Teacher Appraisal & Academic Audit

Teacher Appraisal

The core success of any institution lies in its commitment to provide opportunities for self assessment and analyze strengths and weaknesses. A 360 degree analysis envisages a critical look at processes and mechanisms related to the functioning of the institution and a very close look at the performance of teachers. This appraisal shall focus on the dictum” Catch them right “which allows us to highlight the strengths of the teachers and does not make evaluation a threatening process. It shall be used to qualify teachers and nudge them gradually in the direction of self improvement. Thus, there is every reason to build a staff development appraisal that supports the teacher and reinforces their instructional strengths and addresses their professional weaknesses without being personally damaging.  Through this open approach, apprehension is reduced, and faculty members will increase their effectiveness.

The focus of the teacher appraisal is to:

  1. determine teacher goals and vision.
  2. stimulate goal-oriented development
  3. clarify standards of performance
  4. provide planned assessment of performance
  5. provide continual self-assessment
  6. identify growth areas
  7. promote professional success
  8. provide a climate of shared responsibility for the improvement of institution and self.

THE COMPONENTS

The focus of the teacher evaluation will be on

Content Adequacy

Teacher Personality

Academic Audit

Schools need to switch over from academic excellence to overall excellence. This can be done only if we re-engineer the human resources available with the teachers. They have to be retrained to the modern aspects of multimedia technology and the current thinking in education. The classrooms must be made centre of excellence.

Academic Audit is not an enquiry but an inquiry. Inquiry appreciates the good work done. To study the entire school system, ACT has identified 7 Key Aspects and they in turn are divided into 74 Indicators. The Key Aspects and the Indicators have been given weightages so that evaluation can be done at the micro level.

The objectives of the audit are:

in pursuing these objectives, the ultimate aim is to ensure that the standards of students’ learning experience are maintained, and wherever possible, enhanced.

to assist Schools in identifying strengths and weaknesses in student related issues, teaching and in internal management;

to offer guidance on enhancing H.R. Procedures and improving the overall effectiveness of the School;

to act as a means to assure itself that the quality and standards of academic provision are being maintained and improved at School level;