A consensus has emerged: In either their state guidance or Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waiver applications, 42 states say the goal of teacher evaluations is to improve teaching practice or explicitly link the purpose of teacher evaluations to professional learning.
Is your state achieving this important goal? Do teachers in your state receive actionable feedback and high-quality professional learning as a part of their performance evaluation?
The Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) has released a free resource to help regional centers, states, and districts ensure that their teacher evaluation systems are helping all teachers to improve. Designed as a workshop for state education agency and regional comprehensive center staff, Using Teacher Evaluation Data to Inform Professional Learning delves into practical approaches for ensuring that evaluation systems improve teacher practice and effectiveness. These materials provide the opportunity to:
- Explore how teacher evaluation data can inform professional growth.
- Practice using different types of teacher evaluation data to support teacher growth.
- Identify next steps for ensuring that school and district structures support a teacher evaluation system focused on professional growth.
The workshop provides six hours of professional development, including hands-on activities that can be adapted and customized.
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