Threading the Evaluation Needle - The Documentation of Teacher Unprofessional Conduct

The scope of this book is limited to the critical aspects of an effective documentation system.

List of contents

Preface: Who Shall Teach Our Children?
Chapter 1: Evaluation and the Documentation Challenge
Chapter 2: The Evaluation of Teachers
Chapter 3: The Principal as Evaluator
Chapter 4: Legal Frameworks: Infusing the Evaluation with Fairness
Chapter 5: The Five Fatal "Eyes" of Unprofessional Conduct
Chapter 6: Files, Memos, and Documentation
Chapter 7: Conclusion and the Ten Commandments of Documentation
Appendix A - InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards and Learning
Progressions for Teachers
Appendix B - Personnel Evaluation Standards
Appendix C - Examples of Causes and Evidence for Dismissal/Discipline
Appendix D - The Bologna Sandwich Technique
Appendix E - Negligent Hiring: Did We Hire the Wrong Person?
Appendix F: Table of Cases
About the Authors

About the author

Todd A. DeMitchell, John & H. Irene Peters Professor of Education, served as a teacher and administrator in the public schools for 18 years. During his 30 years at the University of New Hampshire he has studied, taught, and consulted on school law and labor relations including the implementation of documentation systems.

Mark A Paige, Associate Professor of Public Policy, has numerous positions in education, ranging from the classroom to the courtroom. He began his career in education as an elementary school teacher. He later served as an education law attorney, representing school districts in New England on labor relations, employment law, special education, and other matters. He now teaches school law, school finance, and education policy at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Summary

The scope of this book is limited to the critical aspects of an effective documentation system.

Product details

• Authors: Todd A. DeMitchell, Todd A. Paige Demitchell, Todd A./ Paige Demitchell, DeMitchell Todd A., Mark A. Paige, Paige Mark A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781475854046
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5404-6
• No. of pages: 100
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, evaluate, Incompetent teachers, Principal supervision, school, teacher, Tenure, Organization & management of education, Educational strategies & policy, Education: examinations & assessment, Educational administration & organization, Decision theory: general, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Teaching / General