The need for increased teacher accountability raises many issues within districts and schools, including new evaluation methods, observation tools, and job embedded professional learning approaches. Use the questions below to stimulate new thoughts about the need to adopt more effective approaches to teacher development.
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- Think about the difficulties you encounter as a member of a school community. How can you relate to the administrators in the scenario?
- What are your thoughts and feelings about how to address the need for increased accountability?
- What are your thoughts about how to support teachers as a requirement of the new teacher evaluation system? Why do we continue to carry out professional development approaches that do not work? How much more money and time have to be wasted before we adopt more effective methods?
- How would you use the rationale and key points offered in this module to convince your personnel to "try another way"?