OM 502 - Professional Development in Training Processes: Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

Principals are expected to be instructional leaders and bring all students to high levels of achievement. They have formal power to supervise and evaluate teachers, and provide ongoing support to develop the capacity of teachers. This course aims to give new and aspiring principals the appraisal and supervision tools they need to get results by understanding supervision and evaluation of highly effective, effective, mediocre, and ineffective staff, including observing, giving formative feedback, and doing summative evaluations; exploring new approaches to supervision and evaluation that address some of the challenges of standard practice; putting together a personal action plan for supervising and evaluating teachers; developing effective strategies for recruiting, hiring, inducting, and supporting new teachers; building a repertoire of tools for appraising and improving other aspects of schools, including mission/vision, professional development, staff morale and parent involvement; and exploring the ethical and equity dimensions of supervision, evaluation and hiring.

(Cr: 3