Governor Christie recently signed the Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act, P.L. 2012, c.26. The act’s purpose is to "raise student achievement by improving instruction through the adoption of evaluations that provide specific feedback to educators, inform the provision of aligned professional development, and inform personnel decisions." N.J.S.A. 18:A:6-118(a).
The TEACHNJ Act radically changes how public school "teaching staff members" are evaluated, acquire tenure and fight tenure charges.
