Evaluation Tool

Assessing the Evaluative Tool

Empowering Teachers to Become Professionals

Introduction

The purpose of evaluation should be to bring out the best in yourself and others . Evaluation illustrates strengths and weaknesses for the purpose of building on one 's strengths and correcting one 's weaknesses . The issue is controversial because educators disagree on what exactly should be evaluated - should it be student or teacher performance ? Should teachers submit a portfolio or should observations be the only measure used ? Evaluation should take place each day in the classroom . A reflection diary is

often helpful to chart new lessons and to judge success on a daily basis . However more formal evaluation is also important because others often see what we ourselves miss or perhaps are afraid to notice . Thus , in for accountability to be truly measured , teachers must be evaluated and it must be effective

Michael Dunkin describes five main areas for teacher evaluation They include presenting a clear purpose for the evaluation , defining the category of teachers that is being evaluated , understanding the expected quality of work , determining what categories of work will be assessed and demonstrating the validity of the assessment itself (Dunkin 1997 These are the categories by which all evaluations should be measured This sense of evaluation should extend to all areas of teaching be it quarterly assessment , obtaining one 's license , extending certification or the annual TPAI ' type observations

Other points that the evaluator should consider is that the teacher should be the focus of the evaluation . It is their time to be in the spot light and their time to receive the attention they deserve . As an administrator , it should be an opportunity for you to get to know your staff and foster their development . You should use multiple sources of data . Encourage the teacher to bring student work samples or examples of their lesson plans . You should include more than one person 's opinion in your evaluation this helps reduce the feeling of being judged . Overall , evaluative tools should be used to develop the educator and help them become a professional in their field (New Practices

The evaluation provided will be assessed according to the above qualifications . This evaluation is based on an observation of a second grade , tenure teacher in their classroom . It is completed by the vice principal

Purpose of assessment

The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate a teacher on four general areas - scholarship , teaching techniques , classroom procedures and professional traits . It is a fairly standard form that is straightforward in its expectations . Teachers should be given this form at the beginning of the year so that they are fully aware of how their teaching and overall performance will be judged

Teachers to be assessed

This tool is to be used for tenure classroom teachers . This is an important distinction . One mistake standard evaluative tools make is assessing all teachers , regardless of experience , with the same measure Much more should be expected of tenure teachers than initially licensed educators . In particular...