Professional growth plans : an outcome evaluation of an elementary school pilot program
Date
1999
Authors
Garbutt, David
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1999
Abstract
This study is concerned with the piloting of a formative evaluation process at an
elementary school in the Rocky Mountain School District, Golden Zone. The formative
evaluation process was provided as an option to teachers at this school in lieu of their
scheduled surnrnative evaluations.
The purpose of this study was to determine if formative evaluation resulted in
more professional growth than surnrnative evaluation. All six teachers scheduled for a
surnrnative evaluation at this school chose to participate in pilot and each was
interviewed with respect to the evaluation system as piloted. The teachers reported that
the piloted formative evaluation system did result in more professional growth than the
previous summative evaluation process. As well, the teachers' responses supported the
current literature on formative evaluation in stressing the importance of collegiality,
teacher ownership, and the meeting of personal needs as an essential component of an effective evaluation model for promoting professional growth.
Description
v, 66 leaves ; 29 cm. --
Keywords
Teachers -- Alberta -- Evaluation , Teachers -- Alberta -- Rating of