Parents and taxpayers will have a new tool available to them this year to provide them with information on how well their public schools are performing. Click here for full… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has updated the Educator Effectiveness Administrative Manual – Part 1 on the PDE web site www.education.state.pa.us on the Educator Effectiveness Project page. The update… Read More
Key changes include: Changes decision of whether a student will graduate was from a state to a local decision, with the chief school administrators, rather than the Secretary, having authorization… Read More
Dr. Paul Healey, PA Principals Association’s executive director-elect, attended today’s State Board of Education meeting where a vote took place on the revisions to Chapter 4 or the Pennsylvania Core… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Standards Aligned System (SAS) Institute, Pathways to Student Achievement: Resources for Improving School Effectiveness, is scheduled for December 8, 2013, through December 11, 2013…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has posted the Electronic Worksheet for the Classroom Teacher Rating Form on the PDE website at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/educator_effectiveness_project/20903 The purpose of this electronic worksheet is… Read More
Carolyn Dumaresq agreed to become the state Department of Education’s third administrator in four months — but with an end date in mind, she said. Dumaresq, 66, a lifelong educator… Read More
We will be tweeting at this year’s conference! Join the conversation @PA Principals Association by using #Lessonsinleadership13. Register for the conference today!
Dr. Paul M. Healey, PA Principals Association executive director-elect, attended the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee hearing on Common Core held on Thursday, August 29, 2013. The Senate Education Committee held… Read More
After Gov. Tom Corbett requested and received acting Education Secretary William Harner’s resignation, he named a one-time state teachers union executive director as Harner’s replacement. Corbett chose Carolyn Dumaresq, Ed.D.,… Read More