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The Mongomery County Public School system in Maryland has an excellent policy on teacher evaluation. They begin their document by stating that their focus is on improving the qality of teaching. As they say, " The new Teacher Evaluation System sets high standards for the quality of teaching and then places the emphasis of resources on professional growth for each and every educator working with students. No longer a "one size fits all" program, the system treats teachers who meet or exceed the high standard differerently from those who do not meet the standard or those who are brand new to the profession. Experienced teachers who are performing well are in a five-year Professional Growth Cycle in which they utilize a variety of strategies such as peer observation and collaboration to enhance their expertise and learn from their colleagues. Teachers new to teaching and those veteran teachers who are deemed to be performing below the high MCPS standards receive the support of the Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) program. They are assigned a "consulting teacher." who works intensively with them in order to help them re-enter the Professional Growth Cycle. If after work with the consulting teacher in the PAR program, the PAR governing panel determines that a teacher has not improved sufficiently to meet MCPS standards, then a the PAR Panel will recommend that the teacher be removed from their teaching assignment.". Because this is such an outstanding policy I would like you to read through it at this address: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/personnel/TE/
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