4th Week- Human Resource Management

This week's assignment only had four parts:  human resource organization leadership reflection, article critique, summary of interview with Debra Cannon, and teacher evaluations.

The most interesting part of the assignment were the six steps for teacher evaluations:

1.) Begin the evaluation process early in the school year.

     

2.) Utilize classroom walk-throughs often enough to ensure validity to what you see in

      the designated observation and evaluation visit. 

    

3.) If there are any problem areas, schedule a conference with the teacher to discuss the

     issues and put a synopsis of the conference in writing.

    

4.) Ask the teacher what he/she needs in terms of support in order to meet performance

     expectations.

  

5.) If problems continue, establish a reasonable timeline for the teacher to demonstrate

     improvement and conduct a follow-up evaluation.

     

6.) Complete a third and final evaluation visit prior to making a contract status

      recommendation to the superintendent.

     

I like using guidelines (or steps) to accomplish tasks.  I'm definitely not looking forward to step 6 (as an administrator).