Overview
"Enrich the quality of teaching and learning in your school with meaningful teacher evaluations! Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In their easy-to-use handbook, evaluation experts Kenneth D. Peterson and Catherine A. Peterson offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher evaluation methods, focusing on three central areas: 1) increasing the amount of objective data, 2) increasing teacher involvement, and 3) increasing the technical and sociological quality of the evaluation process. This excellent resource provides specific ""how-to"" methods to help principals: Use the best objective evidence available Put the teacher at the center of the process Use multiple data sources Use data sources which vary by individual teacher Incorporate student achievement data Inspire ongoing teacher reflection and analysis Use the specific strategies and best practices in this practical guide to help inspire quality teaching and high academic achievement!"
Full Product Details
Author: Kenneth D. Peterson ,
Catherine A. Peterson
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint: Corwin Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781412914826
ISBN 10: 1412914825
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 February 2006
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Presents assessment strategies that have been significantly refined and expanded during the past 25 years. Provides several thoughtful and immediately useful tools for principals to apply in realizing the suggested strategies. -- Olaf Jorgenson, Headmaster 20060816
"""Presents assessment strategies that have been significantly refined and expanded during the past 25 years. Provides several thoughtful and immediately useful tools for principals to apply in realizing the suggested strategies."" -- Olaf Jorgenson, Headmaster"
Author Information
The focus of Dr. Peterson's lab has been on the nutritional approaches to bone health, and, recently the lab has become interested in vitamin D and its implications for human health including and beyond bone. Dr. Peterson currently has three on-going projects including: 1. Vitamin D status and inflammation. Dr. Peterson's lab recently completed a cross-sectional, observational study of pre- and postmenopausal tanning bed users to explore the relationship between vitamin D status and inflammatory marker status with a focus on 25(OH)D levels; 2. Efficacy of ultraviolet B radiation in the treatment of vitamin D insufficiency in children with cystic fibrosis; 3. Vitamin D status and pain perception/muscle strength.
