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Oxendine, Symphony D.; Robinson, Kerry K.; Parker, Michele A. – To Improve the Academy, 2022
This article outlines an appreciative inquiry (AI) into a departmental professional development process and describes the resulting implementation of an appreciative peer evaluation meeting as one part of the new professional development process. Using AI, a departmental faculty development committee sought to re-envision the professional…
Descriptors: Departments, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation, Peer Evaluation
Reform Support Network, 2013
Representatives of five Race to the Top grantees--Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island--gathered in Providence, Rhode Island on December 12, 2012 under the auspices of the Quality Evaluation Rollout (QER) Working Group to plan strategies for improving communication between teachers and State education agencies (SEAs) on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Communication Strategies, State Departments of Education, Teacher Evaluation
Reform Support Network, 2015
The ultimate goal of teacher evaluation systems is to improve the quality of instruction by clarifying expectations for effective teaching and helping teachers meet those expectations through high-quality feedback and support. Classroom observations -- which make up the majority of a teacher's summative rating in most States and districts -- give…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Observation, Teacher Effectiveness
Hornung, Katie; Yoder, Nick – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
In the wake of the Common Core State Standards and teacher evaluation reform, school leaders increasingly look to district leaders for support, coaching, and leadership. District leaders--superintendents, assistant or area superintendents, specialists, principal supervisors, and school business administrators--can hold varying and multiple roles…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Administrator Effectiveness, Instructional Leadership, Superintendents
Oprean, Celeste Pramik – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In North Carolina (NC) there are a total of 58 community colleges, each of which provides a unique approach to handling support for adjunct faculty. The NC Community College System provided a good setting to explore how one state in particular compares to current research on administrative support of adjunct faculty in the areas of hiring,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Selection
Rothenberg, Lori; Hessling, Peter A. – 1990
The statewide teaching performance assessment instruments being used in Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida were examined. Forty-one reliability and validity studies regarding the instruments in use in each state were collected from state departments and universities. Georgia uses the Georgia Teacher Performance Assessment Instrument. North…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis