Teacher Evaluation Project
In 2011, Tunkhannock Area School District agreed to participate in a pilot program to develop a new way to evaluate teachers that, in part, takes into account student achievement. The pilot program had 104 K-12 entities, including: nine career and technical centers, nine charter schools and nine intermediate units. Beginning in January 2012, participating school districts will use the new evaluation method and provide feedback to the Department of Education. This new evaluation will not be used to determine an educator’s official 2011-12 assessment. Under the new evaluation system, 50% of the evaluation of a teacher will be based on an observation divided into four categories: planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities. The other half will be based on student achievement (15 percent will be building-level data, 15 percent will be teacher-specific data, and 20 percent will be elective). The new evaluation system includes both announced and unannounced observations. There are meetings between the teacher and evaluator before and after the direct observation of a lesson.
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