Stepping Out to Step Up
The school year will soon hit a feverish pace if it hasn’t already, and students haven’t stepped into the building for classes yet. Like many APs and Deans you’re already wondering where the time went. Piles of paper are stacking up, challenges are already finding their way to your desk, and that chair is feeling more like an anchor than a respite. That’s because it is! Get up, step out, and step…
AIgiarism: AI and Plagiarism Join Forces
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, artificial intelligence makes its debut in education. Since at least the Spring of 2023, artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT and Google Bard have changed the way students use technology to plagiarize. The days of purchasing an essay online or Googling answers to homework assignments are on the road to extinction after the launch of these efficient and impressive AI platforms. The age of…
Who Must Get an Individualized Development Plan?
IDPs play a vital, legally required role in evaluating probationary teachers, certain tenured teachers, and building-level school administrators and central-office administrators who are regularly involved in instructional matters. Teachers RSC Section 1249 mandates that schools develop an IDP for all teachers in their first year of probation, and for any teacher (tenured or probationary) who received a “minimally effective” or “ineffective” rating on their most recent performance evaluation. Even an “effective” or…