Understanding Seattle's Teacher Evaluation System: An Animated Video
In addition to meeting a new group of students
and settling into their classrooms, all Seattle teachers now have expectations
around the Professional Growth and Evaluation (PG&E) system as the
implementation of this system goes district-wide for the first time this
year.
The PG&E, constructed on Charlotte
Danielson's assessment framework, was developed jointly by the Seattle
Education Association (SEA) and Seattle Public Schools. Instead of being rated
as simply satisfactory or unsatisfactory, teachers are now rated on a spectrum
of performance that allows for professional growth.
Teachers have a lot going on—especially this time
of year. In an effort to help everyone understand the new evaluation system,
the SEA has worked with the Center for Teaching Quality to create a short
animated video explaining how the system works. The video walks through the
observation process, the evaluation rubric, and the important role that
professional learning communities play along the way.
Please watch the 5-minute video and share with
your colleagues. Even if you don't teach in Seattle, we hope this model will
inspire discussion about other evaluation systems.
Jonathan Knapp, a high-school automotive
technology teacher and a humanitarian, political, and union activist, is
President of the Seattle Education Association.
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Megan M. Allen is a National Board Certified Teacher and the 2010 Florida Teacher of the Year. She is a proud fifth-grade teacher in Tampa and a 2012-13 CTQ teacherpreneur.
Barnett Berry is the Founder and President of the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), Inc., based in Carrboro, NC. CTQ seeks to dramatically improve student learning by advancing teaching as a 21st-century, results-oriented profession. He wrote TEACHING 2030 with 12 accomplished teachers.
Dan Brown is a teacher and the author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, and Education Week. He is a co-author of TEACHING 2030.
Jessica Cuthbertson is a teacherpreneur who divides her time between teaching 6th-grade literacy in Aurora, CO, and supporting teacher leadership through the Denver New Millennium Initiative.
Bill Ferriter teaches 6th grade language arts in North Carolina, where he was named a Regional Teacher of the Year for 2005-2006.
John Holland is an artist, a teacher, a writer, and an innovator. After 12 years as a preschool teacher, John began working at Early Head Start/Head Start Program as a child development specialist. He is a co-author of TEACHING 2030.
Jessica Keigan is a secondary language arts teacher at Horizon High School in Thornton, CO, and a teacher leader for the Denver New Millennium Initiative.
Ryan Kinser is a 6th grade English teacher in Hillsborough County, Florida. After a career in television production, Ryan taught in urban Washington as a D.C. Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the Hillsborough New Millennium Initiative.
Renee Moore has taught English and journalism for 20 years in the Mississippi Delta region at both high school and community college levels. She is National Board Certified, a former state Teacher of the Year, and a co-author of TEACHING 2030.
Dave Orphal is a teacher in Oakland, CA. Dave serves as a veteran teacher leader for the Bay Area New Millennium Initiative and works with the California Teachers Association's Institute for Teaching.
Ariel Sacks teaches eighth grade English at a middle school in Brooklyn, NY. She has published articles about her work in Teacher Magazine and is a co-author of TEACHING 2030.
Mark Sass has taught public high school for 18 years and has been involved in various leadership positions and policy discussions in Colorado. Mark is a member of the inaugural Aspen Teacher Leader Fellows.
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Noah Zeichner is a National Board Certified Teacher in Seattle. He currently serves in a hybrid teaching role, dividing his time between teaching social studies and supporting CTQ's global teacher leadership initiatives.
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Teacher Evaluation
My teacher told me one thing in the starting of my graduation time.If a student is unable to understand any thing then this is not student fault,it is the fault of teacher who is not capable to teach student accurately.So i am agree with teacher evaluation. A teacher should be intelligent,well trained and with good knowledge of that topic and full of confidence.so in the end improve your teaching skills every day.Good luck
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