Performance+Appraisal

 Performance Appraisal The goal of evaluating teacher performance is to improve instruction and student achievement. Teacher evaluations consider more than what is observed during a single visit. The evaluation system supplies information about educator quality for accountability, educator planning, retention decisions, and public and professional dissemination. Evaluations are based on role expectations derived from national professional standards which include all categories of personnel, and supported by assessment of other educational components that influence student achievement. Evaluation appraisals are also used in cases of poor practice to supply specific information for effective remediation or to make a case for dismissal. (Peterson, Ph.D., Kenneth. N.D.) Best Practices for teacher appraisal include the following: · Use more than one person to judge teacher quality and performance. · Use multiple data sources to inform judgments · Use results of the evaluation to coordinate teacher development · Include multiple conferences pre, post, final. · Provide enough feedback to be useful · Use of formative (professional growth and improved practice)and summative assessment (continued employment) · Use valid and reliable standardized measurement. · Use multiple weighted measures- student performance, pre-post tests, classroom observations, logs and documented professional activities