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A linking the teacher appraisal process to the school improvement plan (2007).
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| Abstract | lthough the main purpose of a school improve-ment plan is to drive a school’s annual goals for student achievement, because of time con-straints, principals sometimes find that their plan is sitting on a shelf or has been submit-ted to supervisors to meet a requirement but never implemented. If the school improvement plan includes input from all stakeholders and focuses on data-driven processes that are linked to teacher appraisal, however, it can be powerful in leading the school toward the common mission of achieving student success. Writing an excellent school improvement plan does not guarantee that all staff members will buy into its goals or set individual goals that support it. By using the teacher appraisal process, however, the principal can facilitate the link between the goals of the school improvement plan and each teacher’s individual goals. Linking the school improvement plan to the teacher appraisal process creates a system whereby all individuals are fo-cused on the school’s goals and each individual un-derstands his or her part in achieving those goals. Moreover, if the teacher appraisal process replaces traditional teacher evaluations, it will foster trust and professional collaboration. Northgate High School in Newnan, GA, began linking its school improvement plan to the teacher appraisal process on a voluntary basis approxi-mately three years ago. Currently, all teachers par-ticipate in teacher appraisal, and teachers who are new to the school system have one school year to observe this process. Northgate uses the following general guidelines to implement the link between writing, implementing, and carrying out its school improvement plan and ultimately linking it to teacher appraisal. Formulating the Improvement Plan Each summer, Northgate’s leadership team builds its school improvement plan by looking at quanti-tative and qualitative data that the school gathered throughout the year. Although the overall focus of the school improvement plan can be stated in three words—students, achievement, and tech-nology—the individual goals under each of these categories are adjusted on the basis of the data. |
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| Publisher Date | 2007-01-01 |
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| Subject Keyword | School Improvement Plan Teacher Appraisal Process Individual Goal Main Purpose Improvement Plan Leadership Team Staff Member Following General Guideline Excellent School Improvement Plan Qualitative Data Time Con-straints Teacher Appraisal Common Mission Northgate High School Student Success School Year Word Student Professional Collaboration Voluntary Basis School Improve-ment Plan Student Achievement Overall Focus School Annual Goal School System Data-driven Process School Goal |
| Content Type | Text |
