Sentences with phrase «classroom observation by»

Following a portfolio review and classroom observation by her colleagues, Barb was awarded the 2012 Distinguished Teacher Award from Morehead State University and named the 2012 Technician of the Year by the Kentucky Veterinary Technician Association.

Are you looking for a quick and eye - catching bulletin board display idea to post before Parent Open House or a classroom observation by your principal?

Teachers who were rated «ineffective» this school year would still be required to have a classroom observation by an outside observer next year.

The remaining 40 percent of the grade will be based on a classroom observation by a team of teachers and principals at each school.

In addition to the AGT scores, the process includes classroom observation by a school administrator and a professional peer - Deasy himself participated in one evaluation - along with self - assessments and goal - setting sessions.

A few years ago PURE developed some guidelines and tip sheets for classroom observation by parents.

One way to develop such feedback is by means of classroom observation by a trained adult.

Following a three - year study that involved about 3,000 teachers, analysts said the most accurate measure of a teacher's effectiveness was a combination of classroom observations by at least two evaluators, along with student scores counting for between 33 percent and 50 percent of the overall evaluation.

After extensive research on teacher evaluation procedures, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiple years.

The evaluations entail multiple classroom observations by fellow teachers and administrators and portfolios that include logs of parent contacts, lesson plans, student work, and more.»

Cincinnati's merit pay plan, proposed in 2002, was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though the program did not base bonuses on student test scores, but rather on a multifaceted evaluation system that included classroom observations by professional peers and administrators and portfolios of lesson plans and student work.

Teachers and school leaders: Help Harvard researchers improve classroom observations by using video technology.

It further found that some teachers who were highly rated on student surveys, in classroom observations by principals, and through other indicators of quality had students who scored poorly on tests.

A reliable evaluation system must incorporate other measures of effectiveness, like students» feedback about their teachers and classroom observations by highly trained peer evaluators and principals.

It is also why subjective classroom observations by school leaders also tend to be ineffective.]

MADISON, Wis. — Teacher evaluations for years were based on brief classroom observations by the principal.

It should be combined with other factors to produce a well - rounded assessment, including more rigorous and more frequent classroom observations by principals, announced and unannounced, as well as reviews of teachers» lesson plans and homework assignments by principals or peers.

The teacher leaders focused on PLC's recognized how classroom observations by instructional coaches or PLC colleagues would add valuable information and insight to the PLC process.

What the country needs are thoughtfully developed teacher evaluation systems that include multiple measures of performance, such as student surveys, classroom observations by experienced colleagues and student test results.

Until recently, most teachers were evaluated based only on infrequent classroom observations by principals.

They also contend that classroom observations by school administrators can easily be colored by personal sentiments or grudges.

Not exact matches

Here is an intriguing post by Rebecca who got to observe a Waldorf Kindergarten classroom and her observations on how fighting, tattling and not taking turns was handled by the seasoned teachers: http://bendingbirches2010.blogspot.com/2012/02/nursery-observation.html

Such ratings would be based on results of classroom observations and tests selected locally by school districts.

After achieving the passage of a new evaluation system that will rely on a mix on at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation, the governor is renewing his focus to areas NYSUT has opposed, including a lifting of the cap on charter schools and a $ 150 million education investment tax credit, which is strongly backed by private and parochial schools.

The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher evaluation system, with the performance evaluations linked to both standardized test results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.

Recentanalysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

Recent analysis by the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project found that teachers» student survey results are predictive of student achievement gains and produce more consistent results than classroom observations or achievement gain measures.

«The first 60 points are by the local district on classroom observations, feedback,» Bennett said.

She supported the governor's proposal to have a portion of classroom observation performed by an external evaluator.

From - the - field updates were broadcast digitally by JASON Learning to classrooms around the world and over 1,400 species observations were logged on the nature - tracking mobile app iNaturalist.

For a number of reasons — limited reliability, the potential for abuse, the recent evidence that teachers have effects on student earnings and college going which are largely not captured by test - based measures — it would not make sense to attach 100 percent of the weight to test - based measures (or any of the available measures, including classroom observations, for that matter).

All teachers were evaluated by five structured classroom observations aligned to the district's Teaching and Learning Framework, which defined domains of effective instruction, such as leading well - organized, objective - driven lessons; checking for student understanding; explaining content clearly; and maximizing instructional time.

Instructional rounds, as defined by City, Elmore, Fiarman, and Teitel (2011), is a disciplined way for educators to work together to improve instruction and is a practice that combines three common elements of improvement: classroom observation, an improvement strategy, and a network of educators.

Traditionally, teacher evaluation systems relied heavily on classroom observations conducted by principals or other school administrators, sometimes with the help of rubrics or checklists.

Chronic absenteeism; a mix of attendance indicators; choice to re-enroll in same school; standardized observations that take into account factors including classroom organization, emotional support, and instructional support; college - readiness measured by ACT, AP, and IB participation and scores

The idea is to see if combining information from the tests, survey, and classroom observations could produce more stable measures of teacher contributions to learning than is possible by just using the state test.

As educators who have spent over 20 years researching, observing and studying classroom practice, we are even more convinced that many of the past practices in classroom observation relied on snapshot observations made by supervisors with little professional or academic learning.

Five classroom observations, two done by building principals and three by teachers, were part of the evaluations, as were teacher portfolios.

The researchers analyzed records of each TES classroom observation conducted by the Cincinnati district between the 2000 - 01 and 2008 - 09 school years.

A study published in Education Next by Eric Taylor and John Tyler found that teacher evaluation systems that include high - quality classroom observations can improve the effectiveness of individual teachers.

These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

In our report, we introduced a method for adjusting for the bias in classroom observation scores by taking into account the demographic make - up of teachers» classrooms.

(Just as we did with classroom observations, to avoid generating a spurious correlation between student survey responses and achievement scores for the same group of students, we estimated the correlation across different classrooms of students taught by the same teacher.)

The achievement gains based on that measure were more reliable measures of a teacher's practice (less variable across different classes taught by the same teacher) and were more closely related to other measures, such as classroom observations and student surveys.

Here's what this approach looks like: Administrators make frequent short, unannounced classrooms visits (at least once a month), followed promptly by face - to - face listening / coaching conversations; teacher teams meet regularly to discuss planning, pedagogy, and assessment results; and teacher assessment is saved till the end of the school year, pulling together observations, other points of contact, and teachers» self - assessments.

The department should specify that a probationary teacher is «ineffective» during their fourth year of teaching if: (i) a teacher's average student achievement gain during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher in their district or (ii) the classroom observations done by external observers during their second through fourth year of teaching falls below that of the average first - year teacher.

Teachers» scores on the classroom observation components of Cincinnati's evaluation system reliably predict the achievement gains made by their students in both math and reading.

The toolkit offers practical guidance that grew out of CEPR's Best Foot Forward project, which set out to discover if it was possible to improve the classroom observation process by letting teachers record videos of their lessons and submit their best efforts to administrators for evaluation.

In the research reported here, we study one approach to teacher evaluation: practice - based assessment that relies on multiple, highly structured classroom observations conducted by experienced peer teachers and administrators.

The members of each advisory also support each other by sharing observations, experiences, and ideas that improve everyone's classroom performance.