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.

Before any tutor is assessed, there are several things that need to be considered. These measures should be taken to know the skills and knowledge of the said professional. Also, it should be done so as to evaluate the behaviors together with skills which lead to the high-performance rate for the students.

Some teachers may take more time than other when connecting with their students.Especially if they are offered a new class, but this tends to improve with time. This kind of assessment should not necessarily be directed to such tutors. Great tutors should not find it hard to teach any class.

However, good teachers should be aware of what it is they are teaching and the best way of teaching it. The effective and efficient teachers should have a very deep understanding of their topic, should know how to connect the new information with the past knowledge and experience gathered by the students, and can put it in a very simple manner with valid illustrations. They should also be able to continually check the process of learning and give feedback in time while maintaining and creating inclusive and efficient learning environments.

Effective teachers select the right strategies in the right span of time. Most of the students acquire more instructions and knowledge by taking notes. There is also a big connection between positive reinforcement and feedback and students learning over a time span. The teacher should not just use the instructional strategies, but should also know when and how to use it.

A good teacher should have the skill of solving measurement problems. There are varied challenges in using complicated statistical ways such as value-added models in connecting the performance of teachers and that of students. Effective measurement tools should be created to connect the two.

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.

With regular evaluations, it is easy for the teachers to be more skilled. Today, there are many ways that boost their performance and skills. From here, they can overcome the challenges that come with the usual five-year term on performance process.




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