Retaining Effective Teachers Policy
South Dakota does not have state-level policy that connects professional development to teachers' evaluations.
Require that evaluation systems provide teachers with feedback about their performance.
In order to increase their effectiveness in the classroom, teachers
need to receive feedback on strengths and areas that need improvement
identified in their evaluations. As such, South Dakota should require that
evaluation systems provide teachers with feedback about their classroom
performance.
Ensure that professional development is aligned with findings from teachers' evaluations.
Professional development that is not informed by evaluation results may
be of little value to teachers' professional growth and aim of
increasing their effectiveness in the classroom. South Dakota should ensure
that districts utilize teacher evaluation results in determining
professional development needs and activities.
South Dakota recognized the factual accuracy of this analysis.