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TEACHERS APPRAISAL TEACHERS APPRAISAL SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION in CYPRUS in CYPRUS

TEACHERS APPRAISAL SECONDARY EDUCATION in CYPRUS

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TEACHERS TEACHERS APPRAISALAPPRAISAL

SECONDARY SECONDARY EDUCATIONEDUCATION

in CYPRUSin CYPRUS

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INTRODUCED in 1976INTRODUCED in 1976

No changesNo changes Many efforts madeMany efforts made No resultNo result In 2004 - assigned to an In 2004 - assigned to an

independent organisation to independent organisation to design a new appraisal design a new appraisal systemsystem

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INSPECTION: AIMS: INSPECTION: AIMS: To:To: provide guidance and supportprovide guidance and support coordinate teachingcoordinate teaching evaluate education aiming at evaluate education aiming at

its promotion & improvementits promotion & improvement appraise the contribution and appraise the contribution and

efficiency of the teaching efficiency of the teaching staffstaff

assess teachers’ effectiveness.assess teachers’ effectiveness.

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THE INSPECTORS’ THE INSPECTORS’ ROLE: ROLE: inform schools about inform schools about

educational policy set by MOECeducational policy set by MOEC transfer to authorities transfer to authorities

teachers’ views & suggestions teachers’ views & suggestions about various educational about various educational issuesissues

the liaison between MOEC & the liaison between MOEC & schoolsschools

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THE INSPECTORS’ THE INSPECTORS’ ROLE:ROLE: guide, advise & inspire guide, advise & inspire

teachersteachers report to MOEC about the report to MOEC about the

teachers’ & school work. teachers’ & school work.

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INSPECTOR GENERALINSPECTOR GENERAL

guides & coordinates guides & coordinates Inspectors Inspectors

ensures that Inspectors do ensures that Inspectors do their best according to their best according to their skillstheir skills

ensures that Inspectors ensures that Inspectors appraisals are objective.appraisals are objective.

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WHO ARE WHO ARE INSPECTED?INSPECTED? SchoolsSchools Teachers:Teachers:

- on contract- on contract

- on probation- on probation

- permanent- permanent

- assistant principals- assistant principals

- assistant principals A’- assistant principals A’

- principals- principals

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WHO are they WHO are they INSPECTED by?INSPECTED by?

Schools are subjected to Schools are subjected to large scale inspection large scale inspection accomplished by a team of accomplished by a team of inspectorsinspectors

defined by the Inspector defined by the Inspector GeneralGeneral

approved by the Director of approved by the Director of Secondary Education Secondary Education

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AIM: Evaluation of the work AIM: Evaluation of the work

performed by a school performed by a school unitunit

FREQUENCY: Whenever FREQUENCY: Whenever

considered considered necessarynecessary

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WHO are INSPECTED WHO are INSPECTED by?by? TeachersTeachers Assistant PrincipalsAssistant Principals Assistant Principals A’Assistant Principals A’

are inspected by the Inspector of are inspected by the Inspector of

the school unless the Inspector the school unless the Inspector

General or the Director of General or the Director of

Secondary Education decide Secondary Education decide differentlydifferently

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When are they When are they INSPECTED?INSPECTED?

TEACHERS on PROBATION are TEACHERS on PROBATION are

frequently inspected in order frequently inspected in order to to

be provided with support & be provided with support &

guidance for a smooth guidance for a smooth

adjustment to their duties.adjustment to their duties.

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WHO are they WHO are they INSPECTED by?INSPECTED by?

PRINCIPALS are PRINCIPALS are inspected for appraisal inspected for appraisal reasons by a team of reasons by a team of Inspectors including the Inspectors including the Inspector General and Inspector General and the assigned Inspector of the assigned Inspector of the School the School

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PRINCIPAL’S PRINCIPAL’S INSPECTIONINSPECTION

emphasis is put on:emphasis is put on:- How the school generally How the school generally

functionsfunctions- The Principal’s role and The Principal’s role and

contribution towards contribution towards achieving the aims and achieving the aims and objectives set by the school objectives set by the school unit unit

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REPORTSREPORTS

(i) PERSONAL INFORMATIVE (i) PERSONAL INFORMATIVE FORMFORM

All teachers fill in the form All teachers fill in the form

and submit it through their and submit it through their

Principal to their InspectorPrincipal to their Inspector

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REPORTSREPORTS

(ii)(ii) REPORT TYPE AREPORT TYPE A

On probation teachers’ reportOn probation teachers’ report drawn every six months by drawn every six months by

the Inspector in consultation the Inspector in consultation with the Principal with the Principal

submitted to the Inspector submitted to the Inspector GeneralGeneral

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REPORTSREPORTS

Forwarded to the Forwarded to the Educational Committee Educational Committee

Not taken into consideration Not taken into consideration when other appraisal when other appraisal reports are drawnreports are drawn

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REPORTSREPORTS

(iii)(iii) REGULARREGULAR REPORT TYPE BREPORT TYPE B drawn for the first time at drawn for the first time at

the end of the 11the end of the 11thth year of year of service and then every two service and then every two yearsyears

one drawn by the Inspector one drawn by the Inspector & one by the Principal & one by the Principal

(in consultation)(in consultation)

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TEACHERS ARE TEACHERS ARE APPRAISED IN APPRAISED IN RELATION TO THEIR:RELATION TO THEIR:(a) professional training(a) professional training

(b) Efficiency at work(b) Efficiency at work

(c) Organisation - (c) Organisation - Administration Administration

- Human Relations- Human Relations

(d) General behaviour & (d) General behaviour & activityactivity

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Teachers’ appraisalTeachers’ appraisal

The Inspector refers to and The Inspector refers to and

draws on those criteria, draws on those criteria,

according to his own judgement, according to his own judgement,

in which the teacher in which the teacher

distinguishes him/herself to a distinguishes him/herself to a

great extent or does not perform great extent or does not perform

adequatelyadequately

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(iv)(iv)Special Reports Special Reports (Type C)(Type C)

drawn for the first time at the drawn for the first time at the end of the 11 end of the 11thth year of year of service and then every two service and then every two yearsyears

drawn by a team of three drawn by a team of three Inspectors set by the Inspectors set by the Inspector General with the Inspector General with the approval of the Director of approval of the Director of Secondary EducationSecondary Education

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(iv)(iv)Special Reports Special Reports (Type C) (Type C)

The Teacher is appraised in:The Teacher is appraised in:

(a) professional training(a) professional training

(b) Efficiency at work(b) Efficiency at work

(c) Organisation - (c) Organisation - Administration Administration

- Human Relations- Human Relations

(d) General behaviour & (d) General behaviour & activityactivity

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(iv) Special Reports (iv) Special Reports (Type C) (Type C)

The evaluation of the four The evaluation of the four

criteria in the Special criteria in the Special

Report is done based on a Report is done based on a

numeric evaluation from: numeric evaluation from:

1 to 101 to 10

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TEACHERS’ TEACHERS’ APPRAISALAPPRAISAL

36 36 and aboveand above → excellent→ excellent

31 - 35 31 - 35 → very good→ very good

26 - 3026 - 30 → good→ good

20 - 2520 - 25 → satisfactory→ satisfactory

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TEACHERS’ TEACHERS’ APPRAISALAPPRAISAL

In the case that in any of In the case that in any of the the

above criteria the grade is above criteria the grade is below below

FIVE the teacher’s service is FIVE the teacher’s service is

characterised as not characterised as not satisfactorysatisfactory

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REPORTS BASED ON:REPORTS BASED ON:

Personal Informative Forms Personal Informative Forms filled by teachersfilled by teachers

Regular reports submitted by Regular reports submitted by school principalsschool principals

The Teacher’s personal file & The Teacher’s personal file & Reports submitted by InspectorsReports submitted by Inspectors

The Special Report based on The Special Report based on the last two regular reportsthe last two regular reports

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Regular & Special Reports Regular & Special Reports submitted are signed by the submitted are signed by the Inspector General and kept in Inspector General and kept in each teacher’s fileeach teacher’s file

In cases of disagreements In cases of disagreements between the Inspector and the between the Inspector and the Principal on the content of the Principal on the content of the Report, the Inspector General Report, the Inspector General steps in steps in

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NOTIFICATION of the NOTIFICATION of the CONTENT of the CONTENT of the REPORTREPORT The content of the Regular The content of the Regular

Report is not notified to Report is not notified to the teacher but grades on the teacher but grades on individual elements and the individual elements and the overall grade can be given overall grade can be given if asked by the teacherif asked by the teacher

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NOTIFICATION of the NOTIFICATION of the CONTENT of the CONTENT of the REPORTREPORT If a teacher is critisised in a If a teacher is critisised in a

Report for omissions or Report for omissions or improper behaviour during improper behaviour during the performance of his the performance of his duties, then the Inspector is duties, then the Inspector is obliged to forward this part obliged to forward this part of the report to the teacher of the report to the teacher at the time he/she submits at the time he/she submits the report.the report.

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OBJECTIONSOBJECTIONS

The teacher through an The teacher through an application may ask for application may ask for deletion or modification of deletion or modification of part of the Report which is part of the Report which is notified to him/her or the notified to him/her or the amendment of his/her grade amendment of his/her grade

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OBJECTIONSOBJECTIONS

The application addressed The application addressed to the Inspector General to the Inspector General must refer to the reasons must refer to the reasons on which the objection is on which the objection is based and must be based and must be forwarded within 15 days forwarded within 15 days from the date the Report from the date the Report was sent to the teacher.was sent to the teacher.

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OBJECTIONSOBJECTIONS

Once the Inspector General Once the Inspector General studies the objection, he studies the objection, he can suggest to the Director can suggest to the Director of Secondary Education the of Secondary Education the acceptance or rejection of acceptance or rejection of the objection. the objection.

The Director can accept or The Director can accept or not his suggestionnot his suggestion

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OBJECTIONSOBJECTIONS

In case of acceptance, the In case of acceptance, the report is amended accordingly report is amended accordingly and signed by the Director of and signed by the Director of Secondary Education, giving a Secondary Education, giving a summarised justificationsummarised justification

Once the procedure is finalised, Once the procedure is finalised, the teacher is informed in the teacher is informed in written on the result of his/her written on the result of his/her objectionobjection

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TEACHERS TEACHERS DISTINGUISHEDDISTINGUISHED

The majority of teachers The majority of teachers are neither characterised as are neither characterised as excellent or inadequate excellent or inadequate

A teacher is characterised A teacher is characterised excellent in one domain if excellent in one domain if he/she is excellent in all or he/she is excellent in all or most of the elements most of the elements which concise this domainwhich concise this domain

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TEACHERS TEACHERS DISTINGUISHEDDISTINGUISHED

Few are the ones that stand Few are the ones that stand out from the rest and they out from the rest and they are the ones that are are the ones that are characterised by zeal and characterised by zeal and enthusiasm in the exercise of enthusiasm in the exercise of their work. They are the key their work. They are the key figures of their school, they figures of their school, they are respected both by their are respected both by their colleagues and within the colleagues and within the community. community.

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TEACHERS TEACHERS DISTINGUISHEDDISTINGUISHED

Especially in the 4Especially in the 4thth domain: domain: ‘General behaviour & activity’ a ‘General behaviour & activity’ a teacher cannot be distinguished teacher cannot be distinguished unless he/she contributes with unless he/she contributes with his/her work, actions & example his/her work, actions & example towards the achievement of the towards the achievement of the educational aims & in the educational aims & in the creation of democratic citizens creation of democratic citizens who respect the laws of the who respect the laws of the country. country.

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THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCEYOUR PATIENCE