- Enhance Your Observation and Evaluation Skills: As a principal, being able to effectively evaluate teaching practices is critical. The Kentucky Evaluation Calibration Cadre offers a unique opportunity to refine your ability to identify key teaching behaviors and align them with performance standards. You’ll strengthen your evaluation toolkit, ensuring that you provide consistent, fair, and actionable feedback to your teachers.
- Collaborative Professional Growth: You won’t be doing this alone! By joining the cadre, you will collaborate with other school leaders from across Kentucky, fostering a powerful network of like-minded professionals who share a commitment to elevating education. Learn from each other’s insights, share best practices, and build relationships that support your ongoing development as a leader.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Through the analysis of classroom videos, you’ll gain valuable evidence-based insights that you can apply directly to your school’s improvement efforts. These insights can inform your decisions around professional development, instructional strategies, and school-wide priorities. Being part of the Kentucky Evaluation Calibration Cadre empowers you to lead with data that is both actionable and meaningful.
- Impact Student Learning: Your participation in the Kentucky Evaluation Calibration Cadre will not only benefit you professionally, but will also have a ripple effect on your school community. By honing your ability to recognize high-quality instruction, you’ll be better equipped to guide teachers toward practices that positively impact student learning outcomes.
