Which Glen Rock Schools Have The Most Effective Teachers?

Under a new teacher and administrator evaluation system in the state of New Jersey, educators in the 2013-14 were graded on a scale of four measures.

Results were released by the state Wednesday, and in Glen Rock, the question wasn’t whether local teachers performed or were ineffective, rather, how well they performed.

Teachers in each school were ranked on a four-level scaled, from ineffective, to partially ineffective, to effective, to highly effective as part of the new AchieveNJ evaluation system.

Not a single teacher in the district evaluated in the lower two categories, and two of the schools had more than half their educators rank as highly efficient. The DOE did not release names, grades or subjects taught, only providing overall numbers.

The evaluations showed:

• Glen Rock High School: Effective: 58, Highly Effective: 10
• Glen Rock Middle School: Effective: 37, Highly Effective: 18
• Alexander Hamilton School: Effective: 10
• Richard E. Byrd: Effective: 12
• Central School: Effective: 14
• Clara E. Coleman School: 12

Administrators – principals, assistant principals, vice principals – were evaluated in the school district, but those results were not disclosed.

Patch’s request for comment to the DOE has not yet been returned.

The majority of teachers across the state evaluated well, the DOE reported, but there were still a percentage of teachers that would need further training or changes in their instruction techniques.

According to the report, some 2,900 teachers – providing instruction to more than 180,000 students that school year – across the state were considered ineffective or partially effective, the state noted. As a result of those ratings, AchieveNJ requires those teachers to receive extra support and demonstrate progress over time to earn or maintain tenure, the report said.

“The real story of the first year of AchieveNJ,” said Peter Shulman, Assistant Commissioner of Education and Chief Talent Officer in a press release, “is that educators have risen to the challenge of improving feedback for all teachers and leaders. While one year of this new data is insufficient for identifying sustained trends or making sweeping conclusions about the state’s teaching staff, we are proud of this significant improvement and the personalized support all educators are now receiving.”

See the rankings of every school in the state here.

What do you think of Glen Rock’s teachers’ evaluations? Do they rank where you feel they should? Or the scores too high, too low? Tell us in the comments.