How to Make Evaluations Worthwhile with Eric Makelky Transformative Principal 514

In this episode, we are continuing our coaching conversations with Eric. Please check in our previous episodes 510, 506, and 501

• trying to make it a focus to be aware of people
• What’s on your mind? What’s the challenge you’re facing today.

Today we focus on teacher evaluations.

For New Teachers

• 5 informal observations
• 2 formal observations
• 2 formal observation post-conferences
• 2 summative conferences
• start, mid, and end of year with goals
• 14 touchpoints per teacher.

For Experienced Teachers:

• 3 informal
• 1 formal
• start, mid, and end of year with goals
• 8 total touch points.

Evaluation system is homemade. Current concerns: - Hard to make them meaningful - Less confident writing up evaluations because it’s my first year seeing everyone. - Feedback: is it accurate and in alignment with what is really happening? - What value does Eric see? - Good to give teachers feedback on a regular basis. - Good to give formal feedback - Post observation conferences are good to go over feedback. - From a teacher’s perspective - Some staff aren’t used to having observations and evaluations. - Picked one area on the rubric and only scored and gave feedback on that one thing. - Try chunking it, and then get some feedback.

Suggestions for effective evaluations

• Johari Window
• The only feedback that matters is what people can’t see
• Purpose is to make them meaningful - finding blind spots.
• 1. Jump through the hoops.
• 1. Is the vision for the school actually happening.
• Self-evaluations at the beginning of the year.

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