Video highlights from Teaching Quality and California's Future, an education policy summit featuring Accomplished California Teachers, SRI International, the Bay Area New Millennium Initiative, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson, Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond, and a panel discussion of policy leaders. The event took place in Sacramento, CA, on January 20, 2012, and was made possible by The Stuart Foundation.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson opened our event with the announcement of the Educator Excellence Task Force.
Teachers from the New Millennium Initiative (a project of the Center for Teaching Quality) presented ideas for restructuring the roles of teachers and teacher leaders in schools and districts.
Dan Humphrey and Julia Koppich presented their research with positive findings about the quality of teacher evaluation conducted by trained peer evaluators.
Highlights of the panel discussion, featuring: Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes, SFUSD Deputy Superintendent Richard Carranza, CA Teacher of the Year Shannan Brown, and CTA Vice-President Eric Heins.
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