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Teacher Professional Development

We built evaluation for accountability–now it’s time to build it for growth

January 8, 2026 by Jena Draper, RefynED
Real leadership means moving past outdated educator evaluation processes and redesigning it around evidence, clarity, and authentic feedback.
Teacher evaluations have been the subject of debate for decades. Breakthroughs have been attempted but rarely sustained. Researchers have learned that context, transparency, and autonomy matter.
District Management

We have to do what? The new face of teacher evaluations

November 6, 2013October 24, 2013 by By Jenny Froehle
teacher-evaluations
As someone you’d politely call a “veteran educator,” I’ve been fortunate to work in schools for more than a quarter century, and in that time, like all of…
District Management

How effective are student surveys in teacher evaluations?

November 21, 2012November 21, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
Student surveys about their classroom teachers have merit and could be useful, but school leaders should take care to not be too influenced by student feedback, according to…
District Management

Seeking aid, school districts change teacher evaluations

October 18, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports
In an exercise evoking a corporate motivation seminar, a group of public school teachers and principals clustered around posters scrawled with the titles of Beatles songs. Their assignment:…
District Management

Fact check: Romney off on Obama’s love for unions

May 25, 2012 by From wire service reports
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four…
District Management

Study: Once-a-year teacher evaluations not enough

January 9, 2012 by From staff and wire reports
Once-a-year evaluations aren't enough to help teachers improve, says a report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
District Management

States strengthening teacher evaluation standards

November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 by From staff and wire reports
The way educators are evaluated is changing across the country, with a switch from routine "satisfactory" ratings to actual proof that students are learning.
District Management

Self-grading and more: New methods in teacher evaluation gain traction

September 20, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Last year, Mosinee Middle School social studies teacher Paul Nievinski chose a new evaluation process his school district offered for experienced teachers, wausuadailyherald reports.
District Management

Education secretary praises Toledo’s peer review system for teachers

September 8, 2011 by From wire service reports
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District Management

Union shifts position on teacher evaluations

July 5, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Catching up to the reality already faced by many of its members, the nation’s largest teachers’ union on Monday affirmed for the first time that evidence of student…
District Management

Georgia hires team to work on teacher pay plan

June 6, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Saying they lack the expertise internally, the Georgia Department of Education plans to spend $758,000 to bring in outside help to develop a system for evaluating teachers and…
District Management

Cuomo seeks speedy change in teacher evaluations

March 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Tuesday that he would introduce legislation to speed the implementation of a statewide system to evaluate teachers’ performance, reports the New York…
District Management

Midwestern states revamp teacher evaluations; Duncan talks education, technology

September 17, 2010 by Laura Ascione
Illinois is not alone in the recent changes it has made to teacher evaluations. Several other Midwestern states are taking similar steps, reports the Catalyst Chicago. But a…

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