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Teacher Evaluations

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

How Would You Rate Hatboro-Horsham Schools?

By spring, each building within Hatboro-Horsham School District will receive a grade from the state.

Teachers throughout the Hatboro-Horsham School District measure their students’ success with grades. In the coming weeks, the schools too will receive a report card of sorts.  The Pennsylvania Department of Education's school performance profile will scale each school between 0 and 100, according to Hatboro-Horsham Curriculum Co-Director David Weber. Those scores will be released in April, he said and the district will have the opportunity to see the pre-release of scores on March 15. In an analysis conducted by the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, Weber said 14 percent of all schools scored 90 or higher and 64 percent were in the 70 to 89.9 range. “Seventy is kind of the benchmark that the state is putting out,” Weber told the school …

Sue

4:38 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013

I have to agree with you also Kerry! Know one in the school district cares about our children. Herion is out of control at this school. I have a senior at the school now who can't wait to graduate he is harrassed all the time in the hallways . Thank goodness he is a leader and not a follower. My other son who is in 11th grade begged me to get him out of that school. He is now in a private school…   more ›

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Should Evaluations Weed Out ‘Bad Teachers’?

Hatboro-Horsham School District officials recently discussed new legislation that will change the way teachers, principals and non-teaching professionals are evaluated.

Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year Pennsylvania public school teachers will be graded on student performance as part of evaluations. Instructors deemed to be “failing” could be fired more easily, officials said. And, while the new evaluation system is nearly a year away – and the state has yet to finalize aspects of it – Hatboro-Horsham School District officials discussed some of the challenges that come with its eventual implementation during a meeting last month. The big change, according to Superintendent Curtis Griffin, is that if a teacher receives two “failing” ratings within a 10-year period, he or she could be fired. Currently, teachers must receive two unsatisfactory ratings back-to-back, he said.  “That’s a big change in the …

Cora Rowe

4:16 pm on Sunday, September 23, 2012

No matter how good a teacher is, he or she cannot make all children do well in school. As others stated, there are so many factors in life to contend with. If a teacher is not performing well it is up to their principle to step in and get the teacher the help they need. A good principle would be overseeing teachers and should recognize these problems   more ›

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