Indiana Coalition for Public Education--MCSCI April 16, 2013
Contact: Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, Chair FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cell Phone: 812-320-4400
Email: [email protected]
INDIANA COALITION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION PRESENTS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON TEACHER EVALUATION
Panelists include IU researcher, education consultant, principal, and teacher
Bloomington, Indiana--If what gets measured dictates what gets taught, then how teachers are evaluated may have a strong influence on local classrooms. "What Is a Good Teacher? A Community Conversation on Teacher Evaluation" will feature a panel discussion on the issue of evaluation on Monday, April 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Bloomington City Hall Council Chambers.
Indiana now requires that teachers be evaluated in part on their students' performance on ISTEP+, the state's standardized tests for language arts and math, and in some grades science and social studies. Districts are working to build new evaluation processes. Some may opt to use the RISE system developed by the Indiana Department of Education under Tony Bennett, while others explore different models.
How reliable and valid are various measures are when applied to the complex process of teaching? Is learning only, or even primarily, a matter of mastering specific content? The four panelists for Monday's meeting will address these questions from a range of perspectives: researcher, administrator, teacher, and consultant. They include Sandi Cole, the director of IU's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning; Ray Golarz, a former superintendent who has advised districts on many topics, including shared decision-making and participatory governance; Jeff Sparks, the principal of Linton-Stockton Junior High School; and Jim Mann, a public school teacher in Vigo County.
An opportunity for audience participation will follow the panel discussion.
Wendy Marencik, a member of ICPE, helped organize the event. She says, "Teacher evaluation is of primary concern because new models are being tied to promotion, pay raise, and dismissals. Some of the new proposed systems place heavy emphasis on student test scores, which many believe are not a reliable source for measuring teacher performance and effectiveness. From my understanding, some models are taking large amounts of administrative time as well impacting principals' ability to conduct other pertinent tasks." Marencik is an MCCSC parent and a visiting professor in the Indiana University School of Education.
This event is sponsored by the Indiana Coalition for Public Education--Monroe County and South Central Indiana (https://sites.google.com/site/icpemonroe/).
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For further information, please contact Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer at 812-320-4400.
Contact: Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, Chair FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cell Phone: 812-320-4400
Email: [email protected]
INDIANA COALITION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION PRESENTS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON TEACHER EVALUATION
Panelists include IU researcher, education consultant, principal, and teacher
Bloomington, Indiana--If what gets measured dictates what gets taught, then how teachers are evaluated may have a strong influence on local classrooms. "What Is a Good Teacher? A Community Conversation on Teacher Evaluation" will feature a panel discussion on the issue of evaluation on Monday, April 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Bloomington City Hall Council Chambers.
Indiana now requires that teachers be evaluated in part on their students' performance on ISTEP+, the state's standardized tests for language arts and math, and in some grades science and social studies. Districts are working to build new evaluation processes. Some may opt to use the RISE system developed by the Indiana Department of Education under Tony Bennett, while others explore different models.
How reliable and valid are various measures are when applied to the complex process of teaching? Is learning only, or even primarily, a matter of mastering specific content? The four panelists for Monday's meeting will address these questions from a range of perspectives: researcher, administrator, teacher, and consultant. They include Sandi Cole, the director of IU's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning; Ray Golarz, a former superintendent who has advised districts on many topics, including shared decision-making and participatory governance; Jeff Sparks, the principal of Linton-Stockton Junior High School; and Jim Mann, a public school teacher in Vigo County.
An opportunity for audience participation will follow the panel discussion.
Wendy Marencik, a member of ICPE, helped organize the event. She says, "Teacher evaluation is of primary concern because new models are being tied to promotion, pay raise, and dismissals. Some of the new proposed systems place heavy emphasis on student test scores, which many believe are not a reliable source for measuring teacher performance and effectiveness. From my understanding, some models are taking large amounts of administrative time as well impacting principals' ability to conduct other pertinent tasks." Marencik is an MCCSC parent and a visiting professor in the Indiana University School of Education.
This event is sponsored by the Indiana Coalition for Public Education--Monroe County and South Central Indiana (https://sites.google.com/site/icpemonroe/).
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For further information, please contact Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer at 812-320-4400.