New, state-approved model for teacher evaluations is being followed this year in Ridgewood
Friday March 29, 2013, 2:24 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
A new, state-approved model for teacher evaluations is being followed this year in Ridgewood, but the school district’s chief administrator said little has changed from last year.
According to Superintendent Dan Fishbein, Ridgewood has transitioned to the “Stronge” method, because the state last year mandated that public school districts in New Jersey implement one of several standardized options starting in the 2013-2014 school year.
Technically, the 2012-2013 school year is a “pilot year” for many districts, Fishbein said, but Ridgewood’s teachers sitting on the District Evaluation Advisory Committee decided they would rather not wait. The committee, which chose the model developed by College of William and Mary’s educational policy professor James Stronge, also included administrators and a parent representative.
“It was the teachers in the committee who said, ‘Why pilot it? Let’s use it,'” Fishbein said.
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