The September presentation by Duncan, Van Roekel and Kopp introduced a teacher preparation package that seeks to alter the teacher training process by basing the ratings of teachers' colleges on the outcomes of graduates and their students.
The present study examined 21 pre-service science teachers' scientific process skills and their competence to design inquiry based lab instruction.
It also calls on the court to grant teachers due process rights the ability to know the charges alleged against them and to challenge the district's decisions. .
The local American Federation of Teachers president renewed our longstanding position that trial de novo is not a good way to protect teachers' due process rights.
Rhee's other "accomplishments" in DC include firing and humiliating a public school principal on television and pushing unproven policies like restricting teachers' due process rights and imposing "merit" pay.
Yes, the teacher-evaluation process needs to be completely revamped to allow for dismissal of incompetent teachers.
The teacher certification process, he concluded, is "an absurd anomaly" that creates a "convoluted monopolistic structure".
For a newly-qualified teacher, this process is even more essential.
Though the final details are still uncertain, there will also be a serious teacher evaluation process.
