Mentors say, though, that maintaining independence from principals is crucial.
A personal interview, high school grades and recommendations from principals count the most.
Novice teachers receive constant feedback from principals and other campus administrators.
Another significant boost for international crime came not from proxies, but from principals.
The remainder of the evaluation will come from observations from principals and other teachers, and other measures.
The police department chose the schools based on area accident rates, traffic volume and requests from principals.
A clown panic that is causing school closings and letters from principals and cops and the banning of clownwear.
Among the responses, about 200 were from principals, more than 350 from assistant principals and the rest from education administrators.
He proposes awarding $1,000 bonuses to the staff members of high-performing schools, from principals to janitors.
The city also factored in teacher performance, including whether recent hires were denied tenure and whether they received an unsatisfactory rating from principals.
The Washington, D.C., schools chancellor, Michelle Rhee, fired more than 100 teachers this summer based on evaluations from principals and other educators and, when available, value-added scores.
