Can you e-mail current Teacher Evaluation Forms - I need them to help plan what Strategies To Improve and Share - Link Provided for Tips for Avoiding Pitfalls of Social Media . . .

In my quest for up-to-date teacher evaluation forms, I checked out multiple sections from the web site of my former school district: Prince William County Public School in Virginia.  Unfortunately, the only forms I found were old - so I'll need to contact some friends who are still working to see what type of evaluation form is being used and how much it has changed.  I am curious because with IMPACT in the District of Columbia, teachers can be observed up to five times during the school year.  I believe two are announced and three are unannounced or it could be the other way around.  Also, master teachers are able to conduct the observations because as you may imagine, it would be difficult for an administrator to conduct that many observations and keep up with his or her administrative duties. I am curious because with merit pay on the line, home visits, parent/guardian contacts and other items must have been added - probably not as part of the classroom eval, but part of the overall evaluation, so I'm interested in both types of forms. PLEASE help me to target materials and information you need by e-mailing evaluation forms - I would be so grateful.

Probably many items are still key to the classroom evaluation forms: clearly stated or written objectives for the lesson; setting the stage or getting the students interested in the lesson; (this could involve brain research and scaffolding - the realization that learning takes place when new knowledge is linked to something familiar and that learning needs an organizational pattern); modeling the objective or using meta-cognition strategies - mind-mapping or other flow charts; students practice the objective(s) - it's usually a good idea to move from small group practice of objectives to individual performance of some task while you, as the teacher, move about the room monitoring student understanding; students can share some of the output from the group work and then you can use the individual performance as CLOSURE!!  (Google Creately for a huge cache of flow charts - I have never seen anything like it.)

Other areas on the evaluation form had to do with classroom management.  Does the room arrangement allow for ease of movement around the classroom, can all the students see the teacher and material being presented?  Are classroom rules posted?  Were students greeted as they came into the room? Is student work displayed?  Does the student work being displayed have a valid relationship to district objectives? Is the grading or evaluation system clear or posted?  Could a layman walk into the classroom and determine what subject is being taught? Is it clear that the students have an orderly pattern to follow? Are sub plans easily found? Are materials stored in a safe manner?

On the yearly form - teachers had to indicate professional and personal goals and plans for obtaining re-certification points which were discussed in a pre-conference and then followed-up at the end of the year when the whole evaluation packet was reviewed. I hope I've covered most of what's on current evaluation forms, but your input would be extremely valuable.

Here is the link for Social Media Tips from Prince William County Public Schools - I think it's a valuable reminder of what's out there and a good resource. http://studentservices.departments.pwcs.edu/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=313622&sessionid=9a8d60b72e0879c78ee966c3653420d7&sessionid=9a8d60b72e0879c78ee966c3653420d7