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Threading the Evaluation Needle : The Documentation of Teacher Unprofessional Conduct - Todd A. DeMitchell

Threading the Evaluation Needle

The Documentation of Teacher Unprofessional Conduct

By: Todd A. DeMitchell, Mark A. Paige

eText | 10 December 2019 | Edition Number 1

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Teachers stand at the intersection of educational goals, directing students down the road to success or to the byways of diminished opportunities. They are the most important school variable effecting student achievement. Consequently, placing and retaining only qualified and effective teachers in our nation’s classrooms is a critical responsibility of school leaders.



Effective supervision and evaluation requires that the school leader possess the knowledge of effective instruction, exhibit skills in documentation of professional conduct, and embrace a professional approach with the will to place and keep students at the center of school policy and practice decisions. Supervising and evaluating teachers is a difficult, but essential work. Research shows that time and expertise are necessary to effectively supervise and to build a case for adverse employment decisions, when necessary.



Threading the Evaluation Needle: The Documentation of Teacher Unprofessional Conduct addresses the legal and professional knowledge that structures discipline and dismissal in the public schools. The authors, based on their educational, legal, and research experience, provide templates for various types of documentation necessary to effectively build a case for discipline. This book seeks to give principals the tools and knowledge to institute in good faith a fair and accurate documentation system.
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Tenants of this book serve as an earnest reminder of the ethical responsibility, we as school leaders bear, to nurture our relationships with the educators with whom we supervise and evaluate. We must enter into our dialogues with both kindness and diligence, seeking to understand the ways in which we can provide clear and explicit feedback with our main intention being helping to hone and improve their craft for the betterment of students.



DeMitchell and Paige send a clear message to all school leaders that it is imperative we be fair and ethical in how we provide feedback to educators and that these processes not be leveraged for the sole purpose of termination. The Tool Box and cases provided offer model products and guidance for school leaders helping them refine practices to include ongoing and effective documentation of concerns and/or praise through the evaluation process.



A most noteworthy message, embedded throughout, is the fact that the expectations school leaders establish though the evaluation process sets the standard for how the school community may interpret that leader’s level of integrity, as well as establish the overall tone of the school culture.



A great reminder, for new and seasoned leaders alike, that the evaluation process is about two parties willingness to enter into a relationship, grounded in mutual respect, where they feel safe, and perhaps a bit vulnerable, to discuss what’s working and what isn’t and how to close that gap for the betterment of students.
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Published: 13th December 2019

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