Title: How to Evaluate Teachers -
Headings: How to Evaluate Teachers
How to Evaluate Teachers
Outcomes as a Measure of Teacher Performance
Teacher Performance is Teacher Behavior
Tools to Manage Teacher Performance
Who Should Observe and Rate Teachers?
Conclusion
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Content: Goal Setting – Just as effective teachers require students to set personal learning goals, effective school districts should require teachers to set performance goals that are aligned with behaviors associated with effective teachers and the districts vision and mission statement. These goals should be based on the SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) format. Collection of artifacts and work diary examples should track progress and provide for positive communication between teachers and administrators in pursuit of educator goals. Who Should Observe and Rate Teachers? Administrators and school districts need to be honest about what an evaluation is meant to accomplish. In nearly every organization outside of education the term performance management is used in place of evaluation. This isn’t a matter of semantics it is an accurate description of what should be the goal of reviewing the performance of teaching professionals. Teachers shouldn’t be “sized up” or inspected for worthiness. Like the students they teach, educators should be developed to reach their potential. Under the current model of education, where principals are overwhelmed with increasing expectations and responsibilities, where administrators are expected to manage the performance and develop 30 or more teachers in a building it is impossible to manage the performance of teachers.