Longer Tenure Track Under New Teacher Evaluations
Superintendent Dr. Michael LaSusa said contracts have been re-issued to reflect change.
The School District of the Chathams is in a good position to implement changes to state-mandated teacher evaluation reforms, Superintendent Dr. Michael LaSusa said. Most facets of the new law, called the Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act, went into effect almost immediately after Gov. Chris Christie signed it in August. Other parts of the law go into effect over the course of the 2012-13 school year. "Last year the state had approved four different models" for teacher evaluations, LaSusa said, "including the Charlotte Danielson model, which is a pretty well-known one." The Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching spells out the skills and competencies that outstanding teachers need in …
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Constantine Coutras
3:17 pm on Sunday, September 30, 2012
And an overall assessment with blind ratings/percentages should be released on a yearly basis. more ›