Performance Appraisals Made Easy: Tools for Evaluating Teachers and Support Staff

This practical reference helps busy school administrators improve their school staff's performance with invaluable coaching tools and clear, easy-to-follow steps for implementing effective performance appraisals.

CD-ROM is PC and Mac compatible and not sold separately.

Margulus and Melin (both education, Grand Valley State U., Grand Rapids, Michigan) present a practical text providing school leaders with tools to develop teachers' and support staffs' competencies to ultimately enhance student achievement. The text provides clear directions on how to write effective job descriptions and conduct initial, interim, and formative coaching and summative performance appraisal meetings. The text includes numerous templates that can be used to immediately provide the employee with beneficial feedback and directions for improvement. No subject index. A CD-ROM is included. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Jacquelyn Melin is Affiliate Professor at Grand Valley State University, where she teaches classes in curriculum development and differentiated instruction.  She also has served as the Director of the School of Education Student Information and Services Center.  She was a public school educator in Rockford, Michigan for 32 1/2 years, serving as an elementary and middle school teacher, as teacher/coordinator of gifted and talented students and as an elementary principal.