Impacts on Teacher Evaluations: The Importance of Building Capacity through Excellence in the Application of the Teacher Evaluation Process

Significant student learning and school improvement are dependent upon the teacher being the centerpiece (Tucker, Stronge, Gareis, & Beers, 2003; National Council of Teacher Quality, 2011). In maintaining the high standards associated with teaching responsibilities, educators are held accountable through performance evaluations. In the United States, teacher evaluations have long been a standard of practice largely determined by individual states and school districts. Additionally, teacher effectiveness has been guided by at least three pieces of national legislation, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, 1965), the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2001) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, 2009), also referred to as the Stimulus or Recovery Act. With the expectation that the nation\u27s universities produce higher quality teachers and school districts hire highly qualified teachers, the profession finds itself under constant, critical scrutiny, most recently concerning the evaluation of teachers

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- April 12, 1907

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date April 12, 1907 (volume X, number 54)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1907/1024/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- February 26, 1901

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date February 26, 1901 (volume 4, number 40)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1901/1014/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- May 17, 1901

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date May 17, 1901 (volume 4, number 63)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1901/1034/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- May 7, 1901

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date May 7, 1901 (volume 4, number 60)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1901/1031/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- January 30, 1906

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date January 30, 1906 (volume IX, number 33)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1906/1007/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- May 22, 1906

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date May 22, 1906 (volume IX, number 65)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1906/1039/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- September 9, 1904

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date September 9, 1904 (volume VII, number 97)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1904/1070/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern, Chester S.C.- October 16, 1906

The collection consists of individual issues of The Lantern a newspaper printed in Chester, South Carolina from 1897 until 1913. The editor was J. T. Bigham. This issue, scanned from microfilm, is date October 16, 1906 (volume X, nnumber 3)https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/chesterlantern1906/1080/thumbnail.jp