Unsatisfactory Evaluations: Louisiana
Exiting Ineffective Teachers Policy
Analysis of Louisiana's policies
Louisiana requires that teachers who fail to meet "standards of effectiveness" as defined by the state's evaluation plan be placed on an "intensive assistance program" not to exceed two years. If, at the conclusion of the program, the teacher does not successfully complete the program or is still deemed to be ineffective based on a formal evaluation, the school district is allowed to "initiate termination proceedings."
Unfortunately, Louisiana's effort to make unsatisfactory evaluations grounds for initiating termination proceedings does not carry over to the state's dismissal policy (see Goal 5-C).
Recommendations for Louisiana
State response to our analysis
Louisiana recognized the factual accuracy of this analysis.
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Delivering Well Prepared Teachers
- Admission into Preparation Programs
- Elementary Teacher Preparation
- Elementary Teacher Preparation in Reading Instruction
- Elementary Teacher Preparation in Mathematics
- Middle School Teacher Preparation
- Secondary Teacher Preparation
- Secondary Teacher Preparation in Science
- Secondary Teacher Preparation in Social Studies
- Special Education Teacher Preparation
- Assessing Professional Knowledge
- Student Teaching
- Teacher Preparation Program Accountability
Expanding the Pool of Teachers
Identifying Effective Teachers
- State Data Systems
- Evaluation of Effectiveness
- Frequency of Evaluations
- Tenure
- Licensure Advancement
- Equitable Distribution
Retaining Effective Teachers
Exiting Ineffective Teachers
Research rationale
To review the process and types of personnel evaluations observed in other job sectors, including the problems inherent to some evaluation systems see, for example, Gliddon, David (October 2004). Effective Performance Management Systems, Current Criticisms and New Ideas for Employee Evaluation in Performance Improvement 43(9), 27-36.