The same stance characterized the Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching report last winter, with its effort to gauge the utility of various
teacher evaluation strategies (student feedback, observation, etc.) based upon how closely they approximated value - added measures.
Not exact matches
Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming,
teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement
strategies.
In the Times story, Malatras tellingly dismisses the
strategy of asking the Legislature to change the language of the law when it comes to setting the percentage and makeup of test scores counting for
teacher evaluations.
This year's state exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking this week, immediately follow a bitter battle between Cuomo and
teachers» unions over
evaluations as well as tenure, merit pay and turnaround
strategies for chronically underperforming schools.
The
strategy succeeded when it came to a bill to regulate the public disclosure of
teacher evaluations.
BOX 14, I -1-4; 30188578 / 734260 Slides Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstips, AAAS, «The Integrated Process», Filmstrip 4, 1974 SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Measuring», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Teaching
Strategies», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Transcript of orientation tape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «The Basic Processes of Science», Filmstrip 2, 1974 «Laboratory Exercises for Use in a College Science Course for Non-Science Majors» - by James Wallace Cox, 1970 «A Process Approach to Learning, Supplementary Manual», based on SAPA developed by AAAS, by Ruth M. White, 1970 «Science Process Instrument, Experimental Edition», COSE, 1970 «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School
Teachers - Guidelines, Standards and Recommendations for Research and Development» report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School
Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An
Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School
Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of
Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?»
In their applications, districts will have outlined a variety of
strategies to improve student performance, Utrup noted, including changes in
teacher preparation and retention, professional development, and
evaluation of classroom performance.
Five - year
evaluation study on the effectiveness of A + arts - integrated school reform
strategies in Oklahoma schools, based on a survey of students,
teachers, and professional - development faculty.
We have taken the view that doing
teacher evaluations is so hard that we should do nothing at all, and our retention
strategy amounts to saying to high - performing
teachers, «please stay.
Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for
teachers to develop and share game - based learning
strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and
evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.
The report offers an impressive seven - step model to help policymakers figure out how many
teachers will be misidentified by different
evaluation strategies under different sets of assumptions.
Unlike NCLB, however, RttT proffered carrots instead of sticks: money for recession - strapped states that promised to implement education reform
strategies, specifically, better
teacher -
evaluation practices, including using student performance as a metric; better
teacher training; improved data gathering; and more school turnaround
strategies, including more charter schools.
We expect to use the results of this research to shape both the Instructional Partnership Initiative, which makes innovative use of feedback from our
teacher evaluation system, as well as other state
strategies for classroom improvement in years to come.»
As head of Aptus Chile's
evaluation and assessment department, Diego has developed tests applied nationwide, to help
teachers identify student strengths and weaknesses in shaping classroom content and teaching
strategies.
It's a good point, and highlights the problems with a reform
strategy that is dismissive of suburban concerns and proudly unconcerned with how preferred policy solutions (accountability,
teacher evaluation) play out in upper - income precincts.
If you believe autonomy, cooperation, and some degree of commitment are necessary to make things like the Common Core, School Improvement Grants, or
teacher evaluation deliver (and I do), then this is a
strategy that ensures lots of troubled implementation and disappointing outcomes.
More focused instructional and
teacher quality
strategies — like implementing the Common Core standards or improving teaching through better
evaluation systems — are more likely to result in big gains, it seems to me.
For instance, in the case of the Marzano
Teacher Evaluation Model, the group's website boasts that the tool was the result of 5,000 studies over five decades and other research, including correlation analysis between teaching
strategies and student achievement.
Then, nearly a decade ago, he became commissioner in Massachusetts, where he embraced the Common Core, revamped
teacher evaluation, and championed turnaround
strategies for some of the state's most - challenged districts.
Encourage
teacher pairs to work closely with one another, and to meet regularly — discussing each other's
evaluations, observing each other teach, talking regularly about
strategies for improvement.
For the RAISE program, the
evaluation found
teachers who participated in professional development programs were significantly more likely than nonparticipating
teachers to use practices that foster student independence, and to provide opportunities for students to practice different reading
strategies, peer - to - peer learning, and collaboration.
Although presented by supporters as an opportunity for states to put forward their best and most innovative ideas, in fact the selection criteria amounted to a detailed list of commitments in areas ranging from state standards and data systems to
teacher evaluation systems and
strategies to turn around low - performing schools.
«Our research suggests that many senior and middle leaders have a long way to go in terms of setting goals and solving the problems that frequently occur in implementing any
strategy,» Bendikson tells RD. «School improvement science suggests that when school leaders really take monitoring and
evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and
teachers» trust in their leaders.»
Identify
strategies to capture and learn from state - by - state variation The next iteration of
teacher evaluation policies will have much greater variation across states and districts.
Pay
Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great -
Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay
Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent
Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New
Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top
Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report:
Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter
Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top
Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making
Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring
Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent
Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New
Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Participants learned basic data exploration techniques for producing descriptive analyses; produced cutting - edge analyses in high school completion, college - going indicators, and
teacher placement and retention; assessed operational use of data; and learned methods and
strategies for program
evaluation.
As with most reforms — think charter schools, or
teacher evaluations — this
strategy is only worth doing if done well.
Whatever
strategy emerges in this regard is likely to have to involve
teacher and school performance
evaluations linked to student achievement gains.
On June 30, 2010, Education Sector hosted a live panel discussion on emerging
strategies to link
teacher evaluation and professional development and the implications of Race to the Top funding and the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on the long - term improvement of these core elements.
More focused instructional and
teacher quality
strategies — like implementing the Common Core standards or improving teaching through better
evaluation systems — are more likely to result in big gains.
The Marzano
Teacher Evaluation Model, developed from decades of research into classroom strategies correlated with student achievement, is an evaluation system that incorporates teacher professional development as a critical component of the
Teacher Evaluation Model, developed from decades of research into classroom strategies correlated with student achievement, is an evaluation system that incorporates teacher professional development as a critical component of
Evaluation Model, developed from decades of research into classroom
strategies correlated with student achievement, is an
evaluation system that incorporates teacher professional development as a critical component of
evaluation system that incorporates
teacher professional development as a critical component of the
teacher professional development as a critical component of the model.
These cycles provide a means to transfer
strategies learned in a PD session into classroom practice, and they are a great fit for
teachers working on the Deliberate Practice phase of the Marzano
Teacher Evaluation model.
Although several effective teaching
strategies have evolved that decrease the paper load, such as peer
evaluation with rubrics and cooperative learning, students must eventually get
teachers» feedback.
In order to effectively improve
teachers and measure their growth, districts need to implement an
evaluation system focused on teaching
strategies directly connected to student achievement.
His research - based
evaluation model increases student achievement by incrementally improving
teachers and their use of classroom
strategies.
The school district chose The Art and Science of Teaching by educational researcher Dr. Robert Marzano as its
evaluation model, feeling that, as part of a fair and consistent
evaluation process with specific feedback to improve skills, this provides the most feedback for
teachers on effective instructional practices and outlining specific, high probability teaching
strategies shown to lead to higher student achievement when implemented correctly.
The Marzano Causal
Teacher Evaluation Model focuses on teaching
strategies identified by research to increase student learning gains.
Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of
strategies designed to improve
teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based
evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and
teacher and principal assignment policies.
Unable to increase local property taxes sufficiently, the warped education
strategy that has been developed by Malloy and his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, will continue to mean that many communities will face higher property taxes while actually being forced to reduce their education programs so they can shift scarce resources away from student instruction and toward implementing the new Common Core tests and the absurd new
teacher evaluation program.
Among the Department of Education's criteria were statewide longitudinal data systems,
evaluation of
teacher and principal performance,
strategies for improving low - performing schools and the removal of state caps on charter schools.
The Marzano
Teacher Evaluation Model uses a unique, granular approach that offers very specific feedback to
teachers on teaching
strategies.
Inside you'll find tools for
teacher evaluations, classroom management
strategies, and how to support «teacherpreneurs» at your school.
These behaviors, the
strategies of the Marzano
Teacher Evaluation Model, are like thin slices of a layer cake.
Why value - added
evaluation based on test scores is junk science, and why firing
teachers is not a school improvement
strategy.
The causal model uses a unique granular
evaluation approach by offering very specific feedback to
teachers on teaching
strategies that have been validated by years of data analysis.
With a focus on developing
teachers in the classroom, the new Marzano Causal
Teacher Evaluation Model establishes the direct cause and effect relationship between teaching
strategies and student achievement that helps
teachers and leaders make the most informed decisions that yield the greatest benefits to students.
When you select the Marzano Causal
Teacher Evaluation Model and iObservation, you will never be more than a click or a phone call away from encouragement, advice, and a deep understanding of best practices in classroom
strategies and implementation.
At Grattan, Jensen was the Director of the school education program, leading research reports on
teacher development,
evaluation and accountability, school competition and autonomy, and education
strategy and implementation.
Denver Public Schools has been using SGOs for many years; their 2008 - 2009
Teacher Handbook states that an SGO must be «focused on the expected growth of [a teacher's] students in areas identified in collaboration with their principal,» as well as that the objectives must be «Job - based; Measurable; Focused on student growth in learning; Based on learning content and teaching strategies; Discussed collaboratively at least three times during the school year; May be adjusted during the school year; Are not directly related to the teacher evaluation process; [and] Recorded online» (for more information click
Teacher Handbook states that an SGO must be «focused on the expected growth of [a
teacher's] students in areas identified in collaboration with their principal,» as well as that the objectives must be «Job - based; Measurable; Focused on student growth in learning; Based on learning content and teaching strategies; Discussed collaboratively at least three times during the school year; May be adjusted during the school year; Are not directly related to the teacher evaluation process; [and] Recorded online» (for more information click
teacher's] students in areas identified in collaboration with their principal,» as well as that the objectives must be «Job - based; Measurable; Focused on student growth in learning; Based on learning content and teaching
strategies; Discussed collaboratively at least three times during the school year; May be adjusted during the school year; Are not directly related to the
teacher evaluation process; [and] Recorded online» (for more information click
teacher evaluation process; [and] Recorded online» (for more information click here).
Attendees will gain an understanding of the connection between FIT Teaching
strategies,
teacher evaluation frameworks, and the new rigorous state standards in order to create an implementation plan for their school or district.