Rethinking teacher supervision and evaluation : how to work smart, build collaboration, and close the achievement gap / Kim Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Kim, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Rating of.

Teachers.

Teachers--In-service training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 s

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Good Teaching Really Matters; Chapter 1 The Challenge: Closing the Achievement Gap; Supervision as Seen By a Rookie Teacher; Out of the Classroom; My Own Ship; Low Expectations; A Resistant Culture; Teacher Isolation; Weak Teamwork; Curriculum Anarchy; Weak Alignment between Teaching and Assessment; Mystery Grading Criteria; Not Focusing on Learning; The Aha! Moment: State Standards and Tests; Slim Curriculum Booklets and Achievement Targets; Necessary but not Sufficient

Chapter 2 Supervision and Evaluation: Why We Need a New ApproachThere Isn'T a Shared Definition of Good Teaching; The Principal Sees Only a Tiny Fraction of Teachers' Work; The Principal'S Presence Changes What'S Going on in the Classroom; Full-Lesson Write-Ups Rarely Change Anything; The Process is Extremely Time-Consuming, Which Keeps Principals out of Classrooms; Teachers are Passive Recipients of Evaluations and are Evaluated in Isolation from their Colleagues; Student Learning is not Part of the Process; The Imperative for Change; Chapter 3 Mini-Observations 1: A System Is Born

Supervision Hits a Brick WallManaging by Rushing Around; An Idea is Born; Mini-Observations take off; Developing a Style; Keeping track of Visits; Keeping it up; Closing the Loop with Teachers; So far, so Good; Chapter 4 Mini-Observations 2: Doing Them Right; 1. Unannounced; 2. Frequent; 3. Short; 4. Face-to-Face; 5. Perceptive; 6. Humble; 7. Courageous; 8. Systematic; 9. Documented; 10. Linked to Teacher Teamwork and Schoolwide Improvement; 11. Linked to End-of-Year Teacher Evaluation; 12. Explained well; Necessary but not Sufficient

Chapter 5 Curriculum Design: The Foundation of Good TeachingThe Curriculum Planning Gap; The K-12 Curriculum Plan; Year-end Learning Expectations; A Curriculum Calendar; Curriculum Unit Plans; Lessons: Where the Rubber Meets the Road; Taking Stock; Chapter 6 Interim Assessments: Using During-the-Year Evidence of Learning to Continuously Improve and Evaluate Instruction; I Taught it, Therefore they Learned it; Finding the Right Assessments; On-the-spot Assessments; Interim Assessments; What Interim Assessments Add; Problems Implementing Interim Assessments; Doing Interim Assessments Right

Team Value-Added AccountabilityTaking Stock; Chapter 7 Rubrics: Potent, Efficient End-of-Year Evaluation Tools; Creating a new set of Rubrics; Step 1: Deciding on Domains; Step 2: Deciding on a Rating Scale; Step 3: Sorting the Criteria; Step 4: Creating the Rubrics; Introducing the Rubrics; Using the Rubrics; Teachers Scoring below Proficient; The Bridge to Continuous Improvement; Professional Learning Community; Goal Setting; Midyear Check-In; Teacher Input in End-of-Year Rubric Evaluation; Student Input; Charting Faculty Results; Taking Stock

Chapter 8 Time Management: Doing First Things First

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781118416617

1118416619

9781299449077

1299449077

9781118419977

1118419979

OCLC:

836403083