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Intro:	School districts have a choice in how they will hold tenured teachers and administrators accountable
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Wrap: The Joint Committee on Education met Wednesday to hear reports on how to evaluate educators.

Models developed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri have been used by hundreds of Missouri school districts and have seen positive effects.

Republican Senator David Pearce of Warrensburg says these systems will benefit educators.

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Description: "What we're trying to do is to lift up public education and give tools to our teachers and principles to make them the best they can be."

Both new and tenured teachers will be effected by the evaluations.

Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe says this doesn't eliminate teacher tenure but motivates those teachers to excel.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Creighton Hayes.

Intro:	New methods of teacher evaluations should promote growth in teacher practice and help students perform better.
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Wrap: The Joint Committee on Education met Wednesday to hear reports on educator evaluation models.

Paul Katnik, Assistant Commissioner for Education Quality, is confident that either system will improve the quality of Missouri teachers.

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Description: "What's very important is the process of evaluation, not so much which exact model or instrument people use. There are a lot of good instruments out there, that if used correctly and in alignment to those principles, we think will cause growth in teacher practice which will help students perform better."

Senator David Pearce of Warrensburg says these models will improve public education by giving educators the tools they need to be the best they can be.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Creighton Hayes.

Intro:	New education evaluation models hold teachers accountable and make it easier to remove ineffective educators
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Wrap: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri presented models for evaluating teachers to an education committee on Wednesday.

The models have some Missourians raising questions over the safety of tenured teachers.

Representative Mike Lair of Chillicothe says he is confident in these models, but the tenure statute needs changing.

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Description: "Just because you survive five years doesn't mean you're a good teacher or that you should be allowed in a classroom. I think there should be a set of skills that are signed off on by a human being and once you've achieved those, you get tenure."

Lair plans on introducing this legislation next session.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Creighton Hayes.