Writing Year-End Teacher Improvement Plans-Right Now!!
The Principal's Time-Saving Reference Guide

Second Edition

Other Titles in:
Continuing Professional Development | School Management | Staff Supervision/Evaluation/Retention

November 2008 | 120 pages | Corwin

This step-by-step guidebook and interactive CD-ROM is the perfect companion to Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations - Right Now!! The guidebook addresses every part of the improvement plan clearly and comprehensively, including a list of proficiency categories, vocabulary aids, and sample improvement plans. Now all the forms, formats, and reports are available in an interactive database on the companion CD-ROM. You will be able to select and plug in proficiency statements ùstatements you can edit, alter, or cut and paste 'on the fly.' It is a flexible, intelligent, and time-saving tool for all evaluators! The CD-ROM is PC and MAC compatible and is not sold separately.

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Part I. The Essential Elements of the Improvement Plan

1. 65 Proficiency Categories

2. Glossary of Category Terms

3. 650 Proficiency Assessment Statements With Vocabulary Aids

Part II. The Improvement Plan Packet With Reproducible Forms

Part III. The Performance Progress and Improvement Plan

4. Completing the Analysis of Teacher Performance

5. Completing the Teacher Self-Assessment Form

6. Completing the Recommendations for Improvement/Action Plan

7. Completing the Summative Report

8. Completing the Professional Development Report

Part IV. The Document in Action

9. Writing Suggestions for Improvement and Action Plans

10. Sample Performance Progress and Improvement Plan

“This book gives me a time-saving method for keeping an ongoing record of my dialogue with my staff about our vision for the school and our individual professional goals. It sets a standard for a practical approach that enables me to help my staff in their instructional performance. The authors are to be commended!”

James Burke, Assistant to the Superintendent

Jersey City Board of Education, NJ

“The second edition has definitely outdone the first! This book is an essential tool. It helps me keep current and gives my teachers a road map for how they can improve.”

Donald Howard, Director, GED-Education Department

Hudson County Correction Center, NJ

"This book allows me to be a part of the improvement process with my teachers. It is a compendium of ideas, concepts, and theory, and the user-friendly CD-ROM has saved me time in the preparation of my reports.”

Larry Odom, Principal

Snyder High School, Jersey City, NJ

"I have been teaching for over 30 years, and I finally have material in one book that gives me an opportunity to know the expectations of my overall instructional progress."

Christine Polychronis, English Teacher

Snyder High School, Jersey City, NJ

“I am a beginning teacher, and by using this book, my principal and I have an opportunity to meet and discuss what is needed in my growth as an educator."

Luz Aurora Streater, Teacher

PS #11 Martin Luther King Jr., Jersey City, NJ

"This book gives me confidence knowing that I have a ready-reference to help my staff when they need it. My staff feels that they can approach me for tangible advice that will contribute to their success."

James J. Jacobson, Associate Professor of Education

St. Peter's College

"This book is a must for the busy administrator who wants to create well-written teacher improvement plans that will shape authentic and individualized professional development in their staff, ultimately affecting achievement in their students as well."

Michael Fisher, Critical Thinking Specialist

Starpoint Middle School, Lockport, NY