Thursday, October 20, 2016

Few Facts About Teacher Evaluation

By Jose White


Customarily, evaluate the teachers has been used to establish their eligibility for promotion, school, and accreditation status and licensure. The result of the locally created evaluation processes and policies have been very inconsistent and have been very misleading. Most of the districts and states are currently redeveloping these systems due to the recent mandates calling for the evaluation policies to differentiate performance in a minimum of three phases; do teacher evaluation on a regular basis, offer appropriate feedbacks for enhancement and use various measures in assessing performance.

There are several elements that should be put into consideration before teachers can be evaluated. This is the reason as to why the evaluation systems should be made in such a way that it will help measure the teachers knowledge, skills, and behaviors that will be all geared towards the students best performance.

There are different kinds and types of teachers. Therefore, the evaluation process should not be in a hurry to make a quick judgment on the teachers eligibility. There are for instance those teachers who take the time to settle in a new environment and classroom. They will improve on their teaching style as the time progresses.

Most of the effective teachers have a deep comprehension of their subject matter, are aware of how to link fresh information to the previous experience and knowledge of the students and are simplistic with their illustrations and can match the content to instructional strategy. They can also continuously monitor the learning process and offer timely feedback, and maintain and create effective and inclusive learning environs.

An efficient teaching expert will choose the correct strategy in the right time. Most of the learners will gain more in explicit instructions from taking notes and that there is a connection between feedback and positive reinforcement as well as student learning over a span of time. Additionally, it is not just about the instructional strategy that a teacher uses, but also about how and when it is used that make the difference.

Solving the measurement issues is a characteristic of a good tutor. There are lots of challenges in the use of complicated statistical methods like value added models to connect student performance and teacher performance. Ultimately, a connection should be made between the student and teacher performance, and the models can be a common measurement tool.

Both the teachers and students will benefit from assessing teachers. The students will of course benefit by better and improved understanding of their studies hence perform well. Below are some of the ways in which teachers will also benefit from the evaluation process. Firstly, new teachers will have a faster start at the teaching process. The teachers should be capable of accelerating the learning curve that comes with the new job. It will also offer timely feedback. The teacher post observation and observation conferences should happen often all through the school year and result in more timely and consistent feedback on performance.

Continuous evaluation will increase teachers retention. With the latest improvements in content and instructional sources and knowledge, most teachers will be well equipped in overcoming the effects of burnout as well as the five-year performance plateau. They will, therefore, relax and settle in their satisfying and flourishing careers.




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