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Enrich the quality of teaching and learning in your school with meaningful teacher evaluations!
Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In their easy-to-use handbook, evaluation experts Kenneth D. Peterson and Catherine A. Peterson offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher evaluation methods, focusing on three central areas: 1) increasing the amount of objective data, 2) increasing teacher involvement, and 3) increasing the technical and sociological quality of the evaluation process. This excellent resource provides specific "how-to" methods to help principals:
Use the best objective evidence available
Put the teacher at the center of the process
Use multiple data sources
Use data sources which vary by individual teacher
Incorporate student achievement data
Inspire ongoing teacher reflection and analysis
Use the specific strategies and best practices in this practical guide to help inspire quality teaching and high academic achievement!
Contents
Preface
About the Authors
1. The Principal and Teacher Evaluation
2. How Principals Promote Effective Teacher Evaluation
3. Documenting Student Learning
4. Documenting Classroom Program Quality
5. Documenting Student and Parent Satisfaction
6. Encouraging and Documenting Teacher Professional Activity
7. The Principal Provides Information, Expert Judgment, and Supervision
8. The School District Implements Effective Teacher Evaluation
9. Dealing With the Unsatisfactory Teacher
Resource A: Stages for Dealing With the Unsatisfactory Teacher
Resource B: What Can Go Wrong
Bibliography
Index