Evaluation

__How to Make the Evaluation for all Employees Meanningful__ // **First and foremost-** read your contract from fron to back, calendar your process working backwards from the due date. // // **Secondly**- remember- NO SURPRISES // // **Thirdly**- Get into classrooms everday! (I know that is hard, but it is an absolute necessity) // // ﻿  //  If your expereince with the evaluation process is anything like mine, most of the time it is treated like hoops to jump through with no connection to anyting. So, I why not make the connection? In the book, Breakthrough, Michael Fullan talks about precision, personalization, and professional development. In a nut shell- that is really what effective evaluation is all about.

 When you sit down to think about your process, think first about your school. What is the focus for teaching and learning at your site for the upcoming school year? For example, if you are implementing PBIS in your school this year, then your focus for evaluations may be in //**CSTP #2:**// //**Creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning. **//﻿ It is always better to be up front and open about what you are looking at and what you expect. However, if in your contract, it requires everything come from the teachers, AND your teachers will not cooperate. You can simply make it your focus when observing and doing walk throughs. This does not mean you have to ignore all of the other standards, but it **__Classified Evaluations__** Classified employees are the support and backbone of the work being done in the school. It is vital you give them care and attention when evaluating their work. Often times, we save them for last, or spend very little time working on supporting them in improving the quality of their work. Meet with your classified employees and let them know at the beginning of the year how you plan to evaluate them. You may want to do the following: When you meet with the employees, determine areas you might both find beneficial to focus on for the evaluation process. Be sure, to also provide them with feedback throughout the year regarding their performance. There should be no surprises when it is time to write the evaluation.
 * Read their school personnel file.
 * Review the job description.
 * Review the evaluation document.

**__Certificated Evaluations__** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Before you begin to develop your own system and process for evaluating teachers, it is important for you to think carefully about your beliefs about the purpose of the process. For example, I believe the purpose of the process is to improve learning and teaching. I believe teachers I work with should walk away from the process felling supported through making changes and improvements in their practice. And thus, everything in the process should support the outcome and purpose. Below are overviews of the process I use: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is extremely important you make frequent visits to the classrooms and include any and all kinds of walkthroughs in your plan. They do not all have to result in a note or feedback, but feedback is extremely important, as teachers always want to know what you think about what you observed.

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