Case Study: Evaluation of Data for Teacher Evaluation Assignment Instructions
Analyze the information below and in the provided Case Study Data. Compose your essay answer to the question prompt below. Your case study should be 2-4 pages in length. Cite at least two references in your work using current APA formatting standards.
ESSAY QUESTION:
Based on your analysis of the provided case information and Case Study Data, what would you recommend the principal decide about the award of tenure or termination for the teacher involved? Provide a data-based, Scripturally-based, and research-supported rationale for your recommendation.
Parties: Principal and sixth-grade teacher in their third year (tenure review year)
Demographics:
- Traditional school organization
- Sixth grade is in the middle school group
- Sixth grade is self-contained
- Sixth grade is comprised of four sections of 20-25 students, heterogeneous groupings
- September through April
Pre-Observation Conference Tenets (September)
- Informal observations twice-weekly (grade-level chair)
- Formal observations monthly (principal)
- Skills focus:
- Time on task
- Questioning level
- Modality stimuli
- Proximity
- Verbal Zone
- Instructional Flow (formal observation)
- Pedagogical Interaction
Precipitating Events:
In year one and year two, the teacher averaged two student discipline referrals per day. After the teacher’s second year of teaching, it was determined that the teacher needed to be placed on a systematic intervention plan that included shadowing effective teachers, participation in clinical observation cycles, and engagement in professional development to address effective instructional strategies.
Using the data from monthly observations and the outcomes of the post-observation conferences as shown in the provided Case Study Data, the principal must make a recommendation to the superintendent concerning the termination of employment, or the awarding of tenure for the teacher for the coming school year. There is no option of retaining the teacher if tenure is not awarded.
