Monday, April 23, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
$500,000.00 Available for New Principal Evaluation Pilot
Christie Administration Continues Focus on Effective Educators with New Principal Evaluation Pilot Program
$500,000 in Funding Available for 10-District Pilot to shape new evaluation system in 2012-13
School Year Trenton, N J - Furthering the goal of ensuring schools and students are being served by highly effective educators, the Christie Administration announced today a competitive grant opportunity for approximately 10 districts or charter schools to pilot a new principal evaluation system in the 2012-13 school year.
This new system, which builds on the existing Excellent Educators for New Jersey teacher evaluation pilot program, will help all principals to continuously improve their practice with a meaningful and objective system of evaluations. The $500,000 available for this pilot will be drawn from the state's $38 million Race to the Top 3 award received in December 2011.
The goal of an improved principal evaluation system is to allow district administrators to better measure principal effectiveness, differentiate between those who are excelling and those who need support, and provide meaningful feedback in order to help all principals continuously improve. Through this pilot, principals and administrators in participating districts will provide critical input and feedback to help shape the system that will be rolled out state-wide.
"There is no more important investment we can make from the state level than to ensure that we have the highest-quality principals and teachers working with our students on a day-to-day basis," said Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf. "Partnered with the ongoing development of our teacher evaluation system, this new principal evaluation pilot is a crucial next step to help all of our educators continuously improve their practice with the goal of ensuring that all of our students graduate from high school ready for college and career."
The principal evaluation pilot is an extension of the Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program launched in September 2011 that is currently underway in 11 districts and 19 School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools this year. In 2011, the New Jersey Educator Effectiveness Task Force recommended that Governor Christie develop a new teacher and principal evaluation system in order to ensure that New Jersey has the highest quality educators in the country.
For more information: http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2012/0419ngo.htm
School Year Trenton, N J - Furthering the goal of ensuring schools and students are being served by highly effective educators, the Christie Administration announced today a competitive grant opportunity for approximately 10 districts or charter schools to pilot a new principal evaluation system in the 2012-13 school year.
This new system, which builds on the existing Excellent Educators for New Jersey teacher evaluation pilot program, will help all principals to continuously improve their practice with a meaningful and objective system of evaluations. The $500,000 available for this pilot will be drawn from the state's $38 million Race to the Top 3 award received in December 2011.
The goal of an improved principal evaluation system is to allow district administrators to better measure principal effectiveness, differentiate between those who are excelling and those who need support, and provide meaningful feedback in order to help all principals continuously improve. Through this pilot, principals and administrators in participating districts will provide critical input and feedback to help shape the system that will be rolled out state-wide.
"There is no more important investment we can make from the state level than to ensure that we have the highest-quality principals and teachers working with our students on a day-to-day basis," said Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf. "Partnered with the ongoing development of our teacher evaluation system, this new principal evaluation pilot is a crucial next step to help all of our educators continuously improve their practice with the goal of ensuring that all of our students graduate from high school ready for college and career."
The principal evaluation pilot is an extension of the Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) teacher evaluation pilot program launched in September 2011 that is currently underway in 11 districts and 19 School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools this year. In 2011, the New Jersey Educator Effectiveness Task Force recommended that Governor Christie develop a new teacher and principal evaluation system in order to ensure that New Jersey has the highest quality educators in the country.
For more information: http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2012/0419ngo.htm
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
New Statewide Accountability System: Dwight Morrow High School Is Designated a Focus School
Christie Administration Moves Forward to Turn Around Lowest-Performing Schools in
the State, Provide Targeted Support for Improvement, and to Reward Successful
Schools
Department announces final list of Priority, Focus, and Reward Schools as part of state's new accountability system
Trenton, NJ - The Christie Administration today announced the final list of
Priority, Focus, and Reward Schools as part of its new statewide accountability
system developed through flexibility from No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
The Department of Education will invest heavily in the state's lowest-performing schools (Priority Schools) and provide targeted supports to schools with specific achievement concerns (Focus Schools) to ensure all students are on track for college and career readiness. For the first time, these school designations were developed by taking into account both growth and absolute proficiency to provide a more complete picture of school performance and the needs of individual schools.
"We are entering a new age of school accountability in New Jersey, one that frees high-performing schools from state interference and defines a stronger investment from the state to turn around pockets of persistent academic failure," said Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf. "No longer can we stand on the sidelines when our schools are not preparing students in New Jersey to graduate from high school ready for college and a career. There is a moral imperative for the state to take a stronger role in persistently failing schools and to work collaboratively with communities and districts to give all students a fair chance."
For complete information: http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2012/0411rac.htm
Englewood Residents, please follow this link http://www.state.nj.us/education/reform/PFRschools/Priority-Focus-RewardSchools.pdf
Now that it is official that we are a focus school, perhaps we may pick up the pieces and fix the
problem. There is a lot of work to be done. The smoke has cleared and we can no longer linger in denial.
Department announces final list of Priority, Focus, and Reward Schools as part of state's new accountability system
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| There is now HOPE! |
The Department of Education will invest heavily in the state's lowest-performing schools (Priority Schools) and provide targeted supports to schools with specific achievement concerns (Focus Schools) to ensure all students are on track for college and career readiness. For the first time, these school designations were developed by taking into account both growth and absolute proficiency to provide a more complete picture of school performance and the needs of individual schools.
"We are entering a new age of school accountability in New Jersey, one that frees high-performing schools from state interference and defines a stronger investment from the state to turn around pockets of persistent academic failure," said Acting Commissioner Chris Cerf. "No longer can we stand on the sidelines when our schools are not preparing students in New Jersey to graduate from high school ready for college and a career. There is a moral imperative for the state to take a stronger role in persistently failing schools and to work collaboratively with communities and districts to give all students a fair chance."
For complete information: http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2012/0411rac.htm
Englewood Residents, please follow this link http://www.state.nj.us/education/reform/PFRschools/Priority-Focus-RewardSchools.pdf
Now that it is official that we are a focus school, perhaps we may pick up the pieces and fix the
problem. There is a lot of work to be done. The smoke has cleared and we can no longer linger in denial.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Meet the Candidates: Prepare your Questions Ahead of Time
Listed below are the opportunities you have to meet and question the candidates for the Board of Education. Find out where the candidates stand on issues that will shape the lives of our children for years to come.
April 12, 2012 League of Women Voters - 7:00
@ The Public Safety Complex on Van Brunt St. Courthouse building
April 15, 2012 NAACP Meet the Candidates @Community Baptist Church 3:30 - 4:45pm
April 16, 2012 PTO Council Meet the Candidates....7:30 @ McCloud School, Tenafly Rd., Durie Avenue across the street from Winton White Stadium
Questions:
How do you find out if your polling place has changed? Read your sample ballot that is delivered with your mail.
How are the children?
April 12, 2012 League of Women Voters - 7:00
@ The Public Safety Complex on Van Brunt St. Courthouse building
April 15, 2012 NAACP Meet the Candidates @Community Baptist Church 3:30 - 4:45pm
April 16, 2012 PTO Council Meet the Candidates....7:30 @ McCloud School, Tenafly Rd., Durie Avenue across the street from Winton White Stadium
Questions:
- Find out how each Candidate feels about the threat to Outsource nurses, child study teams, secretaries, aides, substitutes, paraprofessionals
- Assistant Principal for McCloud School
- Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
- Find out if the candidates are willing to learn the law and to abide by it
- A Real Attendance Officer (We are not Bergen Academy) Parent Liaisons are not sufficient here.
- What is really going on at St. Cecilia's. How many students and classrooms are we really using?
- When will the public find out what changes were made beneath Winton White Stadium and why these changes were made?
- Why is the Board of Education trying to build Pritchard a Maintenance Garage/office building in the flood hazard area adjacent to the Little League Field on Durie Ave.?
- Why are we being told that the high school is falling apart plagued by violence while the supporting documents submitted to the state with the budget paints a totally different picture?
- When will EPSD have curriculum in all subject areas?
How do you find out if your polling place has changed? Read your sample ballot that is delivered with your mail.
- Find your street on this list
- Identify your ward and district to the right of the street name
- Using your ward and district find your polling place on this list.
How are the children?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Our Schools Are In Crisis: Where Do Broken Promises Go?
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| Promises, Promises, Promises |
They knew what the Community wanted, so they promised it to them and then proceeded to do exactly what they wanted.
"The Englewood Public School district can only issue objective factual information. We trust the following facts will help Englewood Residents make informed decisions when voting on Tuesday, March 9th."
I was one of those voters on Tuesday, March 9, 2004. I voted for the referendum, because I believed the things promised in the referendum. I was raising my sister's 2 children and knew first hand that the promised improvements would make life better for my niece and nephew. This document was saved as many others have been saved. We have not forgotten. The people of Englewood must begin to remember the many promises. It is our only salvation. Read the FACTS as presented by the Board of Education and see for yourselves how much each homeowner paid per month for the promises in the Referendum of 2004. We don't need Dr. Carlisle or the people who were responsible for these promises shoving anymore garbage down our throats about facilities. We want the promises that were broken to be repaired. When we vote on April 17, 2012, we must remember the promises that have been made over the years. There comes a time when broken promises become plain old fashioned lies.
Click on the links below and read in order the Board of Education Newsletter that outlines the Bond Referendum of 2004.
Page 1 Myths and Facts about The March 9th Englewood Public Schools Bond Referendum
Page 2 of Myths and Facts
Page 3..Now they use other towns as examples (Go figure. They should emulate other things from them)
And now to the promises...
Page 4 Englewood Public Schools Newsletter: March 9th Bond Referendum School Highlights
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Grieco is a large, beautiful school, but how many of you have actually enjoyed all of those added recreational features that were promised?
Grieco is a large, beautiful school, but how many of you have actually enjoyed all of those added recreational features that were promised?
How are the children?
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