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Clemente orientation 2 October 23, 2012 Read More \| (0) Comments	Principal Jessica Biggs, recess October 23, 2012 Read More \| (0) Comments
Teachers, principals should work together on faculty hiring September 13, 2012 By: Adam Parrott-Sheffer Right now, our city’s teachers and central office administration are at an impasse. Much has been made in the media and in conversations on the picket line that this strike is about power and respect. The sticking point seems to be who decides who teaches our children, with the Board of Education demanding unilateral autonomy for principals linked to accountability and the union refusing to accept nothing less than full job protection for all of their tenured workers city-wide. Read More \| (12) Comments	For the Record: Teacher Incentive Fund Grant June 25, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Disagreement with the Chicago Teachers Union over merit pay has apparently scuttled a $34 million federal merit pay grant that CPS won in fall 2010. Even so, the district’s recently released grant application provides a blueprint of CPS’ plans to use merit pay to address ongoing issues with teacher quality and retention. Read More \| (3) Comments
In the News: Lawmakers OK more high school math options April 26, 2012 By: Cassandra West Illinois lawmakers approved a proposal Wednesday that would increase the range of courses that count toward meeting high school math requirements. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: CPS principal search goes nationwide March 05, 2012 By: Cassandra West Chicago will search the country for 50 new school principals this year and hand each of them a $25,000 bonus if they agree to come and take over a failing school, another move toward rewarding high-performing educators in the city with cash, the Tribune reported over the weekend. Read More \| (7) Comments
For the Record: Principal signing bonuses March 02, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris This story has been updated to include additional information about the number of candidates in the principal eligibility pool, the number of candidates CPS has hired from outside the district, the number of principals who are retiring, and the fact that this program is aimed at low-performing schools. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday that CPS will offer up to 50 out-of-town principals privately funded $25,000 signing bonuses for landing jobs in low-performing schools. Read More \| (36) Comments	Tougher principal selection process in the works February 17, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Chicago Public Schools is embarking on yet another revamp of its controversial principal eligibility process, based on a new set of principal skills that will also play into new state-mandated principal evaluations. The changes could take effect as soon as this summer, but it’s not clear yet what they will be. The current process includes an application with essays and an initial interview; a scenario exam; a school data case study; a more in-depth interview; and a mock teacher observation. (Those could still be part of the revamped process.) Read More \| (22) Comments
CPS moves forward on principal prep program, single HS application November 16, 2011 By: Sarah Karp At a low-key board meeting, district officials told members they are formally looking for partners to better prepare principals. Also, board members approved a contract to develop a single application for high schools, to take the place of the hodge-podge of applications that parents must now wade through. Read More \| (0) Comments