Research shows that teacher evaluation is professional responsibility that often causes stress, confusion, and leads to cognitive dissonances between teaching philosophies and practice (Potter, 2024; Robinson, 2019). This session will explore common criteria and methods of teacher evaluation frameworks to build greater understanding of how educators are assessed for effectiveness (Stronge, 2014; Danielson, 2022). By gaining a more clear understanding of what goes into evaluations, teachers, particularly in their early career, can build a healthy relationship with these processes and shift their mindset from one of compliance to working toward professional growth. In this session, participants will explore and practice ways to operationalize the processes of teacher evaluation as a means for their own professional development. This session will look at how teaching content and practices connect to evaluation frameworks, and how the feedback teachers receive can be turned into professional goals as a means to improve practice and student achievement.
In this session, you will:
Understand the criteria and methods commonly used in teacher evaluation.
Connect teacher evaluation criteria and frameworks to practices already in use.
Consider how teacher evaluation can be used as a means of professional development rather than for accountability and compliance.
