Dice Rolling Activity for New Jersey Teachers
Yesterday, New Jersey’s Education Commissioner announced his plans for how teachers should be evaluated,what teachers should have to do to achieve tenure, and on what basis a teacher could be relieved of tenure. In short, Commissioner Cerf borrowed from the Colorado teacher tenure and evaluation plan which includes a few key elements (Colorado version outlined at end of post):
1. Evaluations based 50% on teacher effectiveness ratings generated with student assessment data – or Value-added modeling (though not stated in those specific terms)
2. Teachers must receive 3 positive evaluations in a row in order to achieve tenure.
3. Teachers can lose tenure status or be placed at risk of losing tenure status if they receive 2 negative
