Quality Teachers Commission Recommends Pilot Teacher/Principal ID

In July 2008, the Quality Teachers Commission (QTC) established by Senate Bill 07-140 recommended a pilot teacher and principal identifier. After spending six months hammering out the details, identifying positive uses and potential risks, and establishing protections against misuse and specifics of how it would be used, the commission voted unanimously to recommend the pilot to the legislature. 

The recommendation, included in a Year One report to the Legislature in July, outlines specific responses to the questions that the QTC was charged to address, including recommendations for designing the identifier protocol, integrating it into existing and emerging data systems, CDE’s capacity to handle such an identifier, identification of protections for individual teachers and principals in relation to how the identifier will be used, how to create a pilot, factors or issues that may arise as a result, as well as positive uses.

The QTC also recommended an extension to the commission’s timeline.   “Under SB 07-140, the QTC was expected to be appointed by July 2007 and begin meeting by August 2007.  After a late appointment, the commission did not begin meeting until January 2008.  The commission members worked diligently and met twice per month to prepare this report.  The late start, however, meant that legislation to enact the pilot identifier was not introduced in the 2008 legislative session.  Ideally the QTC would be extended until June 2010 to monitor and report on the pilot identifier.”
 

Members of the QTC: