Evaluating Teaching: A Guide to Current Thinking and Best Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803963564 ISBN 13: 9780803963566

Publisher: Corwin, 1997

Synopsis

"Stronge and colleagues guide readers through client surveys, portfolios, self-evaluation, and outcome-based teacher evaluation." Daniel Duke, Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville See a dramatic rise in your teachers′ performance levels. Find out how to create a high-quality teacher assessment and evaluation system that will * Provide a framework for continuing staff improvement * Increase the value of your school′s programs and services * Enable your school to more easily accomplish its mission * Improve students′ learning levels Design, implement, and monitor an effective teacher assessment and evaluation system for your school. Use this coherent, comprehensive guidebook to make sure your teacher evaluation system is relevant, mutually beneficial, and participatory. Find out what you can do to obtain an accurate picture of your staff′s performance. Establish mutual goals and emphasize open communication for your teacher evaluations. Gather your data from multiple sources and use it to create an assessment environment that fosters trust. Employ direct observation, "client" feedback, student performance data, teacher self-evaluation, and teacher portfolios to enhance the validity of your analyses. You′ll be able to obtain a more detailed, accurate, and fair portrait of your teacher subject. You′ll find numerous illustrations and examples throughout the book. At the end of each chapter questions and answers help you translate theory into practical use. Your staff needs an effective teacher evaluation system to accomplish its best work. Make sure your system gives teachers the assistance they need to measure up to the highest standard of good teaching: successful student learning.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803963564
• ISBN 13: 9780803963566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Stronge James H.