The Teacher Evaluation Handbook: Step-by-step Techniques And Forms For Improving Instruction

Evaluation : Growth Or Harassment? : The Use And The Mixing Of Formative And Summative Evaluation -- Eliminating The Problem Of Dual Purposes : The Growth Process ; Accountability -- Eliminating Confusion : Separate Systems ; Clear Policies ; Notification Of Purposes ; Different Personnel ; A Distinct Name -- A Model For Evaluation -- Motivation And Evaluation : Teacher Involvement : A Positive Approach ; Criticism And Negative Imput ; Evaluation As A Top Priority ; Commitment Through Inservice ; Positive Motivators. What's Worth Evaluating? : Getting Started : Composition Of Research Units ; Identifying Competencies Desired ; The Written Narrative And Performance Indicators -- The Responsibilities Of Local Research Units -- Examples Of Professional Practices : Evaluating Students ; Classroom Management -- Considerations For Evaluation : The Importance Of Narrative Summary ; Observing The Professional Practices ; Measure Of Output Of Student Performance -- Constructing A Summative Instrument : Evaluating Summatively -- The Question Of Generic Or Content ; Examples Of Professional Practices. Peers As Evaluators : Peers As Formative Assessors : Additional Observations Possible ; Trust Of Colleagues ; Collegiality ; Trust Of Administrators ; Teacher Confidence In Peer Observers -- Peer Selection And Turnover -- Should Peers Have Released Time? -- Peers And School Reform -- Peer Observers And Teacher Unions -- Peer Observers And The New Teacher. Training Evaluators : The Training Focus : Ownership ; Administrative Commitment ; Proficient Administrators ; A Continuing Program ; Reinforcement And Feedback -- A Method Of Training : Preconference : A Controversy ; Exporting The Training Model -- Changing Traditional Reality : Central Office Supervisory Personnel ; The Principal ; Communication ; How Can Peers Communicate Inadequate Performance? -- How Can Peers Serve As Catalysts For The Adoption Of Effective Practice? The Evaluation Instruement As A Basis For Staff Development : Curriculum Delivery Systems ; Making Staff Development Work : Words To Action -- Making Change Permanent : The Use Of Video Tape -- A Long-term Commitment : Time -- Staff Development And The State. Conferencing And Setting Performance Targets : Determining The Purposes: A Necessary First Step : The Preconference ; The Post Conference ; The Goal-setting Conference ; The Confrontational Conference ; The Follow-up Conference -- Improve Conference Skills, And Improve Evaluation : Self-interest ; Personal Actions ; Directed Discovery -- The Price Of Failure. Evaluation As A Terminal Activity : Preparing To Win -- The No-risk Win : Making The Final Effort ; Reassigning The Teacher ; Careful Preparation -- Suggestions For Documenting : What Should Be Documented ; When An Attorney Is Consulted ; How Much Documentation Is Enough? -- Use Of Microcomputer ; Checklist Or Written Narrative -- Helping The Administrator -- Who Are The Incompetent? -- Documentation For E.e.o.c. Complaints ; A Question Of Authority -- Some Legal Aspects Of Termination : Property Rights ; Due Process ; The Administrator's Dilemma ; Being An Effective Witness. Evaluation As A Basis For Merit Pay : Understanding Differentiated Pay : Merit Pay ; Incentive Pay -- The Problem With Student Achievement : Planing The Finances -- Initiating Differentiated Pay : The Promise -- A Program That Works : Evaluation Program Already Working ; Collection Of Information ; Additional Operating Procedures ; Budget ; Cycle Completion ; Teacher Acceptance. Summative Evaluations : Identifying Those Who Need Summative Evaluation : Frequency Of Summative Evaluations ; Summative Sampling ; The Summative Schedule -- Designing The Summative Instrument : Standards For Performance ; About Pedogogy -- Who Evaluates Summatively? Putting It All Together: What's The Goal (purpose?) -- What To Evaluate -- The Human Element -- Teaching Teachers : Staff Development -- Modeling -- The Central Focus : The Reform Movment : Teacher Empowerment ; Peer Observers ; Pay For Performance -- Conferencing ; Go For The Long Term. Renfro C. Manning. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 177-178.