Principals conduct two evaluations for their teachers on comprehensive review. The process started in October for 600 teachers who are in their third, 17th and 22nd years. Teachers face the comprehensive review every five years. There are still a lot of questions, but overall we feel it's going well. Those who created the system say good teachers will simply do what they've always done.
Many teachers agree but say learning a system takes time.
Ed Jaspers, a special education teacher at Western Hills High, said the added paperwork and more frequent classroom visits are worth the hassle. It makes you think. Sometimes we don't have the time to do that. This forces you to do it. Still uncertain are teachers who have had experiences like Miss English, the third-year Bramble kindergarten teacher.