Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/momentum-helping-teachers-grow-strategies-for-diversifying-performance-evaluation-and-feedback/5007434/
When performance evaluation is mentioned, most of us get a vivid picture of sitting down with a supervisor to discuss job performance. Occurring once or twice a year, such evaluations are designed to help employees see the impact of their behavior on the organization as a whole and to calibrate employee perceptions of job performance with employer perceptions. As is often the case, this model of evaluation is a poor fit with the evaluation and feedback needs of early childhood teachers.The reason for the poor fit is simple-early childhood programs are not static; they are constantly changing to meet the diverse and developing needs of children. As programs change, so do teachers-adjusting to group composition, teaching team composition, and children's individual needs. Because this is the case, evaluation and feedback strategies in early childhood settings must be dynamic if they are to have any real impact. Try some of the following suggestions to make sure your evaluation and feedback strategies are varied and effective.
Dramatically increase the amount of feedback teachers get about their teaching skills, competence, and their contributions to the program's success. Everyone needs and wants to know how they are doing in their ...