February 2012 Blog Posts (3)

Contrary to the 22.5% quoted in this article in the Stamford Advocate "Ignoring the evidence on teacher evaluations,"  the ESEA waiver request meeting handouts recommend testing as 45-50% of a teacher's evaluation. 

In Principle 3: Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership, of the No Child Left Behind (ESEA) Waiver Request,  PEAC (the…

A major concern throughout the country are the new frameworks that are being used for teacher evaluations in public schools.  In Connecticut, a group of educators(minus any classroom teachers) created a draft for Connecticut districts to either accept or edit to fit their specific group of teachers.  State library media organizations have been working on developing a framework specifically for library media specialists, since our job includes responsibilities that are different from the…

I invite you to read this blog by our president-elect, Sara Kelley-Mudie.