Evaluating Teachers for Professional Growth : Creating a Culture of Motivation and Learning

by Daniel R. Beerens

• ISBN13: 9780761975670
• ISBN10: 0761975675
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"With a clear picture of what motivates teachers, Beerens gives us a workable and virtuous approach to nurturing professional teachers. His proposals are rooted in authentic experience and a caring heart." Max De Pree Best-selling author of Leadership Jazz and Leading Without Power A new system that moves beyond accountabilitya??toward growth! Now there is a new system that offers administrators strong grounding in theory and real-life practical skills for successfully evaluating teachers. Dan Beerensa?? Growth-Focused Evaluation System offers more than accountabilitya??it paves the way for improved teacher and student success. This new approach incorporates: Constructivist teaching principles Emotional intelligence and brain research Improved professional development practices Reflective practice Collaborative teacher-administrator relationships Self-assessment and peer coaching and evaluation The development of the teacher as a professional is the key to a successful learning culture within a school. Evaluating Teachers for Professional Growth is a crucial resource for any administrator who wants to implement an evaluation plan that works a?? for teachers, schools, and students. This accessible guide offers: Action steps for working with experienced, beginning, transferring, and marginal teachers Samples of how to report teacher growth and evaluation Guidance for teachers in recording their own professional growth Handy reproducible forms to use immediately Administrators who strive to achieve sustained and meaningful professional growth for teachers will find this book a key resource. About the Author: Dan Beerens has taught behavior-disordered and physically disabled school students, has served as principal of several elementary and middle schools, and has presented on teacher evaluation and professional growth at regional and national conferences. He has been significantly involved in systemwide curricular change and program development within every district he has served.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	ix
About the Author	xi
Introduction	xii
PART I
More Questions Than Answers	3	(3)
The Significance of Teachers and the Complexity of Their Work	6	(3)
Starting With the Most Important Aspect---The Teacher	6	(1)
The Complexity of Teaching	7	(2)
Approaches to Evaluation	9	(5)
Leadership, Growth, and Community	14	(9)
Trusting the Leader	15	(2)
Passion---Heart---Soul	17	(1)
Power, Pain, Participation, and Praise	18	(2)
The Leader's View of the Followers	20	(1)
Bringing Out the Best in Others	21	(2)
Motivation, Learning, and Staff Development	23	(16)
What Motivates Teachers?	23	(1)
The Teacher as Professional	24	(1)
The Professional Teacher and the Role of the Leader	25	(1)
The Teacher as Adult Learner	25	(1)
Connect Learning	26	(1)
Apply Wisdom	27	(1)
Develop Emotional Intelligence	28	(1)
The Likage Between Individual Development and Staff Development	29	(4)
Continuous School Improvement	30	(1)
Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Development---Professional Development	30	(2)
Professional Development---Supervision and Evaluation	32	(1)
Supervision and Evaluation---Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Development	32	(1)
The Principal as Staff Developer	33	(1)
Development of the Total Learning Community	34	(5)
PART II
New Approaches to Evaluation and Staff Development	39	(9)
Factors Supporting New Approaches	39	(2)
The Need for Reflective Practice and Self-Assessment	41	(2)
Portfolio Positives and Problems	43	(1)
Peer Coaching and Peer Evaluation	44	(1)
Other New Approaches	45	(2)
Summary	47	(1)
The Growth-Focused Evaluation System	48	(7)
Why This Name?	48	(4)
Growth-Focused Evaluation System Components	52	(3)
Identifying Teacher Types	55	(4)
The Need for Standards	59	(17)
Structures, Processes, and Instruments for Teacher Reflection and Examination of Practice	76	(31)
Process for the Experienced Teacher	76	(8)
Teacher Records of Professional Growth in the Growth-Focused Evaluation System Notebook	84	(1)
Process for the Experienced Teacher: Year 3 Evaluation	84	(9)
Administrator's Summary Plan for Implementing the Growth-Focused Evaluation System With Experienced Teachers	93	(3)
Process for the Beginning and Transferring Teacher	96	(1)
Process for the Marginal Teacher	97	(10)
Reporting Teacher Evaluation and Professional Growth	107	(1)
Developing Your Own Evaluation and Professional Growth Plan: Action Steps	108	(2)
Resource A: Growth-Focused Evaluation System Sample Documents	110	(48)
References	158	(4)
Index	162