Unsatisfactory Evaluations: Alaska
Exiting Ineffective Teachers Policy
Analysis of Alaska's policies
Alaska requires local districts to place tenured teachers who do not meet district performance standards on a "plan of improvement," which is based on professional performance standards. District officials must observe such teachers at least twice during the course of the plan, which lasts between 90 and 180 workdays. If, at the conclusion, the teacher does not meet the plan's goals, the district may "non-retain" that teacher.
Unfortunately, Alaska's effort to make unsatisfactory evaluations grounds for non-retention does not carry over to the state's dismissal policy (see Goal 5-C).
Recommendations for Alaska
State response to our analysis
Alaska 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.