Sentences with phrase «stronger teacher performance evaluations»

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The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, added strong criticism of the temporary moratorium on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system until 2017.

Research also indicated a correlation between strong teacher evaluations and student performance, she added.

Let's hope that Seattle and Baltimore are a stronger indication of the future of union - district cooperation around teaching evaluations than is the case of DC and that when properly engaged, unions can embrace the idea of teacher evaluations that include a component for student performance as well as compensation packages that are linked to evidence of effective teaching practices.

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

Evaluations that define quality and strive to improve student and teacher performance can be strong reform tools.

The only truly strong defense of legislative decisions is having a focus on outcomes — developing a strong accountability system, introducing incentives for higher performance, developing reliable teacher evaluation systems, and the like.

Former Washington DC schools superintendent Michelle Rhee credits LAUSD and UTLA for making progress with their tentative teacher evaluation deal but describes it as» falling short in many ways» and cites it as an example of the need for a «strong statewide policy governing teachers» performance evaluations.»

The group's recommendations include increasing the starting salary by a third; creating a «career ladder» so teachers can be rewarded for strong performance without leaving the classroom; introducing bonuses for teachers who receive top ratings on new teacher evaluations; and paying more to draw teachers to hard - to - staff subjects, such as science or special education.

Schools and school systems will need a laser - like focus on building the capacity of teachers through strong induction programs, job - embedded professional learning, support for implementation of the new Common Core Performance Standards with accompanying assessments and teacher evaluation programs linked to student achievement outcomes.

CEA has been a strong advocate for teachers as a member of the state Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) that has been meeting for over a year.