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1) Negotiations Update

2) Online PD Opportunity

3) Evaluation Tips

4) Legal Update

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COMPETENCY 2 RIGOR AND INCLUSIVENESS

2a TAILORING

Tailoring is pretty important.  I actually believe that it's something we do in Newark MUCH better than I have seen or experienced in most school districts around us.  The MOST IMPORTANT thing to remember about tailoring is this...if ALL students in your class have access to it...then it is NOT tailoring. 

To be Highly Effective in this category, you really need to know your students.  That's why it's important to get as many diagnostics in in the beginning of the year and continually review your data.  Tailoring in some instances can be as

COURT AGREEMENT PROVIDES NEW JERSEY JUNIORS AND SENIORS WITH CLEAR PATHWAYS TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

February 15, 2019

A Court-approved agreement reached with the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) will provide clear pathways to graduation for all current high school juniors and seniors. The agreement was negotiated by Education Law Center and the ACLU of New Jersey on behalf of several civil rights and parent advocacy groups, including the Latino Action Network, Latino Coalition of NJ, Paterson Education Fund, and NAACP NJ State Conference, that successfully challenged high school

I know that each year it seems the goalposts are constantly moving on us teachers.  It would be great if at the beginning of each year, clear instructions were given, and that goalpost remained there all year.  Unfortunately, that's not the case.

Competency 4 is all about data.  However, as our administrators get better at utilizing the Evaluation Tool, and get better at looking at schoolwide data...they move the goalposts for all of us. 

As you collect data, it's important to not simply file it away, but to USE it.  For your annual evaluation, you have to be able to demonstrate and articulate

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In this issue:

1) Educators Pushing Back

2) Observation Tip - Competency 4

3) Hall of Fame Dinner

And More!

In This Issue:

1) Letter From President: District hiring practices under state control

2) Rebuttals

3) Building Faculty and Student Success

And much more!