General Unit Meeting June 1 st NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 1

Legislation Ed Law review What’s Next Legislatively? PAC Picket VOTE-COPE Committee Reports Looking Forward 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 2 General Unit Meeting Agenda

ED Law Review TENURE RE-REGISTRATION APPR 3020-A RECEIVERSHIP 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 3

Tenure Probationary period extended from 3 to 4 years Must have 3 Effective or Highly Effective ratings or more, need not be consecutive Cannot receive tenure with an Ineffective in the 4 th year Begins with new appointments as of July 1, 2015 A board can agree to offer a probationary teacher a 5 th year 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 4

Tenure Tenured teachers changing districts will now have a three year probationary period provided they did not receive an Ineffective in their last year at the prior school School boards will be able to terminate probationary teachers without regard to their APPR rating 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 5

Re-registration All teachers and teaching assistants will be required to re-register with SED every 5 years. They will also be required to provide name and address changes within 30 days If the teacher or teaching assistant willfully fails to register or provide the changes within 180 days, they may be brought up on part 83 charges There are no professional development requirements for teachers who hold a permanent certificate 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 6

Re-registration Professional certificate holders will need to re-register every 5 years and complete 100 hours of continuing education approved by SED This requirement is a reduction from the current 175 hour requirement The requirement for SED approval is new Level III teaching assistants will also need to complete 100 hours of approved continuing education This requirement is an increase from the current 75 hours The law does not give SED the authority to charge a fee for re-registration but they may charge a late fee 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 7

APPR New law applies beginning with evaluations Plans agreed to before April 1, 2015 remain in place until a new plan is agreed to by the district and local However new plans must be agreed to locally and approved by SED by November 15, 2015 or the district will receive no increase in state aid for the school year and thereafter until a new plan is in place Chancellor Tisch indicated the date may move to September 1, NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 8

APPR Two Categories 1. Student performance State growth Optional supplemental assessment 2. Observation Principal Independent evaluator Optional peer evaluator 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 9

APPR Student Performance Category – Grade 4-8 ELA and Math Teachers State-provided growth model Optional second assessment – All other teachers Student Learning Objectives (SLO) process Optional second assessment 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 10

APPR Optional Second Assessment must measure growth – Selected locally through collective bargaining – Second state-provided growth score on state created or administered test – Growth score based on a state designed supplemental assessment – State designed supplemental assessment may be a test designed by the state or purchased from another state, an institution of higher education or a commercial entity or previously designed or acquired local assessment with state modified growth targets or scoring bands – Achievement measures currently being used may be allowed as a supplemental assessment if approved by the Regents 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 11

APPR Student Performance Category – SED decisions Weights of the 2 subcomponents How teachers receive a rating of Highly Effective, Effective, Developing or Ineffective How to combine scores into one rating Parameters for growth targets The assessments to be used for SLOs and the second optional assessment Must incorporate testing reduction recommendations 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 12

APPR Observations Category – Required observations by a principal – Required observations by an impartial independent evaluator Can not be from the same school May be from another school in the district – Optional observations by a peer evaluator rated effective or highly effective 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 13

APPR Observations Category – SED decisions Weights of the subcomponents How teachers receive a rating of Highly Effective, Effective, Developing or Ineffective How to combine scores into one rating Minimum number of observations Frequency and duration of observations and any parameters therefor List of approved rubrics 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 14

APPR Rating Matrix 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 15

APPR Rating Rules – If a teacher is ineffective on the state growth subcomponent and it is the only student performance measure being used, the overall rating cannot be Effective or Highly Effective – If the option of a second assessment is selected – If the second student performance sub-component is a state provided growth measure (like a building score) and is Ineffective the teacher cannot receive a overall score greater than Developing – If a teacher is Ineffective on student performance subcomponents, when using any other measure than a state provided growth measure as the second optional student performance subcomponent, the overall rating must be ineffective – If a teacher is Ineffective on the Observation category, the overall rating cannot be Effective or Highly Effective 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 16

APPR Prohibited Elements – Evidence of student development and performance derived from lesson plans and student portfolios that is not part of an approved rubric – Parent and student surveys – Professional goal setting – Any district or regional assessment not approved by SED – Any growth or achievement target that does not meet minimum standards 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 17

APPR Collective Bargaining – Reduced from current law – Must bargain over whether to use a second student performance measure and which measure to use – Must bargain over how to implement the observation category including use of a peer reviewer 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 18

APPR Use of Results of APPR – A student may not have two ineffective teachers in a row but a district may request a waiver – If a teacher receives two consecutive Ineffective ratings the district may bring a 3020-a proceeding and the burden of proof shifts to the teacher with 90 days for the hearing – If a teacher receives three consecutive Ineffective ratings the district must bring a 3020-a and the only defense a teacher can use is fraud or mistaken identity with 30 days for the hearing 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 19

APPR SED has authority to determine if the following provisions of 3012-c continue or are modified – Evaluator training – TIPs – Appeals – Privacy 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 20

APPR NYSUT Legislative Strategy – Decouple APPR and State Aid – Clarify the inclusion of Achievement in Supplemental Assessments – Eliminate the Independent Evaluator – Change the expedited 3020-a for 3 Ineffective ratings to make it a district decision to bring charges and allow full defense by the teacher 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 21

3020-a General Applies to all cases brought after July 1, 2015 All cases decided by a single hearing officer Automatic loss of certification and employment where a teacher is convicted of a violent felony against a child Teachers accused of sexual or physical abuse of a student are suspended without pay after charges are brought by the board for 120 days with an expedited hearing within 60 days and a probable cause hearing within 10 days Witnesses under age 14 shown to be vulnerable can testify by closed circuit two way television Pre-hearing discovery includes teacher’s obligation to disclose 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 22

Test Confidentiality – A.7402, S passed Assembly – The Senate is sitting on this! APPR Changes: We MUST push this in the Senate – A.7303 passed Assembly – The Senate is sitting on this! Tax Credit: We DO NOT want this Bill passed – S.1976 has passed Senate 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 23 Current Legislation

2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 24 Political Action Com PICKET June 1 st -June5th 4:30-5:00 pm In Front of Sen. Nozzolio’s Office in Seneca Falls A Social Gathering And VOTE-COPE Fundraiser June 12th

WEA VOTE/COPE What the Heck is VOTE/COPE? – Voice of Teachers for Education (VOTE) and Committee on Political Education (COPE). Why am I being asked to donate? Realities – Triborough and Constitutional Convention Paint Night June 12 th September 2015

Teacher of the Year – New look and why? Negotiations – Will be starting soon 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 26 Committee Updates

Looking Forward 2015 NYSUT Local Presidents Conference 27 Different Times! Building a stronger infrastructure Political Action will continue