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Cincinnati's Peer Assistance and Evaluation Program (PAEP)
Proposed by the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT) in 1983 and negotiated in the 1985 collective bargaining contract, Cincinnati's PAEP is offered to teachers in all fields, including support service professionals. The program includes both an internship component for new teachers and an intervention program for veteran teachers; both are facilitated and overseen by a group of trained consulting teachers selected jointly by CFT and Cincinnati Public Schools. Providing increased support and encouragement to newly hired teachers through mentoring, the internship results in rigorous screening at the entry level. The intervention component targets veteran teachers who show serious performance deficiencies.
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