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Teacher Evaluation Using ISSA Standards: A Tool for Professional Development and Quality Improvement

by Tatjana Vonta, EdD, Director, Developmental Research Center for Educational Initiatives, Slovenia

Published in Educating Children for Democracy, Issue Number 7, Summer/Fall 2004

Table 1: Activities in Evaluation Phase

What When Who
1. First observation with ECERS (37 items) and ISSA Standards Beginning of November 2 Master Teacher Trainers (MTT) receive training to become ISSA certifiers
2. Discussion with teachers after observation in the classroom Beginning of November 2 Master Teacher Trainers
3. Quality report Middle of November 2 Master Teacher Trainers create and write the report; 1 MTT communicates the findings in the report
4. Development of a Quality Improvement Plan (with teacher’s active involvement) Middle of November Teacher coaching by 1 Master Teacher Trainer (the same MTT who communicated the findings from the Quality report)
5. Implementation of the Quality Improvement Plan Middle of November through the end of March Teachers
6. Second observation with ECERS (37 items) and ISSA Standards End of March to beginning of April 2 Master Teacher Trainers
7. Discussion with teacher after the observation in the classroom End of March to beginning of April 2 Master Teacher Trainers
8. Quality Report End of March to beginning of April 2 Master Teacher Trainers writing the report; 1 MTT communicating the findings from the Quality Report
9. Quality Improvement Plan (with teacher’s active involvement) End of March to beginning of April Teacher coaching by 1 Master Teacher Trainer (same MTT as communicated the findings from the Quality Report)

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