Evaluating Teaching

A Guide to Current Thinking and Best Practice
Second Edition
James H. Stronge - College of William and Mary, USA
Evaluating Teaching
November 2005 | 328 pages | Corwin
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Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school's teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations!

The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. Just as there is a rational connection between school improvement and teacher performance, there is a necessary and rational connection between supporting and cultivating highly qualified teachers through effective evaluations and improving relationships in the school.

In this updated edition, top-selling author James H. Stronge and his colleagues synthesize current teacher evaluation research and blend it with practice, highlighting how to:

  • Design a sound teacher evaluation system
  • Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately
  • Implement a successful teacher evaluation system
  • Incorporate student performance data, teaching portfolios, and classroom observation into the evaluation process

By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school's mission, this text demonstrates how you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels. 

Contents

Preface

  • Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape

1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape

Part I: Designing a Teacher Evaluation System

  • 2. Building the Foundation: Teacher Roles and Responsibilities
  • 3. Applying the Personnel Evaluation Standards to Teacher Evaluation
  • 4. Legal Considerations in Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part II: Assessing Teacher Performance

  • 5. Classroom-Based Assessments of Teaching and Learning
  • 6. Client Surveys in Teacher Evaluation
  • 7. Student Achievement and Teacher Evaluation
  • 8. Portfolios in Teacher Evaluation
  • 9. Teacher Self-Evaluation
  • 10. Using Multiple Data Sources in Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part III: Implementing the Teacher Evaluation System

  • 11. Conducting a Successful Evaluation Conference
  • 12. Dealing Positively With the Nonproductive Teacher: A Legal and Ethical Perspective on Accountability
  • 13. Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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Description

Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school's teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations!

The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. Just as there is a rational connection between school improvement and teacher performance, there is a necessary and rational connection between supporting and cultivating highly qualified teachers through effective evaluations and improving relationships in the school.

In this updated edition, top-selling author James H. Stronge and his colleagues synthesize current teacher evaluation research and blend it with practice, highlighting how to:

  • Design a sound teacher evaluation system
  • Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately
  • Implement a successful teacher evaluation system
  • Incorporate student performance data, teaching portfolios, and classroom observation into the evaluation process

By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school's mission, this text demonstrates how you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels. 

Contents

Preface

  • Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape

1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape

Part I: Designing a Teacher Evaluation System

  • 2. Building the Foundation: Teacher Roles and Responsibilities
  • 3. Applying the Personnel Evaluation Standards to Teacher Evaluation
  • 4. Legal Considerations in Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part II: Assessing Teacher Performance

  • 5. Classroom-Based Assessments of Teaching and Learning
  • 6. Client Surveys in Teacher Evaluation
  • 7. Student Achievement and Teacher Evaluation
  • 8. Portfolios in Teacher Evaluation
  • 9. Teacher Self-Evaluation
  • 10. Using Multiple Data Sources in Teacher Evaluation Systems

Part III: Implementing the Teacher Evaluation System

  • 11. Conducting a Successful Evaluation Conference
  • 12. Dealing Positively With the Nonproductive Teacher: A Legal and Ethical Perspective on Accountability
  • 13. Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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Evaluating Teaching

A Guide to Current Thinking and Best Practice


November 2005 | 328 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 27/02/2023 9781412909785 $45.95
Lifetime 01/02/2026 9781483334172 $42.00

Foster the development of highly qualified teachers and improve your school's teaching and learning with solid teacher evaluations!

The connection between teacher evaluation fostering school improvement and the development of highly qualified teachers is receiving more attention than ever before. Just as there is a rational connection between school improvement and teacher performance, there is a necessary and rational connection between supporting and cultivating highly qualified teachers through effective evaluations and improving relationships in the school.

In this updated edition, top-selling author James H. Stronge and his colleagues synthesize current teacher evaluation research and blend it with practice, highlighting how to:

  • Design a sound teacher evaluation system
  • Assess teacher performance thoroughly and accurately
  • Implement a successful teacher evaluation system
  • Incorporate student performance data, teaching portfolios, and classroom observation into the evaluation process

By aligning teaching performance and improvement goals with your school's mission, this text demonstrates how you can effectively encourage teachers to achieve a high standard of instruction at all levels. 


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Teacher Evaluation and School Improvement: Improving the Educational Landscape
  • Part I: Designing a Teacher Evaluation System
  • 2. Building the Foundation: Teacher Roles and Responsibilities
  • 3. Applying the Personnel Evaluation Standards to Teacher Evaluation
  • 4. Legal Considerations in Designing Teacher Evaluation Systems
  • Part II: Assessing Teacher Performance
  • 5. Classroom-Based Assessments of Teaching and Learning
  • 6. Client Surveys in Teacher Evaluation
  • 7. Student Achievement and Teacher Evaluation
  • 8. Portfolios in Teacher Evaluation
  • 9. Teacher Self-Evaluation
  • 10. Using Multiple Data Sources in Teacher Evaluation Systems
  • Part III: Implementing the Teacher Evaluation System
  • 11. Conducting a Successful Evaluation Conference
  • 12. Dealing Positively With the Nonproductive Teacher: A Legal and Ethical Perspective on Accountability
  • 13. Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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