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Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness

Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness. Presentation to the Unity School Board Unity, New Hampshire February 21, 2012 Jorgelina Abbate-Vaughn, Ph.D. http://www.jorgelinaabbate-vaughn.org jorgelina.abbate@gmail.com. New Hampshire Task Force on Effective Teaching, Phase I Report, October 2011.

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Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness

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  1. Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness Presentation to the Unity School Board Unity, New Hampshire February 21, 2012 Jorgelina Abbate-Vaughn, Ph.D. http://www.jorgelinaabbate-vaughn.org jorgelina.abbate@gmail.com

  2. New Hampshire Task Force on Effective Teaching, Phase IReport, October 2011 Work of the Task Force: to expand and strengthen SB 196: school boards shall have a teacher performance evaluation policy Read more at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/SB0196.html

  3. The Strands Learners and learningContent knowledgeInstructional practice Professional responsibilityDispositions New Hampshire Task Force on Effective Teaching, Phase I Report, October 2011: http://www.education.nh.gov/teaching/documents/phase1report.pdf

  4. The NH Standards for Teacher Evaluation • Propriety standards: ensure a legal and ethical evaluation with due process for teacher; • Utility standards: guide evaluations to be informative, timely, and influential; • Feasibility standards: systems are easy to implement, efficient, adequately funded, and viable; • Accuracy standards: determine if the evaluation has produced sound information

  5. For teacher evaluation to be effective… • It needs to include improved opportunities for student learning as a key objective; • It has to be linked to previous or ongoing professional development; • It needs to be understood as a cyclical portion of professional development; • It has to be comprehensive of targeted development in areas where professional teachers might need assistance.

  6. The right drivers in teacher evaluation… • Capacity building • Group solutions • More synergy in instruction • Integrated or systemic strategies

  7. Tools already available… PPA PLUS, with specialty questions under Standard B.2.c. (Content knowledge) tailored to level and/or subject. Available at http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/lsoe/pdf/PracSpring11/pracFall11/Full_Prac_K-12.pdf SEDL Summary of teacher evaluation tools in various states: http://secc.sedl.org/orc/rr/secc_rr_00052.pdf

  8. ISSUES TO CONSIDER… Teacher effectiveness and its inevitable companion teacher evaluation (to assess such effectiveness) are highly politicized areas. Caution must be exercised. Various perspectives need to be taken into consideration.

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