Division H Fireside Chat: What Teacher Evaluation System Best Serves the Public Good?

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

What teacher evaluation system best serves the public good? What constitutes effective teaching? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various measures commonly used to evaluate teachers? What are the roles should researchers and organizational stakeholders play in the process of improving the existing teacher evaluation systems? In this session, these questions will be answered through a candid conversation among our panelists who represent perspectives from PK-12 teachers and administrators, teacher educators, and researchers. Questions will be taken from the audience to help foster an interactive and dynamic session that will benefit all participants.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools

Chairs

• Xiaobin Dai, Bowling Green State University

• Vinisha Rana, Palo Alto University

Panelists

• Matthew Ryan Lavery, South Carolina Education Oversight Committee

• Xiaoxia A. Newton, University of North Carolina Charlotte

• Vickie L. Cartwright, Broward County Public Schools

• Bradley J. McMillen, Wake County Public School System

• Yanira Oliveras-Ortiz, The University of Texas - Tyler