The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) is working on a major overhaul of the school accountability system. The first draft of the new model was unveiled in June and is expected to take effect in fall of next year. The new model will replace the previous system (including the A-F grading system, which had been on pause since 2018) [...]
By Jason Bearce, vice president of education and workforce development * PDF version available for printing * With strong backing from the Indiana Chamber, state lawmakers doubled down on proposals aimed at better retaining Indiana’s classroom teachers, skilling up Hoosier workers and promoting closer alignment between the state’s education and employment sectors. Teachers Are Head of the Class … [...]
House Bill 1404 (School Accountability) and Senate Bill 420 (Workforce Development) failed to make it through the third reading deadlines in both houses this week. The former urged the State Board of Education to include “postsecondary outcome” measures like student enrollment in postsecondary education/training programs and completion of industry-recognized credentials in the state’s A-F school accountability system as a [...]
You talked, we listened! The Indiana Chamber is offering new employee training tracks on leadership and soft skills in 2019. The ADVANCE Leadership Series goes in-depth in areas such as emotional intelligence, productive conflict, supervising and managing and more. The BOOST series, which is still under development, will focus on workplace soft skills, created specifically to meet the feedback [...]
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