A small step into the complexity of teacher evaluation as professional development

Abstract

Scholars in some countries have recently begun to call for teacher evaluation to become a meaningful form of professional development with potential benefits for both teachers and schools. In the context of calls for professional development to enhance evaluation, this study was conducted in a school district whose evaluation process provided teachers with a choice of administrator or peer evaluators. As teachers are afforded a greater array of professional development alternatives as evaluation options, teachers’ preferences need to be further investigated, and qualitative approaches could be helpful in this regard.

Keywords:

• peer evaluation
• professional development
• willingness to be evaluated