My summative evaluation, to be delivered this coming week after several observations, will reflect whether or not I had standards posted in my room; whether or not the students knew which standard they were working on; whether or not they were "engaged;" whether or not I adjusted on the fly, responding to their responses; whether or not I analyzed data and designed lesson to target areas of weakness; whether or not they met "achievement goals" assigned by the state.
It will not reflect the time and resources I spent feeding hungry students, conferencing with families about how to help provide a stable home environment, listening to students unburden themselves about situations causing them stress, sometimes just to be a safe set of ears, sometimes to help them with the situation; working with struggling students to help them catch up, coming up with individual plans to help them cope successfully with whatever challenges they were facing, providing a place of safe, secure support for whatever they needed, doing what I could to make sure that they knew someone cared for them and had their back.
It will not reflect the success I felt when a student whose mother told me to "give up" because he would never "like" ANYTHING that had to do with school, got excited about reading a series of books and wanted to talk to me about them at lunch time.
It will not reflect my lost lunch times, the only time I'm supposed to have a break with students, when those who didn't want to be outside at their lunch recesses for whatever reason showed up and worked or asked to "help" me, and I gave them sanctuary.
My evaluation will be all about exhibiting what currently passes for expected instructional methodology and standardized "achievement." It won't have anything to do with making school a safe, positive place to be, or making learning something to look forward to, to enjoy, to feel confident about.
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