Farmingdale Federation of Teachers
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Survival Guide for New Teachers
This site is a great resource to get information on general survival tips for new members. There are sections that has survival tips on classroom management, certification, tenure, as well as parent teacher conference dos and dont's.
Commissioner of Education Regulations
Regulations of the Commissioner of Education adopted a new policy entitled "Professional Performance Review." The regulation states that all teachers certified after 2004 shall be evaluated by their school district by classroom observation, videotape assessment, self review, peer review, and PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT.
What is Portfolio Assessment?
Professional Portfolio Assessment is an approach to assessment of skills that uses a collection of "artifacts" as a demonstration of steps to achieve stated goals and to showcase the professionsal's experience, qualifications and competence. Literally, a professional portfolio may be a collection box, an artist's folio, a videotape, a CD, a scrapbook, a web site, or a filled three ring binder. The key to portfolio assessment is that the teacher is involved in the establishment of goals, the identification of evidence to demonstrate progress toward those goals, and the reflection on the learning that occurs.
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Who Must Be Evaluated Using the Portfolio?
Teachers holding a provisional or initial NYS certificate must be evaluated using a portfolio. Those teachers who first entered the teaching ranks in New York beginning in Sept. 2004, must be evaluated using a portforlio. They are the same newly certified teachers who will receive the mandated mentoring program as required in the amended Professional Development Plan (PDP) regulations.
Survival Guide for New Teachers
Farmigdale Federation of Teachers
100 Broadhollow Rd Suite 104
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(631) 249-0773
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