"Fake Teaching": The Impact of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation on Music Teachers' Feelings of Self-Efficacy

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 19
  In Roundtable Session: Music Teacher Evaluation: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?

Abstract

The recent wave of neo-liberal, corporate education reform policies has had a strong influence on the nature and extent of teacher evaluation systems. With tenure protections now absent in many states, these evaluation systems now represent a high-stakes procedure for determining who is allowed to remain in the profession, and who gets terminated. The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the impact of high-stakes teacher evaluation policies on music teachers’ feelings of self-efficacy, looking specifically at the ways in which these policies influence how these teachers feel about their jobs and their ability to function as music educators.

Author

• Mitchell Robinson, Michigan State University