This morning, via my Twitter account, I came across this blog article entitled Top Teachers. Basically, it discussed the excitement of new teachers coming into this new school year and how critical evaluating teachers will be this year. However, what caught my attention the most was the use of the four domains of teaching, in accordance to Danielson's Framework of Teaching, in teacher evaluation. The domains are as follows:
- Planning and preparation
- Classroom environment
- Instruction
- Professional responsibilities
THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE FOUR AREAS TEACHERS HAVE CONTROL OVER!
So to the public at large: please hold us accountable for and evaluate us teachers on these four criteria alone. In advance, thanks.
For more information on Danielson's Framework for Teaching, please visit their website at http://www.danielsongroup.org/theframeteach.htm
The new evaluation system in Georgia (CLASS Keys) evaluates teachers on these very domains and then some.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if it were an objective evaluation, but it's not. If there was a way to remove the objectivity...
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/Class%20Keys%20Placemat.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F65F353BDEDA9FE9EEB4F1B9D9265A7B51848782E490473040&%3BType=D
To Me,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Unfortunately (and please correct me if I am wrong), each school district develop their own teacher evaluation form and procedures; they both, however, must be aligned to these state-adopted domains. In addition, since GA is now one of the RTTT grant winners, I predict more unfavorable changes in teacher evaluation will be coming.
School administrators should be properly trained in evaluating teacher effectiveness more objectively and more frequently. Perhaps sufficient documentation would weed out weak teachers who either need additional assistances or need to go.
LL,
ReplyDeleteNo problem.
My district uses these keys verbatim. They tend to take what the state comes up with and use it verbatim.