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Danielson, Charlotte – Educational Leadership, 2011
Traditional systems of teacher evaluation are often ineffective because they rely on outmoded evaluative criteria, usually in the form of checklists; simplistic assessments, such as "needs improvement"; procedures that fail to differentiate between new and veteran teachers' experience and expertise; lack of consistency among evaluators;…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Evaluators, Teacher Evaluation, Pilot Projects
Initial Results of Illinois' Shifting Gears Pilot Demonstration Evaluation
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Bragg, Debra D.; Harmon, Timothy; Kirby, Catherine L.; Kim, Sujung – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This report provides initial results of Illinois' Shifting Gears Initiative that operated between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009. This mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation sought to accomplish three goals: (1) to assess program and student outcomes for two models (adult education and developmental education) for two target groups…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Adult Education, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods
Rethinking Teacher Evaluation in Chicago: Lessons Learned from Classroom Observations, Principal-Teacher Conferences, and District Implementation. Research Report
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Sartain, Lauren; Stoelinga, Sara Ray; Brown, Eric R. – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2011
This report summarizes findings from a two-year study of Chicago's Excellence in Teaching Pilot, which was designed to drive instructional improvement by providing teachers with evidence-based feedback on their strengths and weaknesses. The pilot consisted of training and support for principals and teachers, principal observations of teaching…
Descriptors: Evidence, Feedback (Response), Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
STAR: An Adult Education Teacher's Journey with Evidence-Based Reading Instruction
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Robertson, Lisa – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
In this article, the author shares her journey with evidence-based reading instruction. Her experience with evidence-based reading instruction (as the adult basic education coordinator at Windham Adult Education in Windham, Maine) has been a journey of change both professionally and programmatically, and the students at Windham Adult Education are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Pilot Projects, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
The Use of Portable Video Tape Recorders and Micro-Teaching Techniques to Improve Instruction in Vocational-Technical Programs in Illinois; a Pilot Study. Interim Report.
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Perlberg, Arye; And Others – 1968
The two papers in this report are: (1) "The Use of Portable Video Tape Recorders and Micro-Teaching Techniques to Improve Inservice Training in Area Vocational Schools and in the Vocational-Technical Programs of Junior Colleges," and (2) "The Use of Portable Video Tape Recorders and Micro-Teaching Techniques to Improve Supervision…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Microteaching, Pilot Projects
A Collaboration of Five Teacher Training Institutions: Preparing Illinois Educators for the 21st Century.
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Handler, Marianne; Andris, Jim; Brehm, Barbara; Levin, Jim; Payne, Anneliese; Waugh, Michael; Bievenue, Lisa; Moran, Juan – 1998
Five Illinois universities, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and the Illinois Area IV Learning Technology Hub are collaborating in the Preparing Educators for the 21st Century Program" (PIE-21). This state-funded program focuses on providing preservice teachers, administrators, and teacher education faculty with…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Programs