Teacher Evaluation in New Haven
New York City’s “teacher improvement plan” will look like New Haven’s? Makes you want to cut through all the fancy language about validators and speak with real New Haven teachers. Which I did.
I’m from New Haven. My family’s from New Haven. Some of my best friends… Well, I have relatives who teach in and near “the Have” (as no one calls it, but maybe we should). And here’s what I gleaned from two short conversations:
The new evaluation system has made no difference to the majority of teachers. An extra form to fill in, and three
