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Teacher Evaluation

A Comprehensive Guide to New Directions and Practices

Second Edition
By: Kenneth D. Peterson

Features in this comprehensive guide and reference include chapters on using national standards, improved forms, and district-level principles, and developments in using pupil achievement data.

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780803968837
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2000
Page Count: 440
Publication date: May 19, 2000

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The original edition, published in August 1995, challenges current teacher evaluation and school practice. The book discusses stages of teacher choice, teacher responsibilities for evaluation, and suggests ways for teachers to become more involved and in control of their own evaluation. Combining information and techniques from his academic studies and evaluation experiences, Peterson presents a coherent, field-tested set of new practices for teacher evaluation. The revised edition adds new chapters on the role of the principal in changed teacher evaluation, how districts can transition from current practice to improved practices, the use of national standards, developments in using pupil achievement data, and puts a new emphasis on developing sociologically. The Internet as a resource for local development is encouraged (67 web sites are recommended as starting points). New resources for local development have been added from extensive field-testing and analysis; forms have been improved and district-level principles have been assembled. Substantial material has been added on the topic of responding to deficient teacher practice. Finally, the research literature has been augmented.

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Kenneth D. Peterson

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THINKING ABOUT TEACHER EVALUATION

New Directions for Teacher Evaluation

The Need for New Directions and Practices

Principles of Teacher Evaluation

Problems of Teacher Evaluation

PART TWO: MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES FOR TEACHER EVALUATION

Introduction to Multiple and Variable Data Sources

Student Reports

Peer Review of Materials

Student Achievement

Teacher Tests

Parent Reports

Documentation of Professional Activity

Systematic Observation

Administrator Reports

Teacher as Curriculum Designer, Other Unique Data and National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Licensing

Data Sources to Avoid

PART THREE: TOOLS FOR IMPROVED TEACHER EVALUATION

Authentic Assessment

Beyond Portfolios to Teacher Dossiers

Use of Computers in Teacher Evaluation

New School District Organizations, Judging Teacher Dossiers and New District Payoff Structures

PART FOUR: EVALUATION AND OTHER EDUCATORS

Hiring, Caring for and Evaluating New Teachers

Evaluating Administrators,Support Personnel and Other Teacher Groups

Evaluating Deficient Teachers

PART FIVE: SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

School District Concerns

New Roles for Principals

Making the Transition from Traditional Teacher Evaluation to New Directions and Practices

Justifying a District Teacher Evaluation System

Using Teacher Evaluation

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"A valuable asset for teachers, principals, superintendents, and policymakers that encompasses both the conceptual aspects of teacher evaluation and the tools needed to implement it."

Peter Airasian
School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Other Titles in: Principalship | Staff Supervision / Evaluation / Retention | Standards & Accountability

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