Sentences with phrase «tie tenure decisions»

Teachers would tie tenure decisions to evaluation and support systems, as a natural outcome earned through exceptional performance and growth in the first three to five years.

Not exact matches

School districts also are under increasing pressure to gather data about teacher performance as part of a related effort to address teacher tenure and in some cases are tied to decisions about pay increments.

The unions also proposed that evaluations be clearly tied to a teacher obtaining due process rights, usually known as «teacher tenure» and that decisions about layoffs in times of fiscal crisis include performance evaluations rather than a system based solely on seniority.

In March, Governor Cuomo, dismayed at the large percentage of teachers getting high ratings, succeeded in tying teacher evaluations and tenure decisions more closely to the tests.

Although evaluations from the professional growth and effectiveness system are not tied to tenure decisions by statute and / or regulation, evidences gathered during this process are nonetheless informative to principals.

This week, The 74's Matt Barnum looks at the national push to improve teacher quality — specifically, the Obama administration's call for states to «evaluate individual teachers and tie those evaluations to pay, tenure, promotion and dismissal decisions.»

It is clear that most states and districts are in some stage of transition in tying data on teacher effectiveness to critical decisions regarding compensation, tenure, hiring, and dismissal.