Writing Year-End Teacher Improvement Plans-Right Now!!

The Principal's Time-Saving Reference Guide

By: Cornelius L. Barker, Claudette J. Searchwell

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"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 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

A time-saving, easy-to-use tool for developing year-end teacher improvement plans!

To ensure that stated goals and objectives are fulfilled, administrators must effectively assess teachers and recognize their strengths while identifying areas for improvement.

In this second edition, the authors provide resources to clearly and comprehensively address every aspect of a teacher improvement plan, from a list of proficiency categories to vocabulary aids and a sample improvement plan. Offering principals a flexible, time-saving tool for measuring teacher effectiveness, this valuable guide covers the essential elements of the improvement plan and provides easy-to-use reproducibles. A CD-ROM with an interactive database of proficiency statements allows administrators to cut, paste, and edit passages that appropriately reflect individual teachers' present performance and future goals. The updated edition features:

New case studies
65 revised and updated proficiency categories
An all-new comprehensive annual performance form package with diagnosis, report of progress, and summative assessment sections
Guides for analyzing, drafting, and completing teacher improvement plans
Added emphasis on teachers and administrators evaluating and planning as a team

The revised edition of Writing Year-End Teacher Improvement Plans-Right Now!! is the ideal aid for chronicling present achievements and future goals to promote professional development and instructional excellence.

Industry Reviews

"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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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

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