Sentences with phrase «union on a teacher evaluation system»

Catsimatidis also admitted that he considers himself a union guy, from his days as a member, and said that, if he were mayor, he would have been able to reach deals with the teachers» and bus drivers» union on a teacher evaluation system and new contracts to avert the school bus strike.

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«In the short term, I call on the State Department of Education, local school districts and the union leadership to expedite their negotiations on a teacher evaluation system to prevent the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

A source close to the teachers unions claimed Cuomo is taking the hard stance only because he has already been informed that unions and districts are already nearing a resolution on the evaluation system.

At least going by his rhetoric, he seems to have almost declared war on the teacher unions and he has proposed a new system of evaluation, which is more heavily based on students» tests scores than the one currently in use.

But they had their revenge on the governor, undermining the new evaluation system by convincing thousands of parents to have their kids opt out of the tests — and the union's accompanying advertising campaign inflicted real damage on Mr. Cuomo's approval ratings, forcing him to drop some of his harsher rhetoric and tactics on public school teachers.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

«Most teachers would do well on any evaluation system, but the union seems intent on watering down our new system to safeguard its lowest performing members, no matter the costs to students.

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

The Governor then offered a four percent increase in state education funding to each school district that reached an agreement with its local teachers» union on a new evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.

The Governor then offered a four - percent increase in state education funding to each school district that reached an agreement with its local teachers» union on a new evaluation system consistent with the state's framework.

The Cuomo administration and the state teachers union finally came to an agreement today on a teacher - evaluation system, shortly before a deadline that had been set by the governor.

The evaluation system pushed by Cuomo as part of this 2010 re-election campaign devotes half of a teacher's evaluation on their students» performance on standardized test scores that teacher unions argue is a poor measure of a teacher's ability.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew discusses the union's decision to go to PERB to try to restart negotiations for a teacher evaluation system for 33 restart and transformation schools at a press conference at union headquarters on Jan. 13.

The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, strongly criticized the temporary moratorium until 2017 on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system.

The Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Brian Jones, a teacher and union member from New York City, added strong criticism of the temporary moratorium on including student performance on Common Core - aligned test scores in the state - mandated teacher evaluation system until 2017.

Read the full article View the poll results Sign the petition urging city officials and teachers union leaders to come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system.

In the report, StudentsFirstNY also presents recommendations for New York City schools including financial incentives for retaining effective teachers and an agreement between the City and the teachers» union on a new teacher evaluation system.

In a preliminary injunction made public yesterday, a court ordered that the State can not withhold $ 260 million in aid from NYC schools in response to the City and teachers» union failing to reach an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system.

Today, StudentsFirstNY launched a citywide TV and social media campaign to urge city officials and teachers union leaders to come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system before the January 17 deadline.

Join this NYC parent and others in urging city officials and the teachers» union to come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system.

Mayor Bloomberg on Jan. 29 spelled out the consequences of his failure to negotiate a new evaluation system for teachers with the union: heavy cuts to the city education budget.

MANHATTAN — Negotiations between the city and the teachers union on a new teacher evaluation system fell apart Friday, prompting the State Department of Education to suspend more than $ 60 million in federal funding that had been targeted at some of the city's worst - performing schools.

But on Monday, Cuomo used the veto to push back against the state's powerful teachers» union and call into question the accuracy of the new evaluation system.

Mayor Bloomberg in his State of the City address on Jan. 12 proposed merit pay for teachers, vowed to step up efforts to remove ineffective teachers, blamed the union for the breakdown of negotiations over a teacher evaluation system in 33 restart and transformation schools and announced that he would open 50 new charter schools in the next two years.

«The governor has made it clear that he is determined to be a champion for our students — and that he will not allow the teachers union to drag its feet any longer on implementing new teacher evaluation systems across the state.

(In an interview posted on the Education Next website today, Jason Kamras, Michelle Rhee's deputy for human capital, explains the new teacher evaluation system that Rhee launched just before the firings (and which does not have to be negotiated with the union).

On the left, teacher unions fretted that the teacher evaluation systems the federal government was pushing weren't ready for primetime and would lead to perverse consequences in the classroom.

Based on the furor that this requirement has elicited from teachers» unions, one might assume that students» test scores feature prominently in these new evaluation systems.

Meanwhile, in school districts from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles and Seattle, teacher unions and superintendents have clashed over the use of new evaluation systems that base compensation on student test scores.

The Obama Administration, charitable foundations, conservative critics of teacher unions, and various others are encouraging state governments to revise teacher evaluation systems to consider the impact of individual teachers on their students» achievement.

And in New York, the chancellor of the state board of regents, Merryl Tisch, has said her state won't compete if unions and state lawmakers don't agree on changes to improve the state's charter school sector and teacher - evaluation system, local media reports said.

But the process has been rocky: Earlier this year, New York state for a time withheld SIG money from New York City when the city teachers union and the district struggled to reach agreement on an evaluation system.

Implementation in New York City was delayed an additional year (until 2013 — 14), because it took that long for the school district and teachers union to agree on an evaluation system.

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* UPDATED LA Unified met today's deadline and filed an application for a No Child Left Behind waiver without one of the key requirements of the U.S. Department of Education — an agreement with the teachers union on a three - level teacher evaluation system.

An education advocacy group founded by two New York City teachers and backed financially by Bill Gates is launching a public - relations push to pressure the city and the local teachers union to strike a deal on a new teacher evaluation system, two weeks before a state - mandated deadline that could cost the city millions of dollars in education funding.

By last year, groups such as the Connecticut Parents Union (on whose advisory board your editor serves) had sprouted up throughout the country, and, along with long - established groups such as the Black Alliance for Educational Options, were agitating for the enactment of Parent Trigger laws, pushing for the expansion of charters and vouchers, and weighing in on such issues as overhauling teacher evaluation systems.

Some school systems, usually in collaboration with local teachers unions, have evaluation systems that rely heavily on experienced teachers to conduct peer reviews — in part as a way to expand the pool of evaluators.

This petition demands broad and democratic discussion about the new evaluation system which would include that (1) our union immediately poll the membership with regard to the new measures agreed upon by our leadership (2) provide more frequent updates on the negotiations, (3) host forums at chapter, borough and city - wide levels where members can discuss this new system, and (4) open the New York Teacher newspaper and the Edwize blog to alternative viewpoints and information.

«Applying more pressure on unions and local districts to finally implement a more effective teacher evaluation system is a wise move by Governor Cuomo, especially with nearly $ 1 billion in much - needed state aid and federal Race to the Top dollars now at stake.

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«Applying more pressure on unions and local districts to finally implement a more effective teacher evaluation system is a wise move by Governor Cuomo,...

We are extremely proud of many of the results, whether it is supporting teachers to improve their on task engagement by 55 % (or more), or supporting the leaders at East Tech in Cleveland to raise their graduation rate from 46 % to 73 % and scoring in the top 1 % nationally for growth on the NWEA, or working with teachers unions to support their teachers with quality professional development to support new evaluations systems.

Unlike Torlakson, who has been endorsed by California's two main teachers unions and the state Democratic Party, Tuck opposes California's generous teacher tenure system, has challenged the law that bases teacher layoffs on seniority and believes strongly that student's standardized test scores should be a factor in teacher evaluations.

Earlier this month, the United Teachers Union of Los Angeles voted in favor of an evaluation system that will rely on raw state test scores and district assessments.

In a letter addressed to Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and the teachers union president Michael Mulgrew that was delivered last week, teachers petitioned the two sides to reach an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system that would fulfill the requirements of the federal grant and allow the state to restore their financing.

In February the membership of United Teachers Los Angeles will vote on a teacher - led initiative urging union leaders to negotiate a new teacher evaluation system for L.A. Unified.

LA Unified violated state employment laws by imposing an evaluation system on members of its teacher union, UTLA, a state agency said in a tentative ruling made public today.

Both moves have guaranteed that the two unions have gotten their way on nearly every educational issue — including the passage of a law last year that bans districts from laying off teachers at the expense of fewer days in school for children in need of more time in classrooms, and Brown's decision to cancel funding for the CalTIDES teacher data system (effectively ending efforts to overhaul teacher evaluations).

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The New York state Education Department has imposed an evaluation system for New York City teachers after the city and the teachers» union failed to agree on a way to measure teacher effectiveness.