The New Teacher Evaluation Policy
I attended a meeting last night and learned a few things about the new teacher evaluation policy set to roll out for all districts in the 2013-2014 school year.
Our district will join the pilot program for one of our schools next year (2012-13). We will apply for a grant, but the cost of implementing this plan will cost upwards of $50,000. Other districts will have different costs, but given our number of teachers and administrators--$50K is our outlay.
I asked about unfunded mandates--how is this ok and the Anti-Bullying Law not ok? I asked if we could file a complaint like Allamuchy did for HIB (the anti-bullying law). I don't think they know we can. But we can.
The other shocking thing about the new policy is how the teacher is evaluated. 50% is for the direct evaluation of
