How to Make Evaluations Worthwhile with Eric Makelky Transformative Principal 514
Release Date: 01/11/2023
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info_outlineIn this episode, we are continuing our coaching conversations with Eric. Please check in our previous episodes 510, 506, and 501
- trying to make it a focus to be aware of people
- What’s on your mind? What’s the challenge you’re facing today.
Today we focus on teacher evaluations.
For New Teachers
- 5 informal observations
- 2 formal observations
- 2 formal observation post-conferences
- 2 summative conferences
- start, mid, and end of year with goals
- 14 touchpoints per teacher.
For Experienced Teachers:
- 3 informal
- 1 formal
- start, mid, and end of year with goals
- 8 total touch points.
Evaluation system is homemade. Current concerns:
- Hard to make them meaningful
- Less confident writing up evaluations because it’s my first year seeing everyone.
- Feedback: is it accurate and in alignment with what is really happening?
- What value does Eric see?
- Good to give teachers feedback on a regular basis.
- Good to give formal feedback
- Post observation conferences are good to go over feedback.
- From a teacher’s perspective - Some staff aren’t used to having observations and evaluations.
- Picked one area on the rubric and only scored and gave feedback on that one thing.
- Try chunking it, and then get some feedback.
Suggestions for effective evaluations
- Johari Window
- The only feedback that matters is what people can’t see
- Purpose is to make them meaningful - finding blind spots.
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- Jump through the hoops.
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- Is the vision for the school actually happening.
- Self-evaluations at the beginning of the year.
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