Improving Teacher Development and Evaluation : A Guide for Leaders, Coaches, and Teachers (a Marzano Resources Guide to Increased Professional Growth Through Observation and Reflection)

Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The authors share research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for successful observation, and offer extensive protocols designed to help readers fully implement the book's recommendations. Use this resource to support teacher growth and reliably evaluate educator performance Recognize the failure of past teacher evaluation efforts and its relationship with stagnant teacher development. Understand why the professional growth of teachers is vital to the well-being of the educational system. Discover the beneficial influence of teacher self-reflection and self-rating on elements of effective instruction. Restructure systems of classroom observation and evaluation to improve their effectiveness and encourage teacher development. Contents: Introduction Part I: Improving Teacher Development Chapter 1: Understanding Expertise Chapter 2: Reflecting on Teaching Chapter 3: Coaching Teaching Part II: Improving Teacher Evaluation Chapter 4: The Perils of Observing Teaching Chapter 5: Principles for Successful Classroom Observations Chapter 6: The New Paradigm for Teacher Evaluation Appendix A: Teacher Self-Rating Scales for the Forty-Three Elements of the NASOT Model Appendix B: Design Area Observational Scales Appendix C: Tracking Form for Teacher Reflection Appendix D: Tracking Form for Design Areas, Observational Categories, and Elements Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The authors share research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for successful observation, and offer extensive protocols designed to help readers fully implement the book's recommendations. This book provides the tools to: (1) Recognize the failure of past teacher evaluation efforts and its relationship with stagnant teacher development; (2) Understand why the professional growth of teachers is vital to the well-being of the educational system; (3) Discover the beneficial influence of teacher self-reflection and self-rating on elements of effective instruction; (4) Restructure systems of classroom observation and evaluation to improve their effectiveness and encourage teacher development; and (5) Learn new, more reliable methods of scoring teachers' classroom practices and students' academic growth "Throughout history education systems have strived to help teachers be as effective as possible in order to help students learn as much as possible. However, these teacher evaluation efforts have long been unhelpful in the pursuit of teacher development. Reflecting on, Observing, and Coaching Teaching presents a case for the necessity of effective teacher evaluation in the name of strong teacher development. Authors Robert J. Marzano, Cameron L. Rains, and Philip B. Warrick provide in-depth background research on the history of teacher evaluation, strong cases for the necessity of an intertwined evaluation and development system, as well as specific suggestions for improvement in both fields. Teachers should not be interchangeable parts. They should be vital cogs in an educational machine who each fill their niche as effectively as possible, and this book serves that end"-- Provided by publisher