Term
Summer 8-7-2015
Capstone
Thesis
Degree Name
MAT
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Jennifer Carlson
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Jamie Holtz
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Colleen Holtz
Abstract
Evaluating the performance of teachers in American public schools has become an issue that is important to many stakeholders. Because of this, it is important to determine if there are effective ways to evaluate teachers and, additionally, if those methods are being used. Based upon the literature, this paper synthesized six research-based valued practices that are used in effective teacher performance evaluation systems (TPES). This paper then conducted a survey of teachers in a suburban area high school in the Twin Cities to determine if these practices were being used in their TPES. Analyses of the data show that these six practices are overall being used in the school. Additional areas of research include expanding the survey to more schools, comparing how teachers and administrators view their TPES, and looking into whether teachers feel differently about their TPES based upon their years of experience and/or the subject matter being taught.
Keywords
Staff Development, Teacher Evaluation
Recommended Citation
Holtz, Jeffrey Philip Escen, "Effective Teacher Performance Evaluation Systems and the Twin Cities Metro Area: Are local public schools using research-based valued practices?" (2015). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 185.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/185