Setting up a working appraisal system

1. Appraisal – Waihi
College
In 2014 ERO released a report into school
appraisal.
It said…
“ERO found that only 20 percent of primary schools
and four percent of secondary schools had high
quality appraisal systems which contributed to
improvements in teacher capability and which
valued student outcomes.”
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2. What Appraisal Should Be
• Built on solid foundation of respectful conversations among
trusted professionals.
• A regular part of the Waihi College’s culture.
• Focused on improvement.
• Centered on the learning of all our students.
• Human, honest, forward thinking and accountable.
• A unified system incorporating school wide objectives,
professional development and professional registration.

3. What Appraisal Shouldn’t Be
• Meaningless in content – you shouldn’t want your boxes
ticked.
• Forgotten between setting goals at the start of the year and
reviewing them at the end.
• Polishing your cricket ball.
• Big Brother.
• A competition between teachers.

4. John Hattie’s Research
• He found that most teachers ‘rate’
their effect – even with greatly
different techniques/styles.
• Hattie identified over 60 valid ways of
improving learning – plenty of ideas
to investigate/incorporate.
• “Know thy impact.”

5. Your Personal Health Checklist for
Visible Learning.
Never Seldom Sometimes Always
1. I am actively engaged in, and passionate about
teaching and learning.
2. I provide students with multiple opportunities for
learning based on surface and deep thinking.
3. I know the learning intentions and success criteria of
my lessons, and I share these with students.
4. I am open to learning and actively learn myself.
5. I have a warm and caring classroom climate in which
errors are welcome.
6. I seek regular feedback from my students.
7. My students are actively involved in knowing about
their learning (the is, they are assessment-capable).
8. I can identify progression in learning across multiple
curricular levels in my student work and activities.
9. I have a wide range of teaching strategies in my day-to-
day teaching repertoire.
10. I use evidence of learning to plan the next learning
steps with students.

6. Waihi College Annual Goals
Five Main Areas…
• Use of Data – informed teaching.
• Connected Curriculum/Inquiry Based Approaches
• 85% Level Two NCEA
• PB4L – Consistency
• Culturally Responsive Teaching.