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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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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.