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Teachers’ Perspectives Of The Observation Process Within The Evaluation, Christine E. Lenhart

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

One of the largest challenges for administrators is to create and implement teacher evaluation systems that help improve teaching and student learning. As policymakers and administrators have worked throughout the United States to develop and implement new teacher evaluation systems, teacher involvement in developing those teacher evaluation systems has been limited. Specifically, the evaluation process and the tools used in a state in the southwestern part of the United States to evaluate teachers do not incorporate teachers’ perspectives, yet they directly impact teacher standing, ability to receive tenure status, and, in some cases, their salary.

The purpose of this research …

Examining Teacher Perceptions Of The Stronge Teacher Effectiveness Performance Evaluation System, Tiffany A. Lynch

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this convergent, parallel mixed methods research study was to gather and analyze data from teachers who have been observed and evaluated using the Stronge Teacher Effectiveness Performance Evaluation System, with regards to it being able to create positive change in both instruction and student achievement, as well as the quality of feedback received on observations and summative evaluations. Data were collected using three instruments: a survey, interviews, and an analysis of summative evaluation scores, and the data led to six emerging themes. The participants did not perceive that the system had the potential to bring about change, …

Examining Information Considered In Texas School Board Superintendent Evaluations: A Modified Replication Study, Audrey Young

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the information, through a modified replicated study, that Texas public school board trustees utilize as part of their evaluation of the district superintendent. This modified replicated study used a survey with ranking and multiple choice. The survey in this study was developed by Dr. Phil Gore for Washington school board members and modified by the researcher for Texas. A convenience sample of 168 school board trustees across the state of Texas was invited to participate in the study

The findings in this study identified the various elements from which schoolboards derive information …

Toward A Holistic Approach Of Evaluating Higher Education Institutes, Yidan Chen

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

In this thesis, I argue that higher education institutes generate significant positive externalities and other virtual benefits to the society they embedded in, which often dwarf the direct economic returns created. It would be an unfortunate oversimplification to throw economic theories developed from the private sector directly to higher education institutes without acknowledging their unique social values. Following a long tradition of integrating social and economic perspectives, I proposed a conceptual paradigm for higher education system to cover its social as well as economic role. An institute sets strategic intents to live up to stakeholders’ expectations and then develops an …

La Calidad De La Educación En El Instituto Técnico Industrial Centro Don Bosco: Relaciones Entre Los Derechos Básicos De Aprendizaje (Dba), El Currículo Y Los Resultados De Las Pruebas Saber 11 En El Período 2015-2016, Fredy Alexander Beltrán Jiménez, Jair Hernando Rodríguez Varela, Joseph Miller Augusto Barbosa Díaz

Maestría en Docencia

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como propósito analizar la contribución de los Derechos Básicos de Aprendizaje (DBA), y su relación con los resultados de las pruebas SABER 11 enfocados en la calidad educativa del Instituto Técnico Industrial Centro Don Bosco ubicado en la localidad de Engativá, Bogotá. Esta investigación es de tipo cualitativo; como técnicas de recolección de la información se utilizó la entrevista semiestructurada y la organización de la información. En lo que respecta a las técnicas de análisis de datos se desarrollaron dos: la primera, destilar información (Vásquez, 2013) y la segunda, el análisis de contenido (Bardin, …

Factores Académicos De Incidencia En La Generación De Desigualdades Educativas En El Colegio Seminario San Juan Apóstol Y El Liceo Hermano Miguel La Salle Desde Los Resultados De Las Pruebas Saber 11 2015-2017, Sergio Alfonso Pineda, Johanna Andrea Santa Bernal, Andrea Beltrán Páez

Maestría en Docencia

A través de esta investigación se realizó la identificación de los factores académicos que presentaron mayor incidencia en los resultados de las PRUEBAS SABER 11 y que contribuyeron en la generación de desigualdades educativas que afectan la calidad de la educación en los contextos rural y urbano, se aplicó como metodología la teoría fundamentada, la cual permitió la indagación y comparación constante de los fenómenos observados en dos instituciones, una rural y la otra urbana, de tal manera, que se logró identificar los factores más influyentes en la generación de desigualdades y llegar a proponer una hipótesis que describe los …

Teachers' Perceptions Of School District Professional Development Alignment With National Standards, Arlene Jean Wacha

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite ongoing delivery of teacher professional development (PD), educational leaders in the local district did not have an objective evaluation whether their implementation of the Marzano causal teacher evaluation model and the iObservation tool training were aligned with accepted national standards for PD effectiveness. Using Vygotsky's constructivist theory as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this quantitative descriptive, correlational study was to describe teachers' perceptions of the alignment of the district's PD with national standards and the relationship between teachers' reported self-efficacy and attitudes toward the PD program. A purposive sample of 80 middle school teachers completed the Learning Forward's …