Not exact matches
Topics mentioned include: the role of
teacher leaders in helping the principal realize his vision of providing
observation and feedback cycles to every
teacher, ability of
teacher leaders in
piloting strategies in the classroom that leads to growth of
teachers, and the interest of
teacher leaders in school leadership at the administrative level.
For
teacher candidates Mary and Helen, their original intention in participating in this
pilot virtual field experience was to acquire the necessary
observation hours for their course.
Anacortes now has a busy team of 12
teachers, principals, administrators, and association representatives working to finish the evaluation
pilot, adding multiple measures such as achievement results, peer assistance and review, and student surveys to the
observation work.
As a kindergarten
teacher last year who participated in the
pilot program, Casco had a videotaped math lesson that was selected by the district as a model to train administrators on what to look for during an
observation.
The
pilot program calls for
teacher evaluations to be based half on classroom
observations and half on how much progress students show in learning, including how they perform on standardized tests.
The district had already been
piloting a separate
teacher - evaluation program that puts as much emphasis on
teacher observations as it does on student growth.
Evaluation of the GOALS
pilot determined that the
teacher education candidates have benefited from both the guided
observations and the verbal interactions with the cooperating
teachers.
In a packed hotel conference room in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
teacher leader Maureen Torrez, NBCT, describes the
observation inquiry
pilot project she and her team of National Board Certified
Teachers
You will hear about the process for building the
pilot teacher evaluation system, the timeline for implementation and the components of the system, including
observation, self - assessment and student growth.
The
pilot program focuses on providing first - year
teachers with more support through mentorships, planning assistance, and peer
observations.
«When I came out to visit, they said that every
teacher had the support of a coach, weekly
observations, and a new
teacher rubric system they were
piloting - none of which I had in Boston.»