Publications

Our policy teams, made up of current classroom teachers, work with our membership and meet with leading policymakers to impact the creation of policies that affect our profession and our students.

From E4E New York

Beyond Satisfactory: A New Teacher Evaluation System for New York

June 2011

In Beyond Satisfactory: A New Teacher Evaluation System for New York, our teacher policy team proposes an evaluation system based on student growth data, administrator observations, independent outside observations, student surveys, school community participation, professionalism and attendance.

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Keeping Our Best Teachers: An Alternative to Seniority-Based Layoffs

February 2011

In Keeping Our Best Teachers: An Alternative to Seniority-Based Layoffs, our teacher policy team recommends that layoffs – instead of following “Last In, First Out” policies – be based upon additional factors that correlate more closely with student achievement, including chronic absenteeism, unsatisfactory ratings, and teachers without permanent placements for over six months.

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