The Delaware DOE sure was busy two days before Christmas. They managed to get yet another request for proposal (RFP) out. This one is for a teacher credentialing assessment. This is basically the DOE seeking a vendor to give assessments to folks wishing to evaluate teachers. They have to pass the DOE’s rigorous standards to be able to evaluate teachers. And it must align with “college and career readiness” standards. That’s right, even if the evaluator is observing a Kindergarten teacher, the teacher must demonstrate the ability to make sure those Kindergartners are ready to go to Harvard University!
While the Department of Education has implemented procedures for both new observers (“initial credentialing”) and existing observers (“re-credentialing”) over the past two years, the state is now seeking more robust and streamlined versions of both assessments.
You can read the Teacher/Leader Effectiveness Unit’s request for somebody to do the work they should be doing themselves, but they just aren’t, ahem, effective enough…
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