A BILL CHANGING THE WAY NEW MEXICO EVALUATES ITS TEACHERS WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON MONDAY AND NOW HEADS TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. THE BILL’S SPONSOR, ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRAT MIMI STEWART, SAYS THE OLD SYSTEM PUNISHED TEACHERS…WHILE THE NEW ONE WILL FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE BILL CALLS ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A NEW EVALUATION SYSTEM BY JULY FIRST. SCHOOLS WILL THEN BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE FINALIZED SYSTEM BY OCTOBER.
