The purpose of this study was to determine if a teacher's Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES) rating is an effective indicator for student achievement. Participants in the study were 9th through 12th grade English 10, Biology, U.S. History and Algebra 2 teachers and students enrolled in their courses. The teacher participants'…

The purpose of this paper is to inform novice science teachers and science teacher educators of the pedagogy that science teacher supervisors value. As expert practitioners, supervisors have a perspective quite different from that of both novice teachers and teacher educators. Nine inservice science teacher supervisors assessed a novice teacher's…