Byron-Bergen Central School District’s Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) Plan, an evaluation system for all teachers and principals, was approved for the 2012-13 school year by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), in an October 22 letter sent from Commissioner Dr. John B. King, Jr. to Superintendent Casey Kosiorek.
“This was a time consuming and rigorous process,” said Kosiorek. “I am very pleased with the professionalism and collaboration that took place between the Byron-Bergen Faculty Association, the Administrators and Supervisors Association, and our district.”
APPR plans are mandatory under the teacher and principal evaluation law, which is a foundation of the Regents Reform Agenda.
Since April 2012, the district and administrators have worked collaboratively with the Byron-Bergen Faculty Association to complete an APPR in advance of the January 17, 2012 deadline.
The approval guarantees continued funding from New York State. The 2012 State Budget requires districts to have an approved APPR in order to receive their 2012-13 state aid increase. If districts do not meet the January 17 deadline, they will lose 4 percent of their funding, which for Byron-Bergen would have been approximately $350,000.
“I am optimistic that we will continue to refine the procedures to impact the quality of classroom instruction and untimately improve student success,” said Kosiorek.
Moving forward, Kosiorek said that district administrators and the leadership of the Byron-Bergen Faculty Association are working together to develop training for all faculty.
“I look forward to collecting data to progress monitoring in our first year as this is an annually developed plan,” he said.
The Byron-Bergen CSD APPR Plan is available at http://www.bbschools.org.
