PRESCHOOL EVALUATION STAFF NAME: DATE: EVALUATOR NAME: PROFESSIONALISM

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1 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION STAFF NAME: DATE: EVALUATOR NAME: DATE: GDO-E6 CIRCLE THE NUMBER THAT MOST CLOSELY DESCRIBES THIS TEACHER, HIS/HER*CLASSROOM OR TEACHING STYLE *The pronoun she is used in this form for convenience. PROFESSIONALISM 1. She is a good team member It is often difficult for her to work with others 2. I feel that she has good time management skills She has a difficult time completing things both on and off the job or using her time wisely 3. She continually seeks to learn new information She spends little time studying the early about the field childhood issues WORKING WITH PARENTS 1. Parents are very involved in her classroom. It is very difficult for her to get parents to participate. 2. Parents seem able to communicate freely with Parents often misunderstand what she is her and understand what she is saying. saying or avoid communicating with her. 3. Parents support her teaching with continued Parents never follow through with anything learning experiences at home. She has been doing at school.

2 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 2 GDO-E6 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 1. Logical consequences and encouragement used. Punishment and yelling used to enforce 2. Her classroom is arranged to minimize Her classroom is not designed to invite order. behavior problems. Children often run or are off-task. 3. Her classroom environment invites child-initiated Her classroom environment is very structured. activities. 4. Her rules and expectations are stated positively. She often reprimands or scolds children. 5. She models the type of language we want the Sometimes her voice is too loud, to harsh children to use. or she chooses her words poorly. 6. She works to teach children to solve their own Much of her time is spent solving children s problems. problems. 7. Waiting periods are brief and transitions are Waiting periods are long. well planned and flow smoothly. 8. Warnings, or cues, are given before children No warning or cue is given are asked to make transition.

3 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 3 GDO-E6 9. She uses waiting periods as a time for movement, When waiting; children are required to sit fingerplays, songs, stories, etc. quietly with her. TEACHING 1. Information is presented in a variety of ways Information is presented in a lecture/ to meet developmental levels and individual presentation method. learning styles. 2. She works to facilitate involvement and Her goal is to provide instruction and discovery. information. CENTERS 3. Her centers are child selected. She assigns or selects the centers the children go to. 4. Her centers are discovery oriented. Her centers are highly structured. 5. Children are allowed enough center time She rotates the children through all the to experiment and develop social skills. centers on a schedule.

4 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 4 GDO-E6 WORKSHEETS/WORKBOOKS 6. She hardly ever uses them. She uses them every day. 7. If she uses them, she designs them so that Often commercial, they focus on they are open-ended. isolated skills such as the alphabet. GROUP STORY 8. Children are involved with props and activity. Children sit quietly while teacher reads or talks. SCIENCE 9. Children are taught about the world they Structured science lessons are taught know through discovery and activities. OR science is not taught. MATH 10. Children are exposed to numeral and Math lessons are taught and concepts number concepts as they naturally occur are passed off OR no math is taught. or individual interest is shown. MUSIC 11. She love using music all throughout the day Music is limited to an instruction period or and tries to fit it throughout the curriculum. time of the day or week.

5 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 5 GDO-E6 TEACHER DIRECTED SMALL GROUP TIME 12. Open-ended, flexible, hands-on activities, Pencil/paper activities, product oriented. process oriented. WHOLE GROUP TIME 13. She assists children s learning or acts as a Her group times are very teacher directed. facilitator. 14. Children are involved in discussions, problem There is a narrow focus with lots of rote solving and activities. Learning like calendars and alphabet. NUTRITION 15. She regularly provides experiences with food and She does not include cooking experiences nutrition in her planning. or nutrition in her teaching. ANTI-BIAS/MULTICULTURAL 16. Anti-bias curriculum materials are woven There is no planning for anti-bias in her into her daily plans. curriculum. 17. Multicultural topics are integrated in a She only teaches about other cultures natural way throughout the day and around holidays OR no multicultural throughout the classroom. teaching occurs.

6 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 6 GDO-E6 FINE MOTOR SKILLS 18. Specific daily activities for small motor activities She does no specific planning fine motor are included in her plans. activities. LARGE MOTOR SKILLS 19. She provides daily activities to develop Large motor activities are not a part of co-ordination and strengthen muscles. her daily plans. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 20. Language development occurs through Alphabet and reading skills such as phonics exposure to books, storytelling, conversation are taught. and a print-rich environment. CHILD DEVELOPMENT 1. She understands the social, emotional, intellectual, She has little knowledge of the and physical characteristics typical of the developmental characteristics of children she works with. children. 2. She understands the characteristics of different Play in her classroom is not planned for. types of play and she plans for them. 3. She plans for, and takes time to, teach children She isn t prepared to help children with about their emotions and help children to work their emotional situations. through negative emotions.

7 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 7 GDO-E6 HEALTH AND SAFETY 1. Preventative health care education is an She does not cover health issues in her ongoing part of her curriculum. curriculum. 2. Her curriculum includes activities to help There is no preparation for her children prepare children for health and classroom for medical/dental services. dental services. (Staff Name) Strengths: (Date) Improvement Areas/Goals: Recommendation/Comments:

8 PRESCHOOL EVALUATION PAGE 8 GDO-E6 Signature of Employee** Date Signature of Supervisor/Evaluator Date Signature of Superintendent Date **Signifies receipt of evaluation, not necessarily agreement Revised: April 2002 Dolores School District RE-4A, Dolores, Colorado