Performance reviews & teacher appraisal aligned to your school’s culture
BlueSky’s adaptable features support schools to design an appraisal process that aligns with school culture and regulatory guidelines. Whether your school conducts annual performance reviews or has adopted an informal approach based on continuous professional dialogue, use BlueSky to underpin appraisal policy.
Schools use BlueSky to ensure individual appraisal objectives are linked to school and trust priorities. It empowers teachers and school staff to take ownership of their professional learning pathway while maintaining professional accountability for classroom practice that benefits student outcomes.
Engage all staff in a continuous, agile and developmental process
ORGANISATION & GROUP OBJECTIVES
Align individual appraisal objectives to your team, school or group priorities in line with improvement plans. Evaluate progress through instant, granular and holistic reporting dashboards.
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Reviewees can self-reflect against national or bespoke frameworks to inform professional learning pathways. Directly link individual teacher appraisal and operational team objectives to standards.
APPRAISAL OBJECTIVES
Record professional objectives with specific and defined success criteria that supports an open and fair process. Document ongoing collaborative dialogue throughout the appraisal cycle.
OBSERVATIONS
Build bespoke templates for quality assurance including drop-ins, learning visits, formal observations and instructional coaching. Access global intelligence at the touch of a button.
MEETINGS & REVIEWS
Review progress towards appraisal objectives or professional learning goals at set points in the cycle and document meeting outcomes. Provide regular coaching feedback to support when needed.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Organisations can house their entire professional learning programme in BlueSky Education. Evaluate impact aligned to strategic goals. Build professional learning networks.
The developmental approach to teacher appraisal
Teaching is, by its nature, a collaborative and developmental profession. Involving staff in conversations about their own performance and professional growth is crucial for creating a sense of purpose and demonstrating their value to the school.
So, what do senior leadership teams need to get right when it comes to performance management?
In our guide ‘Essential steps to effective school appraisal’, we explore how school leaders can use teacher appraisal to link objectives to professional development and encourage your staff to engage with school improvement priorities.
A universal tool for appraisal and professional development in schools
All school staff – from teachers and support staff to executive leaders and school business leaders, as well as the operations team – can access their own personal portfolio in our secure online platform, giving everyone ownership of their professional development and progression.
Individual objectives can be aligned to departmental and strategic priorities of the organisation, promoting engagement and commitment.
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Learn more about our school and teacher performance management solutions for teacher appraisal, CPD and quality assurance.
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Teacher Appraisal and Performance Review case studies from our schools
