A recent study on the implementation of
revised teacher evaluation systems reveals implications for education policymakers across the country.
Just two months ago, we announced, in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education,
a revised teacher evaluation system that considers the work students and teachers do over the entire school year.
The Obama Administration, charitable foundations, conservative critics of teacher unions, and various others are encouraging state governments to
revise teacher evaluation systems to consider the impact of individual teachers on their students» achievement.
Coaching — One of the most important aspects of implementing
a revised teacher evaluation system is to provide coaching for educators providing the evaluation and educators participating in the process.
Within the last two years, more than 20 states have adopted legislation to
revise their teacher evaluation systems, and school districts in every state have implemented evaluation reforms.
Researchers from the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy at the University of Washington studied Washington's
revised teacher evaluation system.
Without doubt,
revising teacher evaluation systems is a high - stakes investment — for policymakers, for school districts, for teachers, and ultimately for our nation's school children.
Not exact matches
She said the board is looking into
revising the
evaluation system, which should include demonstrations of
teachers» work and would be focused at the local level.
My responsibilities include developing and
revising science curricula for DCP outreach programs for
teachers and students in the Boston public school
system, facilitating the implementation and
evaluation of these programs, and helping to secure funding to make them possible.
The impact that opt - out in conjunction with this rule has on
teacher evaluations in New York in the future will depend on whether the rule remains part of the newly
revised evaluation system and on the specifications of the performance measures used for
teachers without growth ratings.
The Delaware Department of Education recently published a report written by its internal
Teacher and Leader Effective Unit on the implementation of its
revised educator -
evaluation system, DPAS - II.
CEC helped RPS
revise its
teacher evaluation process and learn to use student growth measures before implementing PAR; conduct and analyze a detailed
system assessment before beginning strategic planning; and develop a data - based decision - making culture at the school level before the implementation of SMART Goals as a school improvement process.
Adopt or adapt the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders and the 2011
Teacher Leader Model Standards, and
revise educator certification and licensure,
evaluation systems, and professional learning opportunities to align with those standards.
The training materials are intended to help school divisions in aligning their current
evaluation systems with the newly revised Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for
evaluation systems with the newly
revised Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and
Evaluation Criteria for
Evaluation Criteria for
Teachers.
We're
revising the principal
evaluation system and giving it the same level of rigor that we gave to IMPACT for
teachers.
Meanwhile, the nine California districts seeking flexibility from the law's requirements just resubmitted their waiver application after spending weeks
revising it to address the department's questions related to their proposed
teacher and principal
evaluation plan and school improvement
system.
More than half of states will be implementing
revised teacher -
evaluation systems in the next three years.
In January, New Mexico released an initial response to the three major themes of that report, which included growing initiatives that championing the teaching profession,
revising the state's
teacher evaluation system, and reducing time spent on statewide assessments.
Measures utilized include the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC), the Behavior Assessment
System for Children - Parent Rating Scale (BASC - PRS), the
Teacher Rating Scale (BASC - TRS), the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test -
Revised (PPVT - R) and the Clinical
Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Third Edition (CELF - 3).