Teachers Should Do Self-Evaluations

From Bottle Surf

There are a couple of types of teacher evaluations. I think it's very important to do all four of these when a teacher is being evaluated for renewal. It helps keep a balanced view.

• those done by admin
• self-evaluations
• peer evaluations
• those done by students

Self-evaluations are necessary because they allow a teacher to set and met goals. They also allow teachers to see what they need to work on. Admin should sit down together and decide what should go on a self-eval. Here are some ideas.

• Publishing
• Presenting
• Doing research
• Attending national conferences
• Attending international conferences
• Attending workshops
• Being observed by another teacher
• Observing another teacher
• Taking a short course
• Studying towards a masters or PhD