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State Education Board Approves Teacher Evaluation Model
Christian County Headliner (MO) (08/22/13)The Missouri Board of Education gave final approval to guidelines for evaluating teachers and administrators, and school districts have the option to adopt the state blueprint or their own system, so long as it incorporates the approved principles. "Quality teachers and school administrators are key to improving student performance," State Education Commissioner Chris L. Nicastro said. "The evaluation principles are designed to provide support and guidance to educators throughout their career in order to increase student achievement." The seven Essential Principles of Effective Evaluation are using research-based performance benchmarks that are in line with the state model teacher and leader standards; establishing performance indicators across differentiated levels for educators specifying expectations at all levels of practice; aligning the evaluation process with an educator's probationary period to provide for an appropriate accumulation of performance data; using student growth in learning, based on a wide array of performance measures, in the evaluation process; gauging educator performance on a regular basis and providing feedback teachers and administrators can use to improve their performance throughout their career; making sure evaluators are highly trained so that evaluation ratings are fair, accurate, and reliable; and using the evaluation process to guide school district policies that affect the development of educators and student learning.
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