Sponsors become more important as your career progresses, especially as you near
key junctures in your career path or when fewer positions are available, the competition for those limited spots is fierce, and decisions about candidates are not just up to an individual manager.
These should be reflected
in a continuum of performance assessments that validly and reliably measure actual teaching performance at
key career junctures — initial licensing, the achievement of the professional license, and the designation of accomplished practice — as well as
in on - the - job evaluation systems.