ERIC Number: ED375461
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Oct
Pages: 128
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Case Studies of Five Teacher Supervision/Evaluation Systems.
Patrick, Edward M.; Dawson, Judith A.
In the 1984-85 school year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) began to actively encourage Pennsylvania school districts to reform their teacher supervision/evaluation (TS/E) procedures. To obtain data necessary for developing TS/E models, the PDE commissioned Research for Better Schools (RBS) to conduct a study of five school districts with TS/E systems. Three districts--Abington Heights, Pittsburgh, and Upper Perkiomen--used Madeline Hunter-based models. Suburban East Penn and rural Tamaqua were selected for their evolving alternative systems. Data were collected through onsite interviews with a total of 20 central office staff, 37 administrators, and 194 teachers; document analysis; and followup interviews with selected district officials. This document presents the five case studies, each of which provides information on school background; program development and implementation; program funding; staff development; evaluation procedures; the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and district staff; and implications and issues. Contains 14 references. (LMI)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Public Schools, School Districts, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Supervision
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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