Open AccessManaging Teacher Performance in Today’s Schools
Author(s) -
Tricia Chapman
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i9.1379
Subject(s) - christian ministry , negotiation , confusion , principal (computer security) , public relations , political science , business , pedagogy , psychology , law , computer science , psychoanalysis , operating system
The Tomorrow’s Schools reforms created confusion as to exactly who is the employer of teachers. In terms of the 1989 Education Act, it is the Board of Trustees. In practice, hiring and firing is likely to be done by the principal, and the Ministry of Education represents the employer party in collective employment contract negotiations. Drawing on the author’s personal experience of managing Ministry of Education contracts in performance management, this article:1. considers whether the imposed requirements for the performance management2. of teachers are consistent with the self-managing school framework; and3. evaluates the effectiveness of the regulations in enhancing teacher performance.