Teacher Evaluation:
A comprehensive guide to new directions and practices

Teacher Evaluation:
New Directions & Practices 

  Effective Teacher Evaluation: A Guide For Principals
   Kenneth D. Peterson, Catherine A. Peterson (2006) 
   Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. 
   Paper, 128 pp., $24.95 
   ISBN 1412914833

 

Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In their easy-to-use handbook, evaluation experts Kenneth D. Peterson and Catherine A. Peterson offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher evaluation methods, focusing on three central areas: 1) increasing the amount of objective data, 2) increasing teacher involvement, and 3) increasing the technical and sociological quality of the evaluation process. This resource provides specific "how-to" methods to help principals:

· Use the best objective evidence available
· Put the teacher at the center of the process
· Use multiple data sources
· Use data sources which vary by individual teacher
· Incorporate student achievement data
· Inspire ongoing teacher reflection and analysis

Use the specific strategies and best practices in this practical guide to help inspire quality teaching and high academic achievement!

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This book contends that current evaluation is something done to teachers, rather than the cooperative effort of professionals--which is why practice rarely improves as a result of evaluation. This book challenges existing methods of evaluation and offers fresh ideas and techniques that can turn any school's evaluation practice into a highly productive process for all involved.

This book explores stages of teacher choice and teacher responsibility for evaluation. It shows you how to help your teachers become more involved and in control of their own evaluation. You'll explore different data sources and new social power relations, and discover new ways of thinking about teacher evaluation.

These techniques will help you provide a source of acknowledgment and reward for teachers; reassure outside audiences, such a parents and the community; highlight exemplary practice for emulation; and point to good practice to guide teacher education. Here are substantive, field-tested suggestions and practices that you can put to use immediately to make your teacher evaluation systems more effective.