1. Non-Tenured Employee Reviews
Teacher Selection AND
Non-Tenured Employee Reviews
Kevin Wieseman
Debbie Miser
January 19, 2012

2. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH…
“Research-based instruction delivered by virtuoso teachers is the core of the highly effective school.
Without highly effective teachers, improving schools is impossible.
Research-based instruction is the channel through which knowledge and skills are transmitted to students in well-designed lessons that capture students’ interest and imagination.
Virtuoso teachers not only teach students, they team with the principal to provide instructional leadership.”
---Elaine K. McEwan, 2009
With this research in mind, three structures were created to ensure that all teachers are highly effective.

3. TEACHER SELECTION AND NON-TENURED TEACHER REVIEW
Tenure Review
Non-Tenured Teacher Review
Year 1 Teachers
Year 2 Teachers

4. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
TEACHER SELECTION:
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
8 Committees with at least 6 members
Principals
Assistant Principals
Central Office Administrators
Teacher Leaders
Teachers

5. TEACHER SELECTION: RESPONSIBILITIES
Review approximately 1000 Teacher Candidates in
the following areas:
Resume
Transcript
Certification/Highly Qualified Status
Analysis of Student Assessment Data (On-Site)
Utilization of Technology (On-Site)
Interview Teacher Candidates.
Reach Consensus About Candidates’ Responses.
Summarize Interview Results.
Recommend Candidates to the Superintendent.

6. COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
2. TENURE REVIEW:
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Deputy Superintendent: Facilitator
Directors of Instruction
Seven additional members:
School Administrators
Teacher Leaders
Central Office Administrators

7. 2. TENURE REVIEW: RESPONSIBILITIES
Review approximately 76 teachers in their 3rd
year of employment.
Review Principal Recommendations for Tenure
Review multiple measures of student and
teacher data.
Make recommendations to Superintendent.

8. NON-TENURED TEACHER REVIEW: ORGANIZATION
Deputy Superintendent: Facilitator
Directors of Instruction
Seven additional members:
School Administrators
Central Office Administrators
Teacher Leaders

9. REVIEW: RESPONSIBILITIES
NON-TENURED TEACHER
REVIEW: RESPONSIBILITIES
Review approximately 216 teachers in their 1ST or
2nd year of employment.
Review Principal Recommendations for
Teacher Renewal.
Review multiple measures of student and
teacher data.

10. REVIEW: RESPONSIBILITIES
NON-TENURED TEACHER
REVIEW: RESPONSIBILITIES
Can be sent to the Teacher Selection Committee for
additional interview
If recommended for renewal, the Teacher Selection Committee would provide a written report to the Superintendent and Principal.
A professional learning plan (PLP) would be developed .
The PLP would address any instructional or professional support that the committee determines is necessary to improve teacher effectiveness.

11. STIPENDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK
TEACHER SELECTION ……………….…..$2500
48 MEMBERS
TENURE REVIEW…………………………..$1500
7 MEMBERS
NON-TENURED REVIEW………………….$1500
TOTAL……………………………………..$141,000

12. IN SUMMARY…
“The essence of being an effective teacher lies in knowing what to do to foster pupils’ learning and being able to do it.”
--Kyriacou (1991)
“The major indicator that distinguished effective from ineffective educational practice is whether students learn that which is purportedly taught.”
--Sanders and Horn (1995)