TeachPoint, offering the industry’s most intuitive educator evaluation platform, today announced David Douglas School District has selected the TeachPoint platform for their online Educator Effectiveness tool, to foster an evaluation environment that is user-friendly, collaborative and results in higher teacher efficacy levels. With over 10,700 students and 931 teachers, David Douglas School District is committed to excellence in education and TeachPoint is playing a role in making that happen.
Read MoreAttendees at the 22nd Annual M.A.S.S. (Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents) Executive Institute on July 13-14 are learning more about the major new features TeachPoint released this past year and enjoying a sneak preview of upcoming features.
Read MoreWith many initiatives already in place at schools and districts for the 2016-17 school year, when is the right time to implement an online teacher evaluation tool? Are there best practice options that I could explore to move away from Word/Google Docs and transition to a more streamlined online evaluation system through a phased approach? Are there benefits to gain in doing so?
Read MoreRecently TeachPoint’s online teacher Evaluation Tool surpassed 1M educator evaluation forms created through its online platform. Educators in over 2,100 schools are using the forms-based tool to do self-assessments, create professional practice and student learning goal plans, conduct formal and informal classroom observations, and complete summative evaluations.
Read MorePresident Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on December 10 which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. The overall reaction to the new ESSA law has been favorable. How will ESSA impact teacher evaluations?
Read MoreTeachPoint, provider of the industry’s most intuitive online educator management system, with its innovative educator and staff evaluation tool, today announced it has been recognized for the second consecutive year as a District Administration magazine “Readers’ Choice Top Product” for 2015.
Read MoreIs your online teacher evaluation software easy to use? How much training will we need to train our educators and staff? These are two questions that most decision-makers ask us as they are migrating from a paper-based or Google Docs solution to an online evaluation solution. While every sales rep from every vendor will say their software is easy to use, how will you be assured that the solution you pick is indeed intuitive and will require minimal training for your staff?
Read MoreAs you evaluate online platforms for your school or district, here are insights from users on what they were looking to have available via dashboard(s) or reports as they moved from a paper-based/Google docs system to an online evaluation system.
Read MoreGuest post by Dawn-Marie Ayles. A few years ago, our district began working with TeachPoint as a way to implement our new educator evaluation system through the use of technology. Overwhelmed at first with these two new initiatives, panic set in! The chorus began, “One more new thing to learn?” “What do I have to upload?” “What qualifies as an artifact?” As with anything new, there were those who were confident and those who were confused. How was this obstacle going to be overcome?
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