Assignment task: Organizational Dimensions and Effective HR Planning
Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).
Read:
- Rebore, R. W. (2015). Human resources administration in education (10th ed.). Pearson.
o Chapters 1 and 2
- Evaluating teacher evaluation
Darling-Hammond, L., Amrein-Beardsley, A., Haertel, E., & Rothstein, J. (2012). Evaluating teacher evaluation. Phi Delta Kappan, 93(6), 8-15.
- A smart ALEC threatens public educationDownload A smart ALEC threatens public education Underwood, J., & Mead, J. F. (2012). A smart ALEC threatens public education. Phi Delta Kappan, 93(6), 51-55.
Module Discussion: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation
After studying the article Evaluating Teacher Evaluation located on Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources page, consider the following and answer the questions.
According to these authors, value-added measures of student achievement are inadequate for evaluating teacher and school effectiveness, but systems of evaluation work well when they're based on professional teaching standards, observations, and artifacts of practice and involve mentor teachers, teacher collaboration, and professional learning opportunities.
Answer the following questions:
Q1. Describe value-added models (VAMs) and discuss the costs and benefits of using them to measure teacher impact on student performance?
Q2. What are some alternative approaches to using VAMs and how can they be effectively employed?
Q3. How are teachers evaluated in your district (or a district you know well)? To what extent does the evaluation system in this district seem effective to you?
Q4. What are the best indicators of teacher effectiveness in your experience? How can these indicators be measured?
Q5. Other than teacher effectiveness, what influences student achievement? To what extent can these influences be accounted for so that teacher effectiveness is measurable?
Q6. Why might teacher effectiveness differ from class to class as well as from year to year or from test to test?
Q7. What kind of performance assessments could teachers use to document their effectiveness? How would these be "scored"?
Q8. What might be the role of a coach or mentor in terms of a teacher evaluation system? What might be the role of professional development?
Submission Instructions:
- Your initial post should be at least 200 words, formatted and cited in current APA style, with support from at least 2 academic sources.
- You should respond to at least two peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts.