"Your breakthrough approach to top-notch teacher evaluations!
This hands-on professional development guide explores the critical ingredients of communication and trust for success in the new age of teacher evaluation systems. Recognized expert Shelly Arneson provides concrete, proactive strategies to help school leaders:
Create and sustain a supportive, honest, and collaborative school culture Foster effective communication and build teacher-principal trust Conduct evidence-based observations and evaluations Hold effective follow-up conversations that nurture teacher growth Promote teacher self-assessment and reflection
Includes absorbing real world vignettes, reflection questions, and ample modeling examples for quick success. Before heading into an observation or post-observation conference you'll find quick nuggets of wisdom you can reference again and again. Use this informative guide to transform the teacher evaluation process today!
"" An absolute essential for any bookshelf of the novice or seasoned administrator. . . . Really hits home on how trust is essential for effective evaluations. . . . The book covers all angles of why trust and evaluations go hand in hand.""
-Jason Eitner, Superintendent
The Lower Alloways Creek School District, Canton Salem, NJ
""In order for student growth to make a positive impact you, as the instructional leader, need to make a positive impact with your teachers; this starts with trust and building a better teacher via evaluations. This book will lead you in that direction!""
-Elizabeth Alvarez, Principal
John C. Dore Elementary School, Chicago, IL"
By:
Mary Shelly Arneson
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781483319773
ISBN 10: 1483319776
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 17 September 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
"Foreword by Charlotte Danielson Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Introduction 2. Evaluation Done ""With"" Teachers, Not ""to"" Teachers 3. Building Teacher Trust and Communication in the Evaluation Process 4. Builder 1: Build Relationships, Not an Empire 5. Builder 2: Teach the Process 6. Builder 3: Communicate Effectively 7. Builder 4: It′s Not What You Say; It′s How You Say It 8. Builder 5: Follow-Up With Honesty and Support 9. Factors Influencing Trust and Communication 10. The Legacy We Leave Behind References Index"
Reviews for Building Trust in Teacher Evaluations: It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it
As school leaders stand at the threshold of a world of mandated changes, Dr. Arneson offers real life scenarios and applicable strategies for strengthening trust and communication between school administration and teachers. Dr. Arneson's proactive approach to trust and communication should be explored by all school leaders who are not only focusing on the everyday challenging tasks of a school administrator, but for those administrators who are ready to reflect and strengthen their own practices. Dr. Arneson's unparalleled and profound insight on trust and communication is a testament for all school leaders to explore. --Michelle Vaughn, Assistant Professor