In Education Week’s Education Futures, Insight ADVANCE’s CEO Michael Moody and Insight Education Group’s CEO Jason Stricker discuss how video continues to show promise as a method of getting support closer to classroom practice while also offering opportunities to support the growth of those who observe and coach teachers.
The Center on Education Policy recently released a report called “Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices.” Based on an online survey given last winter to educators around the country, the report presented some fascinating findings, including that only about half of educators found the feedback from performance evaluations in 2014-15 helpful. (And this stat is actually higher than other recent surveys released on the topic of teacher support.)
When it comes to assessing and improving job performance, we can all learn from professional athletes. For years, athletes have been reviewing practice and game …