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So I posted the other day about the difficult formative eval I had on Friday with my principal. I had Pre-K teacher training Monday and Tuesday of this week and on Wednesday (yesterday, my first day back), the assistant principal came in to do an observation. I had planned over the weekend and the two days of training to implement some new strategies with my students to get their behavior (and my classroom management) back up to snuff, but since she came in during the morning, I hadn't even had time to get the strategies firmly established. Later in the day yesterday I got an e-mail from the AP to come see her, and she reviewed with me what she saw. Keep in mind these are Pre-K students. She said there was too much shouting out to give answers, not enough hand-raising, and one student (who has never done this before) flat refused to sit on his spot, wanting instead to sit NEXT to his spot. My assistant tried to get him to comply, but he shook his head and absolutely refused for whateve...See More
Catsister On 3/26/15, CymryGirl wrote:

I feel for you. I had the opposite problem: some good walkthroughs, but a not great real evaluation. It's very, very easy for someone who is not conducting class to focus exclusively on which kid has a cell phone, gum, sitting on a spot , etc. That's one of the reasons why I don't hate having standardized tests...See More
Mar 26, 2015
justateacher1 That seemed harsh to me. Did you have a conversation about the rating before signing off? Don't sign if you don't agree or ask her to come at another time.

On 3/26/15, CymryGirl wrote: > So I posted the other day about the difficult formative > eval I had on Friday with my principal. I had Pre-K > teacher training Monday and Tuesd...See More
Apr 16, 2015
sheknight If they don't like you. They can use the evaluation punitively. That is the politics.
May 1, 2015


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