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Evaluating Teaching

A Guide to Current Thinking and Best Practice

Second Edition
By: James H. Stronge

Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school's teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations!

The extent to which teacher evaluation fosters school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school's mission, you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels. This updated edition demonstrates how to:

Design a solid teacher evaluation system
Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately
Implement a sound teacher evaluation system

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412909785
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2005
Page Count: 328
Publication date: November 02, 2005

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Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school's teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations!

The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. Just as there is a rational connection between school improvement and teacher performance, there is a necessary and rational connection between supporting and cultivating highly qualified teachers through effective evaluations and improving relationships in the school.

In this updated edition, top-selling author James H. Stronge and his colleagues synthesize current teacher evaluation research and blend it with practice, highlighting how to:

Design a sound teacher evaluation system
Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately
Implement a successful teacher evaluation system
Incorporate student performance data, teaching portfolios, and classroom observation into the evaluation process

By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school's mission, this text demonstrates how you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels.

Author(s)

James H. Stronge

James H. Stronge is the Heritage Professor in the Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Area at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. His research interests include policy and practice related to teacher quality, and teacher and administrator evaluation. He has worked with numerous school districts and other educational organizations to design and implement evaluation systems for teachers, administrators, and support personnel. His work on effective teachers focuses on how to identify effective teachers and how to enhance teacher effectiveness. Dr. Stronge has presented his research at conferences such as American Educational Research Association and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, conducted workshops for national and state organizations, and worked with local school districts. He has been a teacher, counselor, and district-level administrator. His doctorate is in the area of educational administration and planning from the University of Alabama.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape

Part I: Designing a Teacher Evaluation System

2. Building the Foundation: Teacher Roles and Responsibilities

3. Applying the Personnel Evaluation Standards to Teacher Evaluation

4. Legal Considerations in Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part II: Assessing Teacher Performance

5. Classroom-Based Assessments of Teaching and Learning

6. Client Surveys in Teacher Evaluation

7. Student Achievement and Teacher Evaluation

8. Portfolios in Teacher Evaluation

9. Teacher Self-Evaluation

10. Using Multiple Data Sources in Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part III: Implementing the Teacher Evaluation System

11. Conducting a Successful Evaluation Conference

12. Dealing Positively With the Nonproductive Teacher: A Legal and Ethical Perspective on Accountability

13. Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development

Author Index

Subject Index

Other Titles in: Principalship | Legal Issues | Staff Supervision / Evaluation / Retention

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