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Press Releases


4/26/2011
K-12 EDUCATION REFORM A FOCUS AT MILKEN INSTITUTE GLOBAL CONFERENCE

3/12/2011
CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LAURENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, RECEIVES TAP AMBASSADOR AWARD

3/12/2011
LOWERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IN ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA, RECEIVES TAP AMBASSADOR AWARD


TAP in the News


Commentary: Quality teachers are key to student success
Glenville News (Subscription Only)
(Glenville, SC)
February 02, 2012

TAP coming to select Caddo schools
Shreveport Times
(Shreveport, LA)
January 18, 2012

Pflugerville school district finds success with teacher training, performance compensation program
Austin American-Statesman
(Austin, TX)
December 25, 2011


Features


Gates Findings Substantiate NIET’s Building Blocks for Meaningful Teacher Evaluations
January 20, 2012

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Observes TAP in Action at North DeSoto Middle School
December 15, 2011

Education Week Webinar: Deepening and Strengthening Teacher Education
December 09, 2011


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What People Are Saying About TAP

Barry Whittington, Career Teacher, Donaldsonville High School, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
". . . The TAP process places an emphasis on support from master and mentor teachers who come into my classroom to help me implement the strategies we are learning. As I grow professionally, the TAP process assists me in monitoring the strengths and weaknesses of my students and gives me the tools I need to develop strategies so that all of my students are engaged, enriched and successful learners."
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