{"id":6150,"date":"2017-05-13T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T09:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2017-05-13T09:27:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T09:27:54","slug":"international-school-appraised-teachers-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/international-school-appraised-teachers-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Your International School Appraised Their Teachers This School Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Schools say they are going to do them, but for some reason they just don’t get done for one reason or another. It maybe that it is truly an impossible task to complete in one school year, to appraise all staff members.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Even when the administrators divide and conquer (to appraise all the many staff members), it still often\u00a0times doesn’t get done. Sometimes they start off in August-October with a few goal making meetings, but often that is as far as it goes for that school year.<\/p>\n

This begs the question, are appraisals really necessary? I guess there are pros and cons to doing appraisals, maybe all pros. But if the appraisal is not done so in an effective manner or is perceived as an unauthentic experience, it seems like it will not be so meaningful for both parties.<\/p>\n

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It is possible to just go on with your jobs and through casual drop-ins make informal appraisals. It’s possible that if you are not really doing your job very well, most staff members know…including the administration.<\/p>\n

It is also nice when staff members just organically make their own professional goals though and work towards achieving them for that school year; inviting their administration and other staff to observe certain lessons or to even get involved.<\/p>\n

It’s certain that some international schools have indeed figured it out, doing appraisals from start to completion every year. But for many, maybe those with a high administration turn over, it is still a long-term goal to get a formal appraisal system underway and working effectively for everyone involved.<\/p>\n

This article was submitted by guest author and International School Community member.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Luckily, International School Community has a comment topic on our school profile pages related to this topic of appraisals, so you can stay the most informed as possible. “There are 51 comments<\/a><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0(premium access only)<\/u> that have the word appraisal <\/strong><\/em>in them, and a total of 144 comments in our comment topic called – “Details about the current teacher appraisal process.” \u00a0Here are a few of those 144 comments related to appraisals about various schools from around the world:”<\/p>\n

Our veteran international school teachers have submitted a total of\u00a0144 comments<\/strong> in this comment topic (May 2017). \u00a0Here are a few that have been submitted:<\/p>\n

“Primary teachers are observed by newly-appointed Heads of Department that have little to no experience” – Wycombe Abbey International School<\/a>\u00a0(Changzhou, China)<\/span> – 78 Total Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The school has worked with Pam Harper over the last year to define student learning and align teaching to it. The model that has been adopted, the Teaching for Learning Index, serves as the framework for professional learning and appraisal.” – NIST International School<\/a>\u00a0(Bangkok, Thailand)<\/span> – 176\u00a0Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Teachers are observed, given a print of the evaluation and a brief feedback meeting. No data is formally collected\/recorded.” –\u00a0Canadian International School (Tokyo)<\/a>\u00a0(Tokyo, Japan)<\/span> – 93 Total\u00a0Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In a year and a half of teaching here, I have only had one formal classroom observation. The principal gave me an excellent evaluation and apparently hasn’t felt the need to return!” –\u00a0Misr American College<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Cairo, Egypt)<\/span> – 53 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They have a system called Responsibility for Learning which is tailored to the situation. New teachers go through a pre-determined portfolio process supporting professional standards. Returning teachers are given options as to how to best support their own growth. Administrative visitations are ongoing and both formal and informal.” –\u00a0American School of Dubai<\/a>\u00a0(Dubai, United Arab Emirates)<\/span> – 84 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Teachers are observed twice in an academic year. At the end of the year, the results of these observations are then combined with evaluations from the senior Thai admin (who never see you teach). The score is then tabulated and you are given a bonus based on this score. Teachers can see the results of the observations but are not allowed to see the evaluations from the Thai admin.” – Assumption College<\/a>\u00a0(Bangkok, Thailand)<\/span> – 21 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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