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With federal help, charter schools evaluate principal effectiveness
- 10-19-2011
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By Sue Frey/EdSource Extra
As part of a national drive to improve school leadership, four California charter schools are instituting rigorous evaluations of their principals, in contrast to the pro forma review that principals often receive. Among its most distinctive features is that the principals will be evaluated by an educator from outside the school. A major part of the evaluation is based on how successfully principals help teachers become more effective instructors. The five-year program is being developed in partnership with the Reach Institute for School Leadership in Oakland, with the help of a $7 million federal grant from the Teacher Incentive Fund to develop teacher and principal evaluation systems. (more...)
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