How do TEACHER-RUN SCHOOLs handle teacher-performance measurement and improvement?
TEACHER-RUN SCHOOLs value professional development, performance measurement, and improvement of their members as keys to the success of the educational programs they provide. To be clear about expectations, TEACHER-RUN SCHOOLs typically have a set of values, a mission, and a vision, in addition to quality standards for the behavior of teachers. Teachers generally form individualized performance and evaluation processes, methods, and procedures for the entire membership to review, evaluate, and accept. All partners and associates are actively engaged in “peer review”. Typical peer review involves an ongoing feedback process from multiple sources that incorporates mentoring and coaching principles into the daily work of the TEACHER-RUN SCHOOL. The process typically includes compiling and weighing performance inputs from the board of the school, peers, students, and parents. Members of the TEACHER-RUN SCHOOL identify one another’s strengths and areas of development, as well as areas of gr
