State board OKs teacher rating system
Evaluations will combine test scores, classroom data
Posted: June 12, 2012 at 3:49 a.m.
The Arkansas Board of Education approved a teacher evaluation system Monday, the first uniform rules that will be used statewide to measure teachers’ classroom skills and ability to help their students learn.
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I think it is the job of each principal at each school to evaluate the teachers that work in his or her building. Apparently, that does not work for some reason. Therefore, based on the system described in today’s article, I think that teacher evaluators should be unbiased individuals that are either independent contractors hired by the state, or administrators appointed from other school districts. Unbiased evaluators will provide a better, more accurate, "score" for each teacher that will eliminate any personal biases an individual teacher's principal may have toward that individual teacher, both good and bad. Further, the principal should receive an evaluation based on the scores of his or her teachers that will be part of the equation that determines the principal's salary level. This type of evaluation procedure will promote more cooperation and team building between teachers and principals because each principal's paycheck will heavily depend on the success of his or her teachers.
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June 12, 2012 at 8:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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