Common use of Conversation Clause in Contracts

Conversation. Engage everyone in on-going conversation about improving practice. Creating a shared understanding of effective practice is not limited to teams, however. Encouraging reflection and dialogue among teams, individuals, colleagues, and school leaders around the rubrics, student data, and teaching strategies is at the heart of the new educator evaluation process. Create time and space for those conversations throughout the evaluation cycle—during common planning time, faculty meetings, and professional development sessions—and in classrooms, hallways and faculty rooms. On-going, focused conversations about practice following frequent, short classroom visits are essential. So, too, are conversations in well-structured faculty and team meetings and through review and analysis of product and practices. All of these conversations will help create a shared vision of effective practice, a critical ingredient for nearly every strong and improving school. Appendix C-1: Forms for Educator Evaluation Overview of Forms