The 2024-25 school year is here, and that means new teacher evaluation guidelines are now in effect that reduce the burden on teachers so they can focus on their students instead of paperwork.
Districts have had a year to create new evaluation plans aligned with the guidelines, and CEA has provided training on the new guidelines and offered support to professional development and evaluation committees.
In the latest episode of CEA’s podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, CEA President Kate Dias and Vice President Joslyn DeLancey talk with Connecticut Association for Public School Superintendents Executive Director Fran Rabinowitz and CEA Teacher Development Specialist Kate Field about the shift that’s taken place from a compliance-focused to a growth-oriented system.
DeLancey, Rabinowitz, and Field all served on the state’s Educator Evaluation and Support (EES) Council that worked to develop the new guidelines.
“We sat around that table coming from very different perspectives, yet we saw how much we agreed upon,” Rabinowitz says.
“The new teacher evaluation system is opening doors to allow teachers to focus on things that are exciting to them, and it’s opening doors to innovation in a way that was very difficult under the old system,” says Field. “It allows a broader focus on the whole student.”
Listen to the entire episode below or wherever you get your podcasts.
