Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation: How to Work Smart, Build Collaboration, and Close the Achievement Gap
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Rethinking Teacher Supervision and EvaluationHow to Work Smart, Build Collaboration, and Close the Achievement GapKim MarshallRethinking Teacher Supervision and EvaluationIn this important book, education expert Kim Marshall shows how to break away from the typical and often ineffective evaluation approaches in which principals use infrequent classroom visits or rely on standardized test scores to assess a teacher's performance. Marshall proposes a broader framework for supervision and evaluation that enlists teachers in improving the performance of all students. Emphasizing trust-building and teamwork, Marshall's innovative, four-part framework shifts the focus from periodically evaluating teaching to continuously analyzing learning. This book offers school principals a guide for implementing Marshall's framework and shows how to make frequent, informal classroom visits followed by candid feedback to each teacher; work with teacher teams to plan thoughtful curriculum units rather than focusing on individual lessons; get teachers as teams involved in low-stakes analysis of interim assessment results to fine-tune their teaching and help struggling students; and use compact rubrics for summative teacher evaluation. This vital resource also includes extensive tools and advice for managing time as well as ideas for using supervision and evaluation practices to foster teacher professional development.Praise for Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation "Here is the right book at the right time for practitioners, policymakers, and parents from an ex-principal who did in his school exactly what the title says."—Larry Cuban, professor emeritus of education, Stanford University "Kim Marshall is among the wisest, most insightful educators of our time—and one of the best writers in the business. I highly recommend Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation to anyone seeking clear, practical advice on effective leadership practices, based on Marshall's hard-won and successful experiences as a school leader."—Mike Schmoker, speaker and author of Results Now
Acknowledgments xiIntroduction xiii1 The Challenge: Closing the Achievement Gap 12 Supervision and Evaluation: Why We Need a New Approach 193 Mini-Observations 1: A System Is Born 414 Mini-Observations 2: Suggested Best Practices 655 Curriculum Design: The Foundation of Good Teaching 896 Interim Assessments: Using Results to Continuously Improve Instruction 1137 Rubrics: Potent, Time-Efficient Evaluation Tools 1398 Time Management: Doing First Things First 1779 Putting It All Together 199Appendix A A Slim Curriculum Expectations Booklet 209Appendix B Principal Evaluation Rubrics 223Bibliography 239The Author 247Index 249
