EDF6112

Teaching standards and teacher evaluation

(EDU)

Associate Professor L C Ingvarson

12 points + First semester + 3 hours per week + Clayton

Synopsis: Recent developments in teacher evaluation for the purposes of professional development, professional certification, accountability and promotion. Recent reforms to career structures such as the Professional Recognition Program and the /advanced skills teacher0 classification. Ways of conceptualising teacher evaluation. Policy contexts in which various schemes have been developed in Australia, the UK and the USA. Implications for teacher evaluation policy at school and system levels.

Assessment: Two individual assignments (2000 words, 25%; and 4000 words 50%): 75% + Or one individual assignment and group project: 75% + Contribution to class discussion and learning: 25%