In the event the City and its collective bargaining units fail to
reach agreement on a teacher evaluation system by the end of May, an expedited arbitration process, led by the Commissioner of Education, will occur.
ALBANY, NY (02/17/2012)(readMedia)-- I commend NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi, his members, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, for
reaching agreement on teacher evaluations.
In the interview, Rumore said
reaching an agreement on teacher evaluations will require more than consensus on how to account for student absenteeism.
The DOE and the UFT failed to
reach an agreement on a teacher evaluation system for 33 «persistently lowest achieving» schools by the Dec. 31 deadline set by the New York State Education Department.
Not exact matches
State Commissioner John King suspended federal improvement grant funding for 10 districts — including NYC — that failed to live up to their commitment to
reach agreements with their
teacher and principal unions
on new performance
evaluations).
I am sorry to announce that I have notified Governor Cuomo and other state officials that — despite long nights of negotiation and a willingness
on the part of
teachers to meet the DOE halfway — the intransigence of the Bloomberg administration
on key issues has made it impossible to
reach agreement on a new
teacher evaluation system.
When New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of
Teachers missed a January 2013 deadline to
reach agreement on an
evaluation plan, which are locally negotiated in part, the state sent in King to impose one.
The Governor then offered a four percent increase in state education funding to each school district that
reached an
agreement with its local
teachers» union
on a new
evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.
The Governor then offered a four - percent increase in state education funding to each school district that
reached an
agreement with its local
teachers» union
on a new
evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.
«If he's really interested in improving the schools his administration has mishandled, he will send his negotiators back to the bargaining table to
reach an
agreement on a new
teacher evaluation process for these schools,» he said.
In a preliminary injunction made public yesterday, a court ordered that the State can not withhold $ 260 million in aid from NYC schools in response to the City and
teachers» union failing to
reach an
agreement on a new
teacher evaluation system.
A judge has temporarily blocked the state from withholding approximately $ 250 million in school aid from New York City as a penalty for the city's failure to
reach agreement with the UFT
on a new
teacher evaluation system by the Jan. 17 deadline.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he will push to restore the approximately $ 250 million in aid that the state plans to withhold from New York City as a penalty for the city's failure to
reach agreement with the UFT
on a new
teacher evaluation system by the Jan. 17 deadline.
On Jan. 15 the UFT was informed by the mediator appointed by the state's Public Employment Relations Board that the city and the Department of Education have refused to take part in mediation designed to help us reach an agreement on a new model for teacher evaluation
On Jan. 15 the UFT was informed by the mediator appointed by the state's Public Employment Relations Board that the city and the Department of Education have refused to take part in mediation designed to help us
reach an
agreement on a new model for teacher evaluation
on a new model for
teacher evaluations.
If he's really interested in improving the schools his administration has mishandled, he will send his negotiators back to the table to
reach an
agreement on a new
teacher evaluation process.
If PERB finds that an impasse exists, it will appoint a mediator and force the city to participate in attempts to
reach a new
agreement on the
teacher evaluation process.
In addition to the marijuana bill, Mr. Cuomo and lawmakers had not been able to
reach agreements on disclosure rules for
teacher evaluations and
on a requirement that college and high school coaches report possible acts of sexual abuse to law enforcement.
But the process has been rocky: Earlier this year, New York state for a time withheld SIG money from New York City when the city
teachers union and the district struggled to
reach agreement on an
evaluation system.
Despite numerous negotiating sessions, the UFT has been unable to
reach an
agreement with the Department of Education (DOE)
on key points of a new
teacher evaluation system.
Now the DOE will work overtime to spin doctor the failure to
reach an
agreement on new
teacher evaluations, mandated by New York State's version of Race to the Top, as the fault of Michael Mulgrew and union leadership.
DECEMBER: The New York City district and union lose out
on $ 60 million in federal School Improvement Grant funding after failing to
reach agreements on teacher -
evaluation details.
In a letter addressed to Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and the
teachers union president Michael Mulgrew that was delivered last week,
teachers petitioned the two sides to
reach an
agreement on a new
teacher evaluation system that would fulfill the requirements of the federal grant and allow the state to restore their financing.
Other coverage of the
agreement is in The Daily News (LAUSD has tentative deal with administrators
on teacher evaluations) and KPCC (LAUSD and administrators» union
reach tentative deal
on student test scores in evals).
In an effort to settle the case, the district and its
teachers» union
reach agreement on an
evaluation program that factors in standardized test scores as well as Academic Growth over Time, a mathematical formula used to measure student achievement.