In theory and fact, in position and function, the principal is indeed the instructional leader of the school. There are research findings on teacher effectiveness that can and must be used by principals in their function of instructional leadership. (Author/MLF)

School boards and teachers must begin a serious, in-depth dialog on the role of inservice and the evaluation of teachers to increase pupil productivity in the classroom. Microteaching, videotape feedback, and modeling can be useful inservice tools to improve teachers' instructional skills. (Author)

In an effort to find out what administrators feel about teacher evaluation, the author contacted the heads of 16 independent schools. He discusses their answers to his query and gives his views on what is essential for any successful evaluation strategy. (Author/RK)

Faculty growth contracts are a viable way to define faculty ideas, chart the direction of professional growth, and assess teacher performance. Each contract includes a statement of yearly goals, means for accomplishing those goals, and a budget request. Guidelines are provided for implementing a faculty growth contract program. (TE)

The author uses behavioral objectives as the framework for developing an evaluation system with a simple approach. He believes that simplicity is the key to successful implementation of evaluation systems. (MD)

This article proposes a formative appraisal system for improving classroom instruction that is characterized by a small number of teachers for each supervisor, cooperative goal setting, and the use of modeling techniques, low-inference observation instruments, and regular, timely feedback. Anticipated benefits include greater teacher…

This third edition offers timely solutions for successfully dealing with marginal teachers. Lawrence illustrates the proper actions that principals should integrate into the evaluation processes to successfully gather documentation to help improve or terminate an ineffective teacher. Complete with tools and resources to streamline the evaluation…

This book provides educators and administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in peer assistance and review within the context of teacher evaluation, describing how to develop and implement an effective teacher peer assistance and review program. The book offers the following: components of successful peer assistance and review…

This report describes knowledge- and skills-based pay systems. It recommends ways that state and district policymakers can strengthen a district's capacity for knowledge- and skills-based pay and describes how these types of pay systems differ from existing compensation schemes that try to address the problem of teaching's flat career structure.…

This book provides instructional leaders with guidance and insight to help them work successfully with teachers to improve classroom teaching and learning. It goes beyond the basics of supervision to place the work of instructional leadership within the context of whole-school improvement. The book offers scenarios describing interactions with…

Ascribes to the notion that a teacher should be superior in organizational ability, enthusiastic about teaching, a skilled analyst, and adept at interpersonal relations. (DS)

The finding that students and chairmen do not rate faculty members similarly indicates the need to define evaluation criteria better and to devise more precise methods by which to measure them. (Author)

Paper presented at a Pre-Conference Workshop of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 1970 in Los Angeles, California. (DS)

The purpose of the project described was to demonstrate the feasibility of employing behavior modification techniques within an ongoing consultative model that can be implemented by minimally experienced consultant under the direction of a supervisor who remains physically remote from the teacher and the classroom. (Author)