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Summary of new Teacher and Administrator Evaluation bills Administrators (HB 5224): Begins in 2014-15 Will have two components; student growth and “practice” For the first 3 years, 25% of the evaluation must be based on student growth and in 2017-18 student growth will be 50% of the evaluation Student growth is determined by the “aggregate…

Reminder – ING Unsung Heroes Awards Program   January 3, 2014   The Office of Retirement Services would like to remind your educators to apply for ING’s Unsung Heroes Awards Program.  This program awards funds to inspire success in the classroom.  Each year 100 educators are chosen to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative…

Hello,   We’re excited to share with you another grant opportunity from The Meemic Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Meemic Insurance Company.  The Meemic Foundation has been providing financial assistance in the form of grants to schools and educators since 1992.  During that time, the Foundation has impacted more than 1.5 million students through its financial support…

We have created a new webpage called frequently asked questions on teacher evaluations. Thank you to Chris Sipperley and the Teacher Evaluation Committee for their assistance with this page. We will continue to add to this page as questions arise. Here is the link:  https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/humanresources/frequently-asked-questions-faq-on-teacher-evaluations/

Please see this week’s MDE memo below: MEMO #126-13 Michigan Teacher of the Year (MTOY) for 2014-2015 We need your help!  Please help us identify and recognize Michigan’s excellent teachers and the contributions they make to the success of the learning  community.  The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) provides the nomination form that makes it easy…

Here is the link to sample student growth goals under the new district formula that takes into account 25% student growth data. Thank you to Fatme Faraj and the Maples staff for sharing their example. If any other faculty want to share please email me some examples to post on the HR blog. https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/humanresources/wp-content/uploads/sites/103/2013/09/GoalSamplesMaplesSeptember26.pdf All…

We are in need of a spanish teacher to work in a parochial school that our community education department supports.  Interested applicants can email to garrisi@dearbornschools.org Here is the weblink to apply for the position. https://hr.dearborn.k12.mi.us/Job_List.aspx Job Code: 0151 Status: Open Position(s): Spanish Teaching Positions Location: Dearborn Parochial Schools Category: Teacher Salary: $19-25 per hour Starting…

  Greetings DFT Members, The Teacher Evaluation Committee has met several times in order to make revisions to the Evaluation Process that will put us in compliance with state legislation.  Two of the biggest changes are the addition of a Growth Data Formula and modification to the timelines. The timelines need to be modified so…

Listed in this post is a link to the recorded webcast video regarding the Michigan Council for Educator’s effectiveness report which was recently released. The on-line webcast was held on August 12th. The link to the entire report was sent out in a previous post. https://www.mcede.org/blog/posts/watch-now-mcee-town-hall-for-school-administrators. You may also submit additional questions by using the…