E4E - New York Executive Director Jonathan Schleifer reacted to Governor Cuomo's
teacher evaluation proposal by praising the Governor's focus but raised concerns...
CEA President Sheila Cohen (at right) and CEA Executive Director Mark Waxenberg discuss CEA's
new teacher evaluation proposal with Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell at today's meeting of the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council.
(Right) New York City Chancellor Carmen Fariña testifies about what she thinks is wrong with Gov. Cuomo's
teacher evaluation proposal.
The state aid increase should not have been tied to the governor's
teacher evaluation proposal, which in turn should not be increasingly based on test scores, said David Gamberg, who is superintendent of both the Greenport and Southold districts.
He then told a group of Mar Vista parents that he might also drop
the teacher evaluation proposal (see blog post here).
See also my story on the board meeting yesterday (Zimmer Postpones
His Teacher Evaluation Proposal), as well as a piece in The Atlantic (Chicago Teachers Strike Puts Charter Schools in the Spotlight).
The question eliminates any of the concerns about ConnCAN's
teacher evaluation proposal and only highlights the positive elements of what a plan could look like.