According to Richard Bozza, Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, people should expect a temporary dip in student performance as the bar is raised.
He said he's "cautious and concerned" about the plan, especially with a number of changes transforming state education. "One of my largest concerns is going to be the ability, particularly of school principals, to get all this work done because most of it falls on their shoulders," he said.
“Senior DOE leaders continue at a very high level to engage NJASA and school superintendents on new initiatives through communications and discussion,” said Richard Bozza, the NJASA’s executive director. “They get a high grade for communication outreach.”
The Record
By: Leslie Brody
March 13, 2013
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
By: Maiy Elbery
March 14, 2013
Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, echoed concerns about technical flaws in tying adults’ ratings to children’s test data. Fifty percent of a principal’s evaluation would be tied to various measures of student achievement; the rest would rely largely on a superintendent’s observations of leadership.
“They’re trying to serve the cake before it’s baked,” Bozza said.
Robinson will be coming to New Jersey on March 13 to speak to the New Jersey Association of School Administrators’ School Security Conference in Edison.
Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, told New Jersey Watchdog that while the practice of collecting a pension and paycheck simultaneously was legal, "it raises great questions that ought to be discussed."
“There are several people out there who have done this for a number of years,” said Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators.
“The school remains a great function for the state and has made a really big difference in those children’s lives,” Bozza said. “But this is long overdue. It doesn’t mean the program should have to leave, but maybe some other uses could be considered.”
Bozza added that whenever other options are discussed, there was often pushback from the families of current and former students.
“But even back then, they were coming around in seeing that it is compatible with ultimately saving the school,” Bozza said.
Expert Says School Safety Will Likely be Reevaluated
Reported by Kimberly Wallace.
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