An effective model of teacher appraisal

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-feng Zhang ◽  
Ho-ming Ng
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Performance Pay ◽  
Teacher Appraisal ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Student Evaluation Of Teachers ◽  
Lesson Observation

Teacher appraisal has been widely practised in China for decades. With the introduction, in 2009, of the teacher performance pay system, however, teacher appraisal has undergone certain changes. This study explores the practice of teacher appraisal, using a qualitative approach and taking public schools in Shanghai as its research sites. The methods adopted include interviews with teachers and school administrators, observation of relevant activities and document analysis. The study reveals that teacher appraisal in schools in Shanghai is not a one-off event. Although the procedure for generating appraisal results occurs at the end of each year, data collection activities for appraisal – including lesson observation, student evaluation of teachers and checking teachers’ tasks – are conducted throughout the whole year. The current teacher appraisal system has been a success, and this study identifies four factors contributing to that success. First, administrative and developmental appraisal coexist as one single appraisal system. Second, teacher appraisal is integrated with other aspects of schools’ business. Third, teacher appraisal is perceived by teachers as credible and fair. Fourth, non-technical aspects of appraisal, such as teachers’ psychology and social dynamics, are taken into account during the appraisal process.

Unfolding Teachers’ Professional Development Through Public School Administrators’ Varying Practices For The K-12 Program

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Shamseda Azis Tabao
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Appraisal System ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
K 12 ◽  
School Heads

There is no denying that professionals, including teachers, need to develop their knowledge and skills to be able to deliver their duties exemplarily. As expected, school heads should be supportive of the teachers’ quest. Hence, this study ventured to determine the practices of school heads that foster teachers’ professional development in terms of four aspects: (1) provisions of opportunities for professional growth; (2) assessment of teachers’ training needs; (3) conduct of in-service trainings; and (4) financial support. The investigation also included assessing the teachers’ development in terms of pedagogical knowledge and skills. A total of 172 teachers from seven (7) public high schools representing nine (9) districts of Marawi City, Philippines participated in this study. Data were collected through a survey questionnaire constructed based on the indicators of the Performance Appraisal System for School Administrators under Staff Development and the National Competency-Based Teachers Standards (NCBTS). Based on the findings, the respondents disclosed that their school heads show only moderate support for the first three aspects of professional development, with conducting of in-service trainings receiving the highest support among them. However, financial support for teachers’ professional development was low due to the lack of funds for public schools. These led to the conclusion that professional development is difficult to some teachers, especially in the context of the study, because school heads do not fully support them. Conspicuously, some impeding factors are behind this phenomenon, and immediate solutions are imperative to address such hindrances.

Göçmen çocuklar ve okul kültürleri: Bir bütünleştirme çalışması

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halis Sakız
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
Inclusive School

Bu makale, Türkiye’de yoğun göç almakta olan Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’ndeki okullarda, göçmen çocukların okullara dâhil edilmesine yönelik olarak idarecilerin düşünce, inanç ve tutumlarını inceleyen nitel bir araştırmanın sonuçlarını bildirmektedir. Araştırma özelde, okul yöneticilerinin göçmen çocukların kendi okullarında eğitilmesine yönelik tutumlarını, bu eğitimin önünde duran ve okul ikliminden kaynaklanan engelleri ve göçmen çocukların kendini ait hissettikleri bütünleştirici okul iklimleri inşa edilebilmesi için eğitim sistemindeki mevcut fırsatları ortaya koymayı amaçlamıştır. Araştırmada, 18 okul yöneticisinden nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olan yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşmeler kullanılarak veri toplanmış ve bu veriler tematik analiz yöntemiyle çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda (i) okul yöneticilerinin göçmen çocuklara ayrıştırılmış ortamlarda eğitim verilmesini desteklediği ve kendi okullarında eğitim görmelerine dair olumsuz tutumlar beslediği, (ii) yapısal yetersizliklerin ve düşük toplumsal kabul düzeyinin göçmen çocukların eğitimine yönelik olumsuz tutumları önemli ölçüde etkilediği ve (iii) bütünleşik okul kültürlerinin oluşması için paydaşların psiko-sosyal ve yapısal anlamda desteklenmesi gerektiği ortaya çıkmıştır. ENGLISH ABSTRACTMigrant children and school cultures: A suggestion for inclusionThis article reports on the findings of an empirical research investigating the thoughts, beliefs and attitudes towards the inclusion of migrant children in the South-eastern region of Turkey which is currently exposed to intensive migration waves. Specifically, the article explores the attitudes of school administrators towards the education of migrant children in their schools, the barriers to this education stemming from the school culture and the opportunities in the education system to build inclusive school cultures in which migrant children can feel belonging to. The research employed 18 school administrators, utilized semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative data and analyzed them through thematic analysis. Findings showed that (a) school administrators supported education of migrant children in segregated environments and possessed negative attitudes towards their education in public schools; (b) structural limitations and low social acceptance levels affected the negative attitudes towards the education of migrant children and (c) stakeholders needed to be provided with psycho-social and structural support in order to establish inclusive school cultures.  Keywords: Migrant children; inclusive school culture; qualitative research; Turkey 

The Cheerleaders’ Mock Execution

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Laura Trujillo-Jenks
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Student Speech ◽  
New Principal ◽  
Culture And Climate

The fervor of student speech is demonstrated through different mediums and venues in public schools. In this case, a new principal encounters the mores of a community that believes in free speech, specifically student free speech. When a pep rally becomes a venue for hate speech, terroristic threats, and profanity, the student code of conduct could become the principal’s best weapon. This case explores case law, codes of conduct, organizational culture and climate, and leadership in the context of a controversial cheerleader sketch at a pep rally. A brief literature review can be found in the teaching notes with suggestions for current and future school administrators.

Democracy Now? Race, Education, and Black Self-Determination

2011 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-830
Author(s):  
Adrienne D. Dixson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Educational Equity ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Supreme Court Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
School Assignment

Background/Context The Supreme Court's June 2007 decision on the Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1 (PICS) provides an important context for school districts and educational policy makers as they consider the role of race in school assignment. The PICS decision has been described as essentially “undoing” the 1954 Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case that ended de jure racial segregation. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study Given the rhetoric that education in the United States is the “great equalizer,” this conceptual article considers how the PICS decisions impact notions of educational equity and self-determination for African Americans. Research Design This article provides a conceptual analysis of the PICS decision and educational equity. Conclusions/Recommendations The author recommends that despite the PICS decision, school administrators and policy makers continue to consider how race impacts school assignment to ensure that public schools are democratic institutions that are racially and educationally equitable.

Another look at the Acceptability of Philippine English through the Lens of Basic Education Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Jenifer Mangalus
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

While there have been studies and awareness seminars conducted in the promotion of Philippine English (PE), still PE has not fully-penetrated in most public schools. Hence, the study sought to identify the acceptability of PE among English teachers from a secondary high school in Pampanga. PE’s levels of acceptability were determined using Torres and Alieto’s (2019) Grammatical and Lexical Acceptability Questionnaire. Pre -test result revealed that teachers have low acceptability level of the PE grammatical and lexical items   and that they are not aware of the PE. A webinar was conducted to introduce the PE among teachers and the post-test showed a significant difference to their acceptability level. Furthermore, teachers’ answers to the follow up questions imply that they are willing to introduce PE in the classroom, which they believe will help the students to be more conversant and become more confident in speaking the English language. It is concluded that teachers are open to incorporating the PE in their classes to further improve their students’ confidence in learning the language. The following recommendations were given: (1) Teachers should be provided with more seminars that will update them with the current status of Philippine English; (2) Teachers should be encouraged to consider the Philippine English in motivating students to be confident speakers in the English classes; and (3) School administrators and English teachers should promote the acceptance of Philippine English in the academic context.

scholarly journals Processos de autoavaliação de escolas ou avaliação interna do sistema?

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Anabela Barros Pinto Sousa ◽  
Manuela Terrasêca
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Process Models ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Current Context ◽  
New Form

Evaluation, in the current context of education policy, is an instrument of regulation of action. In Portugal, public schools evaluation focuses on the dimensions of self-evaluation and external evaluation, the articulation of both being normatively imposed and also encouraged in various evaluation, benchmarking, and monitoring initiatives. Based on document analysis of background documents and reports of evaluation of schools initiatives, this article presents the various concepts of school self-evaluation in those documents and reflects on the "self" dimension of this self-evaluation in Portuguese public schools as an exercise of autonomy and accountability. Since 2002, the guidelines for self-evaluating schools are known. Although the administrations continue to say that it is not intended to induce the process, models and tools for evaluating schools, particularly the External Evaluation of Schools (EES), have been carrying a soft orientation / regulation, since they call for the school to produce a discourse built around the analysis of dimensions that they impose. This "new form of governance", assuming itself as a form of regulation of this action, can become a form of self-evaluation as a discourse, more or less standardized, which is a part of (self)-evaluationt of the system, rather than a process of construction of negotiated and shared references in school. We aim to characterize this self-evaluation, from the EES's conceptual framework analysis, and study the dimensions in which it is applied, as well as to clarify its place in the evolution of the EES model.

Creating Communities of Support Within Alternative Settings: Perspectives of Practicing Alternative School Administrators

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Richard T. (RT) Duke ◽  
Penny L. Tenuto
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Alternative School ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Traditional Public Schools ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Alternative Settings

Much can be learned from practicing school leaders, including how they describe their roles navigating between policy and practice with a focus on meeting students’ needs. This article considers how alternative school administrators work with school personnel to create communities for supporting students once considered at risk in traditional public schools. Findings include (1) creating a culture of high standards, (2) adopting a personalized or caring approach to leadership, (3) exploring and implementing innovative practices for teaching and learning, and (4) managing students as a collaborative and individualized process. For further understanding, authors apply emergent themes to a model for advancing democratic professional practice in education.

When Educators Are the Learners: Private Contracting by Public Schools

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Forbes ◽  
Nora Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Private Contracting

Abstract We investigate decision-making and the potential for social learning among school administrators in the market for school reform consulting services. Specifically, we estimate whether public schools are more likely to choose given Comprehensive School Reform service providers if their “peer” schools—defined by common governance or geography—have performed unusually well with those providers in the past. We find strong evidence that schools tend to contract with providers used by other schools in their own districts in the past, regardless of past performance. In addition, our point estimates are consistent with school administrators using information from peers to choose the plans they perceive to have performed best in the past. Despite choosing a market with an unusually comprehensive data source on contracts between public schools and private firms, our statistical power is sufficiently weak that we cannot reject the absence of social learning.

Toward a Broader Concept of the Role of the Special Class for Emotionally Disturbed Children

1965 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Knoblock ◽  
Ralph A. Garcea
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Special Class ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Mental Health Consultation ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed Children

In an effort to meet the increasing demand for educational services for emotionally disturbed children in public schools, the authors describe their use of one form of mental health consultation. This approach was focused on regular classroom teachers and school administrators who were in contact with disturbed children. All of the consultants were affiliated with a public school special class program.

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