacher evaluations and tie the education investment tax credit to the Dream Act, a bill that would open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented students.

Cuomo and the teacher unions have been at war over the governor's proposed education - reform package that would revamp the teacher tenure and evaluation programs, make it easier to fire bad and lecherous instructors, and expand charter schools.

Governor proposes phasing out controversial teacher - evaluation program; he requested $ 1.5 million for a program that currently costs $ 5.4 million.

Cincinnati's merit pay plan, proposed in 2002, was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though the program did not base bonuses on student test scores, but rather on a multifaceted evaluation system that included classroom observations by professional peers and administrators and portfolios of lesson plans and student work.

This time around, she is proposing to expand a year - old pilot teacher evaluation program throughout the entire state; under the plan, teachers rated «basic» for two consecutive years would join those rated «unsatisfactory» on probation.

A proposed bill in Connecticut would delay the start of a new statewide teacher evaluation program from 2013 to 2014 due to educator concerns about funding and implementation.

Instead of keeping the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) as part of the state's flawed teacher evaluation program, the proposed law would have required Connecticut to adopt a system that is based on the real factors that determine whether a teacher is successfully doing their job in the classroom.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

This means that USDE's proposed evaluations of specific teacher education programs (e.g., art education at Ohio State University) will be aided by the use of extensive «teacher of record» data routinely gathered by schools and districts, including personnel files that typically require the teacher's college transcripts, degree earned, certifications, scores on tests for any teacher license and so on.

In the wake of a number of disappointing, no - effects - seen evaluations of professional - development programs, several scholars are proposing that the research community upend its traditional approach to studying in - service teacher training.

Proposed legislation requiring an appropriate teacher evaluation program THAT DOES NOT INAPPROPRIATELY utilize standardized test scores.