Download or read book Principal Evaluation written by James H. Stronge and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective principals run effective schools--this much we know. Accurately measuring principal effectiveness, however, has long been an elusive goal for school administrators. In this indispensable book, author James H. Stronge details the steps and resources necessary for designing a comprehensive principal evaluation system that is based on sound research and established best practices. Here you'll find everything you need to thoroughly assess principal performance, including * An in-depth analysis of research findings related to principal evaluation. * A set of seven field-tested and research-based principal performance standards. * Detailed indicators for each standard that describe the principal's duties and expected level of performance. * A four-point performance appraisal rubric for each standard. * Forms and checklists for use in compiling evidence of performance and completing evaluations. * A step-by-step guide to planning, designing, implementing, and troubleshooting a successful evaluation system. If there's a new principal evaluation system rolling out in your school or district, or if your administration is planning to build one, Principal Evaluation: Standards, Rubrics, and Tools for Effective Performance is essential for ensuring that the system is accurate, fair, and effective.
Download or read book Principal Performance Evaluation written by Ruth A. Frerking and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Teachers And Administrators written by George B. Redfern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stressing the importance of using evaluation as a means to improve teacher and administrator performance, Dr. Redfern provides a practical guide to conducting an evaluation and using its results. He thoroughly describes the anatomy of the evaluation process, outlines the materials needed, and covers such often-neglected topics as evaluation of substandard performance, assessment of the performance of administrators and supervisors, evaluation as an administrative tool in education management, and the potential pitfalls inherent in the evaluation process. The book closes with detailed suggestions for developing or revising programs for personnel evaluation.
Download or read book Principal Peer Evaluation written by Libia S. Gil and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2001-06-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a framework for administrator peer evaluation within school districts that is already at work and succeeding. The evaluation design emphasizes results, promotes professional growth and development, models expectations for students and teachers, and meets Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium standards. Chapter 1 highlights the historical context for challenging the status quo of a school district and moving to a different level of professional engagement. Chapter 2 describes the genesis of a peer-evaluation concept for principals. A framework for student-based decision making is also outlined in this chapter. Chapter 3 documents the process of establishing a new format for the evaluation process. Chapter 4 contains crucial information for school districts seeking a model and describes the process of creating continuum-based principal performance and leadership standards. Chapter 5 contains a summary of progress, a view to the future, an examination of unresolved challenges, and the identification of future opportunities that will fuel efforts as the leadership role is redefined. Insights from principals' perspectives are also provided in this chapter. Appendix A contains a copy of the article, "Principals Evaluating Peers," in which the early phases of establishing the principal peer-evaluation process are described and its strengths and weaknesses identified. (RT)
Download or read book Teacher Evaluation of Principal Performance written by John W. Riegel and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Programs to Increase Student Achievement written by Martin H. Jason and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition on evaluating the effectiveness of school programs provides an expanded needs-assessment section, additional methods for data analysis, and tools for communicating program results.
Download or read book The Criteria for Principal Evaluation and Its Relationship to the Innovative Behavior and Size of School Districts in California written by Robert Roger Romero and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Leadership Talent Through Performance Evaluation written by Matthew Clifford and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most states and districts scramble to provide professional development to support principals, but "principal evaluation" is often lost amid competing priorities. Evaluation is an important method for supporting principal growth, communicating performance expectations to principals, and improving leadership practice. It provides leaders with evidence for reflection--a critical first step for professional learning and development. To help school leaders achieve their goals, American Institutes for Research (AIR) has engaged with educators at the state level to design the "Five Essential Practices of School Leadership" framework. Frameworks are the backbone of any performance evaluation system, identifying levels of performance and the professional practices that matter most. Unlike state or national standards (e.g., the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium standards) that broadly describe what principals should do, frameworks describe levels of performance in observable and measurable terms. AIR and its clients are using this framework for principal coaching, self-reflection, and performance evaluation to facilitate principal growth with accountability. With input from more than 200 educators and more than 100 research studies on principals' approaches to school improvement, AIR designed the Five Essential Practices of School Leadership framework. These practices are as follows: (1) Build shared purpose. The leader develops a compelling, shared organizational vision and assures that the vision is "lived" in the daily work of educators. (2) Focus on learning. The leader engages in instructional leadership to develop and maintain student access to appropriate, ambitious, and strong instructional programs focused on academic excellence and social-emotional development. (3) Manage organizational resources. The leader acts strategically and systematically to create safe and supportive conditions for better teaching and learning by aligning financial assets, human resources, data, and other resources. (4) Collaborate with community. The leader assures that parents and community organizations are engaged with the school. (5) Lead with integrity. The leader models professionalism by acting with integrity and making his or her learning visible. The framework is designed to support principals in developing their own professional goals and to provide them with an approach for reflection on their practices, but other stakeholders and professionals in the field can take full advantage of this tool.
Download or read book The Best of the Marshall Memo written by Kim Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, Kim Marshall and Jenn David-Lang have been considered "designated readers," curating ideas and research for busy frontline educators. Kim's weekly Marshall Memo summarizes the best articles from more than sixty magazines and journals.
Download or read book Effective Teacher Evaluation written by Kenneth D. Peterson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enrich the quality of teaching and learning in your school with meaningful teacher evaluations! This is the essential guide for principals who want to improve the teacher evaluation process, develop highly qualified teachers, and improve student achievement levels in their schools. This "hands-on," practical handbook provides principals with specific strategies, including: Using the best objective evidence available Putting the teacher at the center of the process Using multiple data sources which vary by individual teacher Incorporating student achievement data Inspiring ongoing teacher reflection and analysis
Download or read book Performance Evaluation written by Ingrid J. Guerra-López and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance Evaluation is a hands-on text for practitioners, researchers, educators, and students in how to use scientifically-based evaluations that are both rigorous and flexible. Author Ingrid Guerra-López, an internationally-known evaluation expert, introduces the foundations of evaluation and presents the most applicable models for the performance improvement field. Her book offers a wide variety of tools and techniques that have proven successful and is organized to illustrate evaluation in the context of continual performance improvement.
Download or read book A Principal Evaluation Program written by Stephen Arthur Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to describe how well the "promise" of Idaho's new model of performance evaluation of public school principals (IDAPA 121) compares with its actual impact on principals' reflective practice, professional development, and leadership practices. Research questions that shaped the study explored (a) the impact of the professional practice standards and student growth measure of IDAPA 121, and (b) what circumstances contributed most significantly to reflective practice and professional development of Idaho school principals. A review of the literature revealed five key themes and trends that shaped this study's research questions and methodology: (a) perceived problems with traditional principal evaluation before the federal Race to the Top and ESEA Waiver program; (b) the promise of a reformed principal evaluation system to improve school leadership, teaching and student learning; (c) best practice recommendations to provide a meaningful and impactful evaluation experience for principals; (d) criticisms of the new model of principal evaluations; and (e) what the literature does and does not tell us about principal evaluation and its effect on reflective practice, professional development and leadership behaviors and practices. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews of ten active public school principals from two large, suburban Idaho school districts. Five participants were elementary level principals and five were middle school principals. Data analysis revealed four major findings: 1. Participants experienced evaluation under IDAPA 121 as a perfunctory, isolated end of year event that had no meaningful impact on their reflective practice, professional development or leadership practice. 2. The student growth component of IDAPA 121, and the prospect of being evaluated partly on student growth had no impact on the participants' leadership focus or practices. 3. Participants believe that policy makers and the school policy related to their performance evaluation are out of touch with what happens in schools. 4. Participants had clear ideas for improving the system so principals would experience more meaningful reflective practice and professional development. A number of possible explanations for these findings are explored. These include (a) operational issues with implementation of IDAPA 121, and (b) deeper, more substantive issues that raise questions about the viability of using standards-based evaluations to drive effective professional development, and possible conflicts between IDAPA 121's summative and formative objectives. Recommendations for possible policy changes and further research conclude this study.
Download or read book Perceptions of Wisconsin Administrators Regarding the Evaluation of Principals written by John King Negley and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Assistant Principal 50 written by Baruti K. Kafele and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're an Assistant Principal. Whatever your status—the sole AP in your school, one of two or more APs in your school, a career AP, an AP aspiring to the principalship—yours is one of the most misunderstood and underutilized positions in education. Positioned between teachers and the principal, you are an instructional leader. However, you are not the leader of the school. Therefore, you must carefully navigate your way to ensure that you thrive in your role without "stepping on the toes" of your principal. In The Assistant Principal 50, award-winning, four-time principal Baruti Kafele presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship—from finding your leadership "lane" to thriving and being an asset to your principal. Kafele infuses the book (which also includes guidance and insights for principals and aspiring assistant principals) from beginning to end with personal anecdotes and accounts of both failures and successes from his years as an assistant principal. He arms you with tools and insights that will drive you to view the assistant principalship as critical to the climate and culture of your school as well as to student achievement. You, assistant principal, play a critical role in your school's success. The questions that Kafele asks you to consider will aid you as you hone your leadership skills toward becoming an effective leader in your school.
Download or read book A Qualitative Study of Principal Perceptions of Performance Evaluation in Ohio written by Brenda Harper and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study of a purposeful sample of women principals in Ohio was designed to examine principal perceptions regarding performance evaluation to understand the impact of the standardized framework on the capacity, renewal, growth and behaviors of principals. This study asked: 1. How does a purposeful sample of women principals leading in Ohio schools perceive the Ohio Principal Evaluation System? 2. What critical insights about the power dynamics involved in Ohio leadership performance evaluation can be gleaned from this sample? 3. How and in what ways does a sample of women principals believe that the Ohio Principal Evaluation System impacts their holistic leadership growth? 4. What power dynamics are involved in the performance evaluation of the sample group, and how do these dynamics impact their individual leadership? The perceptions of women principals were explored in order to understand the influence a male guided standardized performance evaluation framework has on their growth and development as leaders as well as to understand the power dynamics that surround performance evaluation practices. Assumptions held by the OPES system, part of a larger accountability driven framework, were critically examined. Critical commentaries emerged indicating that growth and development outcomes have not materialized for principals continuing to experience pressure to increase standardized assessment scores as the strongest indicator of student growth under the framework. Key themes were summarized as (a) emphasizing evidence; (b) translating to leadership; (c) constraining holistic leadership growth, wisdom leadership and renewal; (d) making of local decisions; and (e) experiencing power dynamics.
Download or read book Leading for Instructional Improvement written by Stephen Fink and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading for Instructional Improvement Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving educational outcomes for all students. Teaching is a highly sophisticated and complex endeavor requiring deep expertise on the part of teachers and school leaders. This book shows how teacher, school, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students. Leading for Instructional Improvement captures the nationally acclaimed work conducted by the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington in its effort to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools across the country. The book provides extensive practical guidance grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts. Many of the tools, protocols, and frameworks contained in this book can be accessed electronically by visiting the Center for Educational Leadership website at www.k-12leadership.org. Praise for Leading for Instructional Improvement "This book offers insights that are invaluable to educators who seek to enhance teacher effectiveness now. The ideas presented are practical and applicable to schools in a variety of settings." PEDRO A. NOGUERA, Ph.D., Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development and executive director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education "A deep and thoughtful look at how the issue of expertise is cultivated. Seizing upon their Center's research-based instructional framework, the authors provide important insights and tools." DR. BEVERLY HALL, superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools "In this age of intense focus on how we evaluate teachers, we have to remember that any evaluation is only as good as the evaluator. This extremely useful book provides an excellent roadmap for how principals can become more effective in the most important aspect of their work, instructional leadership." JERRY D. WEAST, Ed.D., superintendent of schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland "Fink and Markholt offer practitioners a guide to effective teaching. Leading for Instructional Improvement asks us to heed the lessons within and support the kind of teacher education that will improve student achievement for today's schools and those of tomorrow." BARNETT BERRY, president, Center for Teaching Quality
Download or read book Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation written by Kim Marshall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher supervision and evaluation that emphasizes fairness, excellence, and achievement In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his bestselling book, education expert Kim Marshall shows how to break away from the typical and often ineffective evaluation approaches in which principals use infrequent classroom visits or rely on standardized test scores to assess a teacher's performance. Marshall proposes a broader framework for supervision and evaluation that enlists teachers in improving the performance of all students. Revised edition of the classic book on teacher supervision and evaluation Includes thoughts on iPad and iPhone aps for classroom observation Offers new chart on how principals can manage ten mini-observations per teacher per year Contains new thoughts on merit pay, a different approach to the test-score argument from Arne Duncan This vital resource also includes extensive tools and advice for managing time as well as ideas for using supervision and evaluation practices to foster teacher professional development.
