Your ability to properly evaluate teacher talent might be the single most important aspect of your job as school leader. And that's because if you promote teachers that cannot boost student achievement, manage an unruly classroom, or promote a positive school climate - you just made your job ten times harder than it needs to be.

Therefore, it is imperative that you develop your ability to evaluate teacher talent properly.

So how do you evaluate teacher talent the right way?

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What's the First Thing You Need to Know About Teaching?

The first thing you need to know is how to tell the difference between quality teaching and "putting on a show."

That's right, some of your teachers like to perform for their principals and supervisors and do not run their classrooms the same way on a daily basis. And it's your job to ensure that instruction is taking place everyday - not just the days you observe. 

What Most Teachers Get Wrong About Teaching

I'm sure you can agree with this statement: "Most teachers do not receive the level of respect that they deserve."

If you agree with that statement, then you should be able to understand that teachers are not angry at you, per say, but they are frustrated that they put in a lot of work and hours into their career and don't seem to get any appreciation for it.

And the truth is - there is a limit to how much you can ask from a human being.

So here's what most teachers get wrong.

The profession of teaching comes down to 4 critical areas:

1.  Expert Lesson Planning 

2. Expert Teaching Best Practices

3. Expert Student Assessment 

4. Expert Classroom Management Techniques

How You Can Help Your Teachers 

It's in your best interests that all of your teachers become Master Level Teachers. And that's because when you supervise a building of teaching experts - you eliminate the drama, toxicity and animosity that most school leaders have to deal with all the time.

- How would you like less teacher grievances?

- How would you like a friendly atmosphere?

- How would you like a school culture that supports one another?

This isn't a pipe dream - this is something you can build, if you help your teachers become real experts in the classroom.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Want to know how you could do that?

Then I hope you will consider the Teacher Development Program (TDP) for your school. What this program does is take over your professional development needs in a comprehensive fashion.

That means, we help each teacher create a personalized and tailored individual professional development plan, how to do teacher research and also how to improve their individual teacher talent.

The end result is that you get a much more professional and more talented teacher.

Here are some of the benefits of a more professional and talented teacher:

-- Boosted student achievement

-- Increased student attendance and engagement

-- A more positive school culture

-- Decrease in the number of teachers that feel overwhelmed and burnt out

-- A decrease in student misbehavior

Not only will you see all of these results, but you will also have less to do as a principal or school leader. Imagine coming to school and all of your teachers "just know" what to do in class every single day?

With more professional and talented teachers, you can do walkthroughs without worry, you can do teacher observations with less concern and you can talk with your teachers like they are highly trained and capable professionals - instead of a group of unruly, rude, angry and impatient people.