The implementation of the consulting teacher in Illinois school districts
type: CreativeWork
description: The Educational Reform Act of 1985 mandated a state teacher evaluation procedure which required the use of a consulting teacher. According to the legislation, whenever a tenured teacher receives an unsatisfactory rating, the school district is required to provide that teacher with a consulting teacher. These consulting teachers would be appointed locally or if the local district had no qualified or interested candidates, the district had to request the ISBE to appoint a consulting teacher from outside the district. With only minimal guidelines to follow, local school districts have attempted to implement the role of the consulting teacher.
abstract: The Educational Reform Act of 1985 mandated a state teacher evaluation procedure which required the use of a consulting teacher. According to the legislation, whenever a tenured teacher receives an unsatisfactory rating, the school district is required to provide that teacher with a consulting teacher. These consulting teachers would be appointed locally or if the local district had no qualified or interested candidates, the district had to request the ISBE to appoint a consulting teacher from outside the district. With only minimal guidelines to follow, local school districts have attempted to implement the role of the consulting teacher.
author: Zion, Richard E.
language: eng
keywords: Education, Administration
date published: 2011-05-07T14:04:48Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:21Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/23175