Core Beliefs of Pilot

Talent Management Pilot, NYCDOE, Summer 2001, p9

Rigorous teacher evaluations can improve teacher performance in significant, measurable and enduring ways.

Teachers who aren’t meeting expectations can improve, but not without honest feedback.

There should be an effective teacher in every classroom.

All children can achieve.

Teachers are the key levers in influencing the achievement of students.

Each participant has the power to lead the change necessary to implement effective talent management practices in his or her school.