Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The authors share research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for…

"Double Standard" was created by the actors who appeared in the accompanying video in spring 2014, as part fulfillment of the requirements for a master's-level class highlighting ethics in education for future educational administrators. A double standard comes into focus as an incoming middle school principal establishes procedures she…

This document is intended to help teachers understand and create Student Learning Objectives (SLOs). This resource is a practical guide intended to provide clarity to a complex but worthwhile task. This resource may also be used by administrators for professional learning. As Utah moves toward providing a "Model for Measuring Educator…

This no-nonsense handbook from a working principal helps school leaders bring transformational change to struggling or underperforming schools. Based on the wisdom and experience gained during the author's years as a teacher and principal in Chicago public schools, the book shows you how to become a visionary leader and build a culture of respect…

This "Rating a Teacher Observation Tool" identifies five simple questions and provides an easy-to-use scorecard to help policymakers decide whether an observation framework is likely to produce fair and accurate results. The five questions are: (1) Do the criteria and tools cover the classroom performance areas most connected to student outcomes?…

It's much faster and easier to implement Charlotte Danielson's renowned framework for teaching from "Enhancing Professional Practice" when you have this collection of tools, examples, and assessments. Teachers can use the tools, either on their own or with their students, to: (1) Analyze and assess teaching practice; (2) Integrate elements of…

Like the other books in the A-Z series, this book provides practical tools and activities that can be used immediately to improve your practice. This guide offers specific strategies that will help you become a more effective principal. There are 26 chapters in this book, one for each letter of the alphabet. Contents include: (1) Achievement is…

Offers five questions that teachers may use to examine and evaluate their daily lessons while carefully observing their students. (SR)

Discusses the need for reform in teacher evaluation, current practice, implementing the Professional Teaching Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the relationship between teacher evaluation and constructivist views of learning. (MKR)

Discusses the necessity that teachers become central to the teacher evaluation process as outlined in the NCTM Professional Teaching Standards by using portfolio documentation organized into three components: plan and design, enactment of teaching, and outcomes of planning and teaching. (MKR)

This document consists of the three volume IX issues of "Volunteer Voice," a newsletter of the Tacoma Community House Training Project. The first issue consists of one teacher's personal account of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching and includes the following: an annotated list of ESL text books, a list of activities resources,…

The state mandated Tennessee Career Ladder program has five levels: (1) the probationary certificate for the first-year teacher; (2) the apprentice certificate, issued upon satisfactory completion of the probationary year; (3) the Career Level I certificate, issued upon satisfactory performance at the apprentice level; (4) the Career Level II…

Describes a staff evaluation program based on Gordon's (1977) model. Presents a system of monthly individual conferences where child care staff discuss their productive work areas, what they or their supervisors perceive to be problems, and ideas for improvement. Many suggestions are given for planning and conducting conferences. (CB)

The evaluation tool described has as its foundation the measurement of behavior change in children and is used to help determine whether practicum students are meeting faculty expectations and employing the essential ingredients of the training program during their practice teaching experience. (Author/DLS)

Calls for consideration of the purposes for using student portfolios in writing classrooms. Argues that teachers refrain from using portfolios for assessing students and instead use them to assess teachers. Outlines how a portfolio approach centered on interpretive communities was used in the composition program and in academic departments at the…