Not exact matches
«A
teacher evaluation system that provides a
mechanism for all
teachers to improve is critical for our schools and our students,» he said.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, «A new
teacher evaluation system that provides a
mechanism for
teachers to improve is critical for our schools and our kids.
To date, the discussion has focused primarily on
evaluation systems as sorting
mechanisms, a means to identify the lowest - performing
teachers for selective termination.
We've created a
mechanism to make
teacher evaluations a serious and constructive process that provides for continuous improvement and feedback.
Instead of promoting a sophisticated student and
teacher evaluation program, Malloy and other proponents of the corporate education reform agenda have been pushing a dangerous reliance on standardized testing as one of the state's primary
mechanisms to judge and evaluate students,
teachers and public school.
Districts across the state are re-evaluating their
evaluation systems to make sure they have the most effective
mechanism to develop
teachers and raise student achievement.
Individual subject grades were collapsed into broader categories such as Academic Achievement and Academic Effort.The second
evaluation (RealVisions, 2007) examined program delivery, both in terms of professional development for
teachers and arts integrated instruction for students; outcomes for
teachers and students; and the
mechanisms that mediated between program delivery and outcomes.
The Marzano
Teacher Evaluation Model has embedded
mechanisms for feedback — in fact, feedback and improvement are one of the model's primary purposes.
At the heart of the matter are
teacher evaluation systems, which in theory should serve as the primary
mechanism for assessing such variations, but in practice tell us little about how one
teacher differs from any other, except
teachers whose performance is so egregiously poor as to warrant dismissal.
In the absence of a
mechanism by which these findings are translated and incorporated into the design and administration of
teacher evaluation systems, these systems will not benefit as the state - of - the - art knowledge improves.
The researchers highlight the importance of effectively implementing the existing legal framework, allocating budgets for
teacher training and materials, and establishing ongoing monitoring and
evaluation mechanisms to measure the quality of the education students receive.