Sentences with phrase «tenured teacher termination»

Not exact matches

If the teacher gets a bad review for three years in a row, even if they have tenure, then the school district is required to begin a termination process.

Teachers rated Ineffective based on student performance on state Common Core tests could not be terminated, denied tenure or be subject to expedited termination hearings.

For tenured teachers, evaluation scores determine eligibility for some promotions or additional tenure protection, or, in the case of very low scores, placement in a peer assistance program with a small risk of termination.

These components are often uneasy companions in the dual pursuit of two separate goals: improving teaching practice; and judging teachers as either competent (and thereby worthy of tenure, additional responsibilities, or supplemental compensation) or ineffective (and thereby slated for corrective action or termination).

Should any of these states and districts also tie serious consequences to such output (e.g., merit pay, performance plans, teacher termination, denial of tenure), or rather tie serious consequences to measures of growth derived via any varieties of the «multiple assessment» that can be pulled from increasingly prevalent multiple assessment «menus,» states and districts are also setting themselves for lawsuits... no joke!

Tenure is due process, and a teacher with tenure has the right to know why he or she is being dismissed or the «just cause» for terminTenure is due process, and a teacher with tenure has the right to know why he or she is being dismissed or the «just cause» for termintenure has the right to know why he or she is being dismissed or the «just cause» for termination.

Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday that would change how test scores are used in evaluations to prevent teachers deemed «ineffective» or «developing» from facing termination or a denial of tenure based solely on student test scores.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

I've asked Korn to tell me exactly where the law specifies this, and when I hear back from him, I will update this post.UPDATE: The teachers» union, to back up its assertion, is citing a memo from the state department to the Board of Regents last year which contains this background sentence about the evaluation law: «Tenured teachers and principals with a pattern of ineffective teaching performance — defined by law as two consecutive annual «ineffective» ratings — may be charged with incompetence and considered for termination through an expedited hearing process.»

Citing the constitutional rights of its public school student plaintiffs, the suit seeks to overturn state laws that schedule tenure consideration after two years of teaching, dictate the use of seniority when budget cuts force layoffs, and impose due process rules on teachers» terminations.

Clearly, this book is to prove very relevant given the ongoing court cases across the country (see a prior post on these cases here) regarding teachers and the systems being used to evaluate them when especially (or extremely) reliant upon VAM - based estimates for consequential decision - making purposes (e.g., teacher tenure, pay, and termination).