Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations-Right Now!!

The Principal's Quick-Start Reference Guide
Third Edition
Cornelius L. Barker - Jersey City High School
Claudette J. Searchwell - Kean University, Union, NJ
Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations-Right Now!!
May 2010 | 136 pages | Corwin
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"The authors go beyond the general concept of evaluating to emphasize that supervision must promote lifelong learning skills for our teachers. This book and time-saving CD-ROM truly define the aim of instructional supervision to promote teacher growth and development."
—Chester Kaminski, Elementary School Principal
Public School Number 11, Jersey City, NJ

"Evaluating teachers is one of the most difficult duties in any school district. This book helps me identify the professional standards and expectations needed to effectively improve teachers' accountability and productivity."
—Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ

Turn teacher evaluation into a positive process focused on improving teacher and student learning!

In an era of increasing demands for quality performance-based evaluations, this book offers administrators flexible tools for writing fact-filled, meaningful teacher evaluations as part of an ongoing instructional supervision process.

This essential resource empowers administrators to verbalize their goals and vision for their school and communicate expectations, praise, and concerns about performance in a wide range of areas. With a diverse bank of proficiency statements to clearly and comprehensively describe a teacher's performance, this tool helps administrators efficiently and painlessly monitor, assess, and document instructional performance. Featuring a time-saving CD-ROM with easily customizable and printable forms, the third edition of this best-selling guide includes:

  • Updated and new proficiency statements emphasizing teacher reflection, collaboration, and professional development
  • An evaluation organizer to streamline the process
  • "Pats on the Back" that acknowledge teachers' good work
  • Updated sample evaluations

Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations—Right Now!! enhances administrators' capacity for developing individualized evaluations that provide an accurate, meaningful record for both administrators and staff.

Contents

Preface by Claudette J. Searchwell

Preface by Claudette J. Searchwell

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

I. Writing the Evaluation: Performance Statements, Suggested "Pats on the Back," and Vocabulary Aids

  • 1. Professional Acumen
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Personal and Professional Attributes
  • B. Professional Ability
  • C. Professional Development
  • D. Reflections on Performance
  • E. Adherence to Mandates
  • F. The Professional Learning Community/Collaboration
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 2. The Positive Learning Environment
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Rapport With Students
  • B. Nurturing Student Self-Esteem
  • C. Providing Emotional Support/Building Emotional Strength
  • D. Classroom Climate/Culture
  • E. Student Management/Discipline
  • F. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (in class/school)
  • G. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (off-site)
  • H. Collaborating With Parents to Support Student Achievement and Well-Being
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 3. Preparation and Organization
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Lesson Planning
  • B. Record Keeping/Reports
  • C. Visuals, Displays, Collections
  • D. Physical Plant, Equipment and Supplies
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 4. Delivery of Instruction
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Motivating Students to Learn
  • B. Promoting Student Academic Growth
  • C. Clarity of Presentation
  • D. Instructional Practices
  • E. Technology As a Teaching Tool
  • F. Differentiated Instruction
  • G. Multiple Intelligences
  • H. Cooperative Learning/Student Collaboration
  • I. Critical/Higher-Order Thinking
  • J. Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
  • K. Special Education
  • L. Sex/Family Life Education
  • M. Environmental Education
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 5. Measuring Student Growth
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Empowering Students to Succeed
  • B. Conducting Ongoing Assessments
  • C. Strategies Employed to Evaluate Students
  • D. Utilizing Evaluation Data
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”

II. Other Helpful Resources for Writing Performance Evaluations

  • 6. Planbook Notations
  • 7. The Evaluation Organizer
  • 8. Sample Written Evaluations, With Commentary
  • 9. Record of Evaluations Form
  • 10. A Checklist of Basic Documentation and/or Conditions
  • 11. Conference Forms
  • 12. Informal Observation Form
  • 13. Clinical Observation Data Form
  • 14. Using Technology in Teaching/Learning
  • 15. Common Areas of Concern, With Suggested Remedies
  • 16. Chronology of Evaluation Activities
  • 17. Cross-Reference of Key Terms

Description

"The authors go beyond the general concept of evaluating to emphasize that supervision must promote lifelong learning skills for our teachers. This book and time-saving CD-ROM truly define the aim of instructional supervision to promote teacher growth and development."
—Chester Kaminski, Elementary School Principal
Public School Number 11, Jersey City, NJ

"Evaluating teachers is one of the most difficult duties in any school district. This book helps me identify the professional standards and expectations needed to effectively improve teachers' accountability and productivity."
—Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ

Turn teacher evaluation into a positive process focused on improving teacher and student learning!

In an era of increasing demands for quality performance-based evaluations, this book offers administrators flexible tools for writing fact-filled, meaningful teacher evaluations as part of an ongoing instructional supervision process.

This essential resource empowers administrators to verbalize their goals and vision for their school and communicate expectations, praise, and concerns about performance in a wide range of areas. With a diverse bank of proficiency statements to clearly and comprehensively describe a teacher's performance, this tool helps administrators efficiently and painlessly monitor, assess, and document instructional performance. Featuring a time-saving CD-ROM with easily customizable and printable forms, the third edition of this best-selling guide includes:

  • Updated and new proficiency statements emphasizing teacher reflection, collaboration, and professional development
  • An evaluation organizer to streamline the process
  • "Pats on the Back" that acknowledge teachers' good work
  • Updated sample evaluations

Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations—Right Now!! enhances administrators' capacity for developing individualized evaluations that provide an accurate, meaningful record for both administrators and staff.

Contents

Preface by Claudette J. Searchwell

Preface by Claudette J. Searchwell

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

I. Writing the Evaluation: Performance Statements, Suggested "Pats on the Back," and Vocabulary Aids

  • 1. Professional Acumen
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Personal and Professional Attributes
  • B. Professional Ability
  • C. Professional Development
  • D. Reflections on Performance
  • E. Adherence to Mandates
  • F. The Professional Learning Community/Collaboration
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 2. The Positive Learning Environment
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Rapport With Students
  • B. Nurturing Student Self-Esteem
  • C. Providing Emotional Support/Building Emotional Strength
  • D. Classroom Climate/Culture
  • E. Student Management/Discipline
  • F. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (in class/school)
  • G. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (off-site)
  • H. Collaborating With Parents to Support Student Achievement and Well-Being
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 3. Preparation and Organization
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Lesson Planning
  • B. Record Keeping/Reports
  • C. Visuals, Displays, Collections
  • D. Physical Plant, Equipment and Supplies
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 4. Delivery of Instruction
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Motivating Students to Learn
  • B. Promoting Student Academic Growth
  • C. Clarity of Presentation
  • D. Instructional Practices
  • E. Technology As a Teaching Tool
  • F. Differentiated Instruction
  • G. Multiple Intelligences
  • H. Cooperative Learning/Student Collaboration
  • I. Critical/Higher-Order Thinking
  • J. Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
  • K. Special Education
  • L. Sex/Family Life Education
  • M. Environmental Education
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 5. Measuring Student Growth
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Empowering Students to Succeed
  • B. Conducting Ongoing Assessments
  • C. Strategies Employed to Evaluate Students
  • D. Utilizing Evaluation Data
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”

II. Other Helpful Resources for Writing Performance Evaluations

  • 6. Planbook Notations
  • 7. The Evaluation Organizer
  • 8. Sample Written Evaluations, With Commentary
  • 9. Record of Evaluations Form
  • 10. A Checklist of Basic Documentation and/or Conditions
  • 11. Conference Forms
  • 12. Informal Observation Form
  • 13. Clinical Observation Data Form
  • 14. Using Technology in Teaching/Learning
  • 15. Common Areas of Concern, With Suggested Remedies
  • 16. Chronology of Evaluation Activities
  • 17. Cross-Reference of Key Terms
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The Principal's Quick-Start Reference Guide


May 2010 | 136 pages | Corwin

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"The authors go beyond the general concept of evaluating to emphasize that supervision must promote lifelong learning skills for our teachers. This book and time-saving CD-ROM truly define the aim of instructional supervision to promote teacher growth and development."
—Chester Kaminski, Elementary School Principal
Public School Number 11, Jersey City, NJ

"Evaluating teachers is one of the most difficult duties in any school district. This book helps me identify the professional standards and expectations needed to effectively improve teachers' accountability and productivity."
—Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent
Jersey City Public Schools, NJ

Turn teacher evaluation into a positive process focused on improving teacher and student learning!

In an era of increasing demands for quality performance-based evaluations, this book offers administrators flexible tools for writing fact-filled, meaningful teacher evaluations as part of an ongoing instructional supervision process.

This essential resource empowers administrators to verbalize their goals and vision for their school and communicate expectations, praise, and concerns about performance in a wide range of areas. With a diverse bank of proficiency statements to clearly and comprehensively describe a teacher's performance, this tool helps administrators efficiently and painlessly monitor, assess, and document instructional performance. Featuring a time-saving CD-ROM with easily customizable and printable forms, the third edition of this best-selling guide includes:

  • Updated and new proficiency statements emphasizing teacher reflection, collaboration, and professional development
  • An evaluation organizer to streamline the process
  • "Pats on the Back" that acknowledge teachers' good work
  • Updated sample evaluations

Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations—Right Now!! enhances administrators' capacity for developing individualized evaluations that provide an accurate, meaningful record for both administrators and staff.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface by Claudette J. Searchwell
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • I. Writing the Evaluation: Performance Statements, Suggested "Pats on the Back," and Vocabulary Aids
  • 1. Professional Acumen
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Personal and Professional Attributes
  • B. Professional Ability
  • C. Professional Development
  • D. Reflections on Performance
  • E. Adherence to Mandates
  • F. The Professional Learning Community/Collaboration
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 2. The Positive Learning Environment
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Rapport With Students
  • B. Nurturing Student Self-Esteem
  • C. Providing Emotional Support/Building Emotional Strength
  • D. Classroom Climate/Culture
  • E. Student Management/Discipline
  • F. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (in class/school)
  • G. Promoting Student Safety and Well-Being (off-site)
  • H. Collaborating With Parents to Support Student Achievement and Well-Being
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 3. Preparation and Organization
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Lesson Planning
  • B. Record Keeping/Reports
  • C. Visuals, Displays, Collections
  • D. Physical Plant, Equipment and Supplies
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 4. Delivery of Instruction
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Motivating Students to Learn
  • B. Promoting Student Academic Growth
  • C. Clarity of Presentation
  • D. Instructional Practices
  • E. Technology As a Teaching Tool
  • F. Differentiated Instruction
  • G. Multiple Intelligences
  • H. Cooperative Learning/Student Collaboration
  • I. Critical/Higher-Order Thinking
  • J. Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
  • K. Special Education
  • L. Sex/Family Life Education
  • M. Environmental Education
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • 5. Measuring Student Growth
  • Performance Statements
  • A. Empowering Students to Succeed
  • B. Conducting Ongoing Assessments
  • C. Strategies Employed to Evaluate Students
  • D. Utilizing Evaluation Data
  • Vocabulary Aids
  • Suggested “Pats on the Back”
  • II. Other Helpful Resources for Writing Performance Evaluations
  • 6. Planbook Notations
  • 7. The Evaluation Organizer
  • 8. Sample Written Evaluations, With Commentary
  • 9. Record of Evaluations Form
  • 10. A Checklist of Basic Documentation and/or Conditions
  • 11. Conference Forms
  • 12. Informal Observation Form
  • 13. Clinical Observation Data Form
  • 14. Using Technology in Teaching/Learning
  • 15. Common Areas of Concern, With Suggested Remedies
  • 16. Chronology of Evaluation Activities
  • 17. Cross-Reference of Key Terms

Recent Product Reviews:

"This book is a great resource for teacher evaluations, helping the busy evaluator chronicle the influences made by teachers on the academic, social, and emotional growth of the students placed in their rooms."
Bob Buck, Assistant Principal, OEASA Principal Navigator magazine, Winter 2011
"This practical guidebook thoroughly covers the process of evaluation and gives me a time-saving process for formal and qualitative evaluations. As an evaluator—it is a must!"
Nino Falcone, Adjunct Professor, New Jersey City University
"Evaluating teachers is one of the most difficult duties in any school district. The authors cover teacher evaluations by incorporating it into an in-depth, wide-ranging technological approach. Evaluation systems must include real opportunities for teachers to improve their performance, but must weed out those who ultimately can’t meet the required standards. This book helps me identify the professional standards and expectations needed to effectively improve teachers’ accountability and productivity."
Ellen Ruane, Associate Superintendent, Jersey City Public Schools, NJ
"The book’s user-friendly content aids in improving the new or underperforming teacher’s instructional skills by offering a myriad of editable statements and concepts that identify professional strengths and weaknesses. I highly recommend this guide to all administrative and supervisory personnel."
Jeanette Braswell, Principal, Lincoln High School, Jersey City, NJ
"The authors go beyond the general concept of evaluating to emphasize that supervision must promote lifelong learning skills for our teachers. This book and time-saving CD-ROM truly define the aim of instructional supervision to promote teacher growth and development."
Chester Kaminski, Elementary School Principal, Public School Number 11, Jersey City, NJ

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