This past week I learned that starting next year, music teachers will have to prove and show student progress in music classrooms. This information will have to be submitted to the state department to be evaluated. If a teacher does not receive good ratings for two consecutive years, that teacher's tenure will be revoked.
Obviously, the types of evaluation to be done will be electronic either via spreadsheet, audio or videotaped student performances, grade book, etc. As of now, we don't know what the State plans to accept or what we need to prepare. This blog will explore in the next few weeks ways teachers can utilize e-portfolios to document student assessment.
In addition, teachers who do not teach subjects tested by TCAP scores like math and science will have the school's TVAAS scores count toward 35% (initially) to 50-51% (currently) of our evaluation scores. This was revised due to the RACE TO THE TOP funds received from the Obama administration. Needless to say, teachers at all levels will need to cooperate with each other to find ways in which we can support the instruction in the tested grades while making sure our students gain the knowledge they should know in our classrooms.
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