The Marginal Teacher

Updated Edition of Bestseller! Simplify complicated teacher dismissals by doing your homework! Are you faced with the difficult task of teacher evaluations? Does the burden of proof fall to you in cases of teacher dismissals? For over a decade, principals have turned to The Marginal Teacher as a resource for ensuring instructional competency in their schools. This third edition of The Marginal Teacher offers timely solutions for successfully dealing with marginal teachers. Lawrence illustrates the proper actions that principals should integrate into the evaluation processes to successfully gather documentation to help improve or terminate an ineffective teacher. Complete with tools and resources to streamline the evaluation process, you'll find: An updated PC or Mac CD-ROM with customizable forms, checklists, calendars, and teacher dismissal documentation Understanding the evaluation process, procedures, policies, and new legislation Handling nontenured teacher,dismissal Integrating classroom observation techniques Dealing with teacher misconduct Incorporating action steps for conducting the school level dismissal meeting Let this time-tested guide ease the difficult task of teacher dismissal.

This book provides the school administrator with a comprehensive, practical approach to the teacher-dismissal process. The procedures are organized in a month-by-month and step-by-step format. The three-part process involves: (1) establishing and implementing a consistent, schoolwide teacher-evaluation process; (2) establishing consistent procedures to identify the marginal teacher and develop a specific assistance plan; and (3) collecting and preparing the documentation necessary for dismissal. Chapters offer suggestions for each of the following processes: defining the marginal and the self-assured teacher; establishing the teacher-evaluation process; beginning the evaluation process; identifying teachers in need of assistance; implementing a plan for intensive assistance; deciding on retention or dismissal; following through with the dismissal process; and preparing for the third-party hearing and bringing closure. Observation forms, checklists, a suggested timeline, and 34 sample documents are included. (LMI)

Simplify complicated teacher dismissals by doing your homework! Are you faced with the difficult task of teacher evaluations? Does the burden of proof fall to you in cases of teacher dismissals? For over a decade, principals have turned to The Marginal Teacher as a resource for ensuring instructional competency in their schools. This third edition of The Marginal Teacher offers timely solutions for successfully dealing with marginal teachers. Lawrence illustrates the proper actions that principals should integrate into the evaluation processes to successfully gather documentation to help improve or terminate an ineffective teacher. Complete with tools and resources to streamline the evaluation process, you′ll find: An updated PC or Mac CD-ROM with customizable forms, checklists, calendars, and teacher dismissal documentation Understanding the evaluation process, procedures, policies, and new legislation Handling nontenured teacher dismissal Integrating classroom observation techniques Dealing with teacher misconduct Incorporating action steps for conducting the school level dismissal meeting Let this time-tested guide ease the difficult task of teacher dismissal.

This text offers guidelines, checklists, advice from other principals, and reflections intended to make a principal's day on the job run more smoothly. Several themes are stressed throughout the book: school administration as a human-relations enterprise; increasing awareness of the principal's socialization process; the leader as a lifelong learner; viewing the school as an ecosystem; purposeful visibility; organizational/ethical alignment; celebrating student and faculty achievements; and the principal as a leader of instructional leaders. The text is divided into two parts. In part 1, "The Challenges and Problems Facing Rookie and Veteran Principals New to Their Schools," such topics as the loneliness of the principalship, the time juggernaut, expectations of the instructional leader, the complexity of relationships, and management concerns are addressed. In part 2, "Finding Solutions to the Challenges and Problems," the areas covered include becoming a lifelong learner, human relations and authentic communications, honoring the veteran staff, balancing leadership and management, and implementing a proactive behavioral program. (Contains an index and 89 references.) (RJM)

First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This handbook advocates a new approach to teacher evaluation as a cooperative effort undertaken by a group of professionals. Part 1 describes the need for changed teacher evaluation, and part 2 outlines ways to use multiple data sources, including student and parent reports, peer review of materials, student achievement results, teacher tests, documentation of professional activity, systematic observation, and administrator reports, as well as discussions of the teacher as curriculum designer and data sources to avoid. Part 3 describes tools for improved teacher evaluation, and the evaluation of other educators is outlined in part 4. School district responsibilities and activities are described in part 5. This edition adds new chapters on: (1) the role of the principal in changed teacher evaluation; (2) how districts can transform current practice; (3) use of national standards; (4) developments in using student achievement data; and (5) the development of sociologically sophisticated teacher evaluation systems. Emphasis is placed on the use of the Internet as a resource and other new resources for local development. A list of legal cases cited is included. (Contains 343 references.) (SLD)

In the updated third edition of this highly successful book, leadership expert, Sally Zepeda offers savvy advice to both new and seasoned principals and assistant principals. You get practical tools and strategies, along with real-world examples to help you improve teacher effectiveness and boost student achievement. This edition features valuable resources for teacher evaluation and professional development programs, including: Tools and procedures for conducting classroom observations and pre- and post-observation conferences How-to steps for assessing the culture and climate of your school Strategies to address marginal teaching Techniques to support adult learning and professional development Related News & Media Dr. Doug Green featured a book summary of The Principal as Instructional Leader: A Practical Handbook (3rd Edition) on his website. The Principal as Instructional Leader: A Practical Handbook (3rd Edition) by Sally J. Zepeda was reviewed in The 21st Century Principal.

Updated Edition of Best Seller! Organized in a month-by-month format, this revised edition incorporates feedback from school districts and school administrators, a new look at the evaluation process and identifying the marginal teacher, and key descriptors and phrases for effective documentation. A new CD-ROM includes all of the sample forms, checklists, calendars, letters, and sample teacher dismissal documentation, which can be added for easy modification.