The SecEd Podcast: Appraisal & performance management

How can school leaders ensure that teacher appraisal and performance management processes are fair and effective.

Our experts discuss what an effective appraisal and PM policy looks like and what kind of evidence the process should require.

We discuss how to set objectives to enhance mastery and protect teacher autonomy, what happens to those objectives once set, and how they should be monitored and measured.

We explain why we should avoid data-driven objectives and how to manage the process to ensure “no surprises”.

We discuss lesson observations, how to have challenging conversations, and how to protect teacher workload and wellbeing.