While I agree with CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman that "looking more closely than ever at employee performance" is "a good thing," I highly doubt that he “absolutely understand the concerns of (the teaching) staff” like he says he does. Evaluating employee performance is important, but let's look at terminology here: "employee performance" is used regularly in the business world. Should we evaluate teachers, who are influencing the children of the United States, like we do businesspeople?
I think what we need to look at is changing the semantics of such processes. I know this will go against our current grammar of schooling, but by taking out words such as "employee performance," the education system will be perceived as more autonomous. Right now, a good number of people see education do merely what the business world does. Education should be more than just reflecting the business world and training individuals to be a part of the business world, but that's just my opinion.
CMS teachers are judged on the following criteria, and are given marks of either "above standard," "at standard," or "below standard." The CMS school system is actually bypassing the last two criteria, to "reduce subjectivity," says Operating Officer Hugh Hattabaugh.
1. Management of instructional time
2. Management of student behavior
3. Instructional presentation
4. Instructional monitoring of student performance
5. Instructional feedback
6. Facilitating instruction
7. Communicating within the educational environment
8. Performing noninstructional duties
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/education/story/678694.html
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