Teacher Evaluations
Teacher Evaluations Teacher evaluation is a way for teachers to grow in their profession and for administrators to ensure that they have amassed a staff that best serves their student populations. Effective teacher evaluations which provide meaningful feedback can make a good teacher great but also identify a teacher who might need to leave the profession or make serious overhaul of their practice. Either way, it greatly benefits administrators to have a teacher evaluation system that is more than just punitive. Teacher Evaluation at the Heights Charter At the school I work at, teachers are evaluated once every year. The evaluations are conducted by a master teacher who is both methodical and fair. While the process is incredibly nerve wracking, I have never walked away from an observation without having some real concrete advice to improve my teaching. Our master teacher does a wonderful job of highlighting what we do well and then gently moving to what could be