Using Video to Improve Special Education Teacher Evaluation and Classroom Practices

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 38
  In Roundtable Session: Exceptional Need: Special Education Teachers and Contextual Challenges

Abstract

This paper focused on how the new teacher evaluation system in the New York City Department of Education influenced teachers’ professional learning within a special education school. Video was used as a professional learning tool to gather specific evidence in conjunction with the Danielson Framework for Teaching to support a teacher of students with disabilities. A major finding in the study points to knowledge gaps amongst school leaders who work with teachers of students with disabilities and who apply the framework. A recommendation as s result is a need for identifying possible examples specific to special education classrooms to guide teacher evaluations and support effective feedback.

Author

• Belinda-Kisiwaa Amoako, The New York City Department of Education