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.»
Not exact matches
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.
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 evaluation would be based on «
multiple observations» of
classroom practice
by a supervisor and possibly a peer.
Through the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative, the three sites and CMOs committed to giving teachers the feedback and support they need
by incorporating
multiple measures of teacher effectiveness — including
classroom observations, student achievement measures, and student surveys — in their evaluation systems.
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.