Successful+Remediation+of+the+Unsatisfactory+Teacher

=Successful Remediation of the Unsatisfactory Teacher=
 * AAC #1011

Learn the prescription for success to evaluate, remediate, and dismiss both non-tenured and tenured teachers. This academy will offer a review of sound instructional theory that evaluators need to know in this age of Education Reform. This will include measures and indicators for sound teacher pedagogy and student performance-based teacher evaluation systems. Various evaluation systems will be presented such as the Danielson Framework. Learn how to evaluate and make critical decisions on non-tenured teachers and, more importantly, how to evaluate tenured teachers and hold them accountable for both teaching and non-teaching functions. Too often school administrators ignore poor employee performance that is not instruction related. Learn how work rules and a structured discipline process solve these problems. Learn how to follow school law and develop teacher remediation plans. As an added bonus, learn how school administrators are using technology devices for walkthroughs, observations, and completing teacher evaluation processes.

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== Stand for Children Co-founder describes Illinois take down of teachers and their unions ==

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 **Books Cited in Dr. Voltz’s Presentation**  **Remediation & Evaluation of Tenured & Non-Tenured Teachers**      Danielson, Charlotte. __Enhancing Professional Practice, A Framework for Teaching__. Virgina, ASCD, 2007.

Elder, Chet. __Dismissal Doesn’t Have To Be Difficult__. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004.

Esquith, Rafe. __Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire__. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.

Lemov, Doug. __Teach Like A Champion__. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010

Marzano, Robert, Pickering, Debra, and Pollock, Jane. __Classroom Instruction that Works, Research-Based Strategies For Increasing Student Achievement__. ASCD. 2001.

Marzano, Robert J., Frontier, Tony, and Livingston, David. __Effective Supervision, Supporting The Art And Science of Teaching__. Virginia: ASCD. 2011.

Schmoker, Mike. __Focus, Evaluating the Essentials To Radically Improve Student Learning__. Virginia: ASCD. 2011.

Wise, Joseph, and David Sundstrom. __Power of Teaching – The Science of the Art__. Florida: Atlantic Research Partners, 2010.

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Dr. Voltz's Podcasts Related to Topics for This Academy:

 * Learn how to use Google Documents/Forms to Make Classroom Walkthrough Apps
 * Learn how to use Google Documents/Forms to Evaluate Teachers
 * Listen to this Podcast on Principals of Teacher Evaluation Design
 * Listen to this Podcast on Employee Work Rules
 * Podcast by attorney on Teacher Dismissal
 * Podcast by Dr. Schmoker on Effective Teaching Traits
 * Podcast on The Hidden Cost of Tenure
 * Podcast on Employee Handbooks
 * Video from IASA Conference about TRS System
 * Dr. Voltz Prezi on "Teacher-Principal Evaluation Model"
 * Podcast on Classroom Walkthroughs with Dr. Don Kachur
 * Podcast on Data Walks with Joe Crawford
 * Podcast on Instructional Practices Inventory
 * Podcast on The Hidden Costs of Tenure

**Sample Google Form Classroom Walkthrough Examples**
KHS Walkthroughs Observation Form Teacher Observation Form Classroom Visitation Protocol Principal 5 Minute Observation Form Three Minute Walkthrough Drop In Slips Classroom Instruction That Works ==**Sample Google Form Teacher Evaluation Examples** == ==<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Voltz T Square Teacher Evaluation Sterling School District Danielson T Square Teacher Evaluation Scripting Form ==

Web links related to teacher evaluation in Illinois
Advance Illinois Danielson Frameworks Presentation to PEAC (video) Education Reform in Illinois Senate Bill 7 Kahn Academy Family Taxpayers Foundation of Illinois Illinois School District Using Student Academic Performance for Teacher Evaluation; Evanston/Skokie Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) PEAC Videos If Teachers are so important, why do we treat them like widgets? Value Added Growth Model by ECRA Group Wallace Foundation: Educational Leadership Research Dr. Doug Reeves on Formative Assessment <span style="color: #000066; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.3em; text-decoration: none;">[|Principal & Teacher Evaluation in Illinois: Past, Present & Future] =<span style="color: #0a3e80; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">Walk-throughs give school administrators firsthand view of staff in action = <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal normal 1em/normal normal,'Lucida Grande',arial,tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Focused Feedback and Practice: Teacher Self-Ratin g <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal normal 1em/normal normal,'Lucida Grande',arial,tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A Knowledge Base for Teaching: Communicat ing High Expectatio ns for Students The Promise and Perils of Changing Teacher Evaluations @http://bit.ly/jBCl7O

Another state taking aim at teacher tenure; Michigan lawmakers seek tenure reforms, say firing bad teachers too costly @http://bit.ly/mIZLv6

Articles related to National Education Reform

 * ====== School districts and states have compiled datasets that make it possible to track the achievement of individual students from one year to the next, and to compare the progress made by similar students assigned to different teachers. Careful statistical analysis of these new datasets confirms the long-held intuition of most teachers, students, and parents: teachers vary substantially in their ability to promote student achievement growth. ======


 * ===<span style="color: #b51020; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 25px;">**360 Degrees of Reflection** ===

<span style="color: #5b6366; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">//Some cutting-edge technologies are trying to take teacher evaluation to the next level. But their real power may be as self-evaluation tools.//
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">A leading mathematician debunks popular value-added teacher assessment models. @http://wapo.st/ji4tmQ ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">How can effective teaching be identified and developed? Measures of Effective Teaching project aims to find out. @http://www.metproject.org/ ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">360 of Reflection Cutting-edge technologies take teacher evaluation to the next level. Real power is self-evaluation. @http://bit.ly/kfH45X ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Teacher merit pay system in Ohio's new collective bargaining law could be first of its kind in the country @http://bit.ly/gstOp4 ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Indiana makes wide spread education reforms including new teacher evaluation, limits on collective bargaining and more @http://bit.ly/kKhOrT ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Alternatives to teacher tenure -- what will work? @http://bit.ly/mGXTiZ ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">llinois legislators are considering a plan to tweak teachers' collective bargaining rights @http://bit.ly/kQI9qI ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Teacher layoffs ahead: Should seniority prevail? Six considerations. @http://bit.ly/fALnP7 ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">study found that by spending 10% more class time on direct instruction, students could receive more learning each year. @http://bit.ly/fJyxiL ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Ohio's new collective-bargaining law effectively eliminates salary schedules and step increases @http://bit.ly/gstOp4 ======
 * ======<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,Palatino,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">Almost all the midwest states are engaging in some form of education reform. Education reforms move forward in Indiana @http://bit.ly/h3J47J ======
 * ==<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 30px;">NY state student achievement tests would account for either 20% or 40%, depending on the district.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #0084b4; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">@http://nyti.ms/k4Cpe1 ==
 * <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,'Helvetica Neue',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Teachers Group Mulls Suit Over State Evaluations requiring that 40% of teacher ratings based on students' test scores.<span style="color: #0084b4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">@http://bit.ly/kVlMJc
 * Why the value-added model is bad for education http://t.co/LO

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