Sentences with phrase «tenure reform law»

The teacher evaluation process is the keystone of the TEACHNJ teacher tenure reform law signed by Gov. Chris Christie last year.

The tests would still be rolled out as planned if the legislation passed but the results would not count toward teacher evaluations, the centerpiece of the teacher tenure reform law signed by Christie in 2012.

The state Department of Education last week released a mostly positive report on the initial year of the system as dictated under the TEACHNJ tenure reform law, citing some challenges but praising the progress in meeting requirements for additional observations and goal setting for teachers.

The 2012 tenure reform law requires districts to bring tenure charges against those with ratings of» ineffective» for two consecutive years, and two years later, 2015 will be the first test to see if districts will move on the opportunity.

The systems are a central piece of New Jersey's new tenure reform law, known as TEACHNJ, and its requirements for strengthening the process for how teachers and principals are judged, retained, and, in some cases, let go.

As the Christie administration's new regulations for teacher evaluation near a critical juncture, the prime author of the landmark tenure reform law behind the proposed rules said the administration may be moving too aggressively in some places.

As part of Michigan's teacher tenure reform law, the Michigan Council of Educator Effectiveness was established by the Legislature in June 2011 with the charge of creating a «fair, transparent and feasible evaluation system for teachers and administrators.»

There isn't a progressive state where a teacher evaluation framework, tenure reform law, equitable funding formula, charter, or choice program passed without the support of both Democrats and Republicans.

SGOs are one of three measures used to judge teacher effectiveness as part of the teacher tenure reform law that went into effect last year.

This was one of the key lessons learned early on by EPAC and led to the recommendation to delay full implementation of the evaluation system by a year: 2012 - 2013 was scheduled in the tenure reform law as a capacity - building year for districts to choose, train in, and practice using a teacher practice instrument.

Mayor Baraka, however, inadvertently points to one of the unresolved problems with N.J.'s 2012 tenure reform law that requires long paper trails of proof of inefficiency and individualized professional development plans in order to remove tenure.

Of that, $ 1.25 million will be made available to districts in grants to help pay for training of administrators and teachers in the state's new teacher - evaluation system under the tenure reform law known as TEACHNJ.