Natália Rodrigues

Assessment of Teaching Performance Natália Rodrigues

The implementation of quality evaluation systems is a fundamental strategy to promote the improvement of teachers' pedagogical practices and, consequently, of schools' educational action. Ensuring this usefulness depends, in the first place, on the willingness of the political power to institute appropriate evaluation models, based on criteria of usefulness with regard to the intended improvement. Secondly, it is the responsibility of schools and their managers to create and promote the conditions necessary for these processes to take place in a coherent, fair manner and with a positive impact in professional and institutional terms. Therefore, it is essential that everyone is involved in the process, through communication mechanisms and emancipatory supervisory processes that promote collaboration and commitment, and that the consistency and clarity of the procedures to be adopted are guaranteed. Only in this way will we have an evaluation of teaching performance in the service of improving educational systems.