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1999 SESSION

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SB 1145 Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Education Accountability and Quality Enhancement Act of 1999. Makes a variety of changes to the statutes governing teacher preparation, evaluation, and employment, including: (i) requiring each local school board to evaluate its division superintendent annually; (ii) directing the Board of Education to prescribe by regulation uniform performance standards and criteria to be used by local school boards in evaluating superintendents; (iii) establishing the National Teacher Certification Reward Program to provide annual monetary awards to teachers achieving and maintaining national certification; (iv) amending Standard 5 of the Standards of Quality to incorporate specific training for administrative and supervisory personnel in the evaluation and documentation of training in evaluation and documentation of teacher and administrator performance; (v) requiring local school boards to develop for use by division superintendents a performance evaluation process for principals, assistant principals, and supervisors; (vi) requiring school boards to fill teaching positions with licensed instructional personnel qualified in the relevant subject areas; (vii) directing school boards to include in their teacher employment policies incentives for excellence in teaching, and to develop a procedure for use by the division superintendent and principals in evaluating instructional personnel; (viii) requiring the Board of Education to require persons seeking initial licensure on and after July 1, 2003, to complete study in instructional methods tailored to promote student achievement and effective preparation for the Standards of Learning end-of-course and end-of-grade assessments and to submit materials evidencing proficiency in classroom instruction and to require persons renewing licenses on and after July 1, 2004, to receive training in instructional methods promoting academic progress and effective preparation for the SOL tests; (ix) directing Virginia’s public colleges and universities to use a professional teacher’s examination prescribed by the Board of Education for persons seeking entry into teacher education programs and to report annually, pursuant to Board of Education guidelines, performance reports that include pass rates of graduates taking the state teacher licensure examination; (x) directing school boards to provide mentor teachers to probationary teachers, except probationary teachers who have prior successful teaching experience; (xi) requiring annual evaluations of probationary teachers; and (xii) specifying various guidelines for the Mentor Teacher Program. The bill also includes several technical amendments. This measure is identical to HB 2710.


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