Malloy talks tenure (again) | The Connecticut Mirror: "The bill requires a teacher to earn an "effective" evaluation to get tenure after four years. To lose that tenure, a teacher will have to be graded as "ineffective." Malloy had originally proposed that teachers earn numerous "proficient" or "exemplary" evaluations to get and keep tenure. These new evaluations will count on student standardized tests for almost one-quarter of a teacher's grade. There is no link between certification, pay and the evaluations in the new bill, things Malloy sought in his original bill.
But that exclusion didn't dampen the governor's good mood Tuesday.
"Part of this program is to put into place an evaluation system, an evaluation system that isn't stopped by tenure. So everyone needs to be held to a high standard of performance," he said.
He then addressed the vehement union opposition to his initial bill. "It got a little dusty for a little while... This coming year we'll have a pilot project. The following year we'll implement the [statewide] program and the following year it will have real consequences... We don't do away with tenure, but tenure doesn't save your job if you're not performing.""
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