Teacher Quality Information

Teacher Quality Committees were established by the Iowa Legislature in 2007 by Section 284.4 of the Iowa Code. The Department of Education, Iowa Association of School Boards, Iowa State Education Association and SAI have jointly developed resource materials for use by these committees. The goal is to help committees become more effective in meeting the expectations of Section 284 as well as local needs. The use of these materials is not required; they are provided as a resource.

An additional resource is consultation with the DE. If you have unresolved issues after consulting with the DE, ISEA and SAI have pledged to work with local TQCs to solve problems.

New Teacher Quality Committee Notebook - August 2009

Associated Resources

• Sample agenda for meeting to allocate PD funds
• Sample agenda for meeting to monitor mentoring and induction
• Sample agenda for meeting to monitor PD program
• Sample agenda for meeting to monitor evaluation
• Sample agenda for first Teacher Quality Committee meeting of the year

Additional Resources

• Teacher Quality Act, Beginning Teacher Evaluation
• Sample Comprehensive Evaluations of a Beginning Teacher
• Comprehensive Evaluation Form (Word document)
• Sample Comprehensive Evaluation of a Beginning Teacher for Teachers with Deficiencies
• Reaction to ISEA's "Career Development, Performance Review and Intensive Assistance for Career Teachers"
• ePortfolio™ Project
• Download PDF version of Impact of the Iowa Supreme Court's "Waterloo" Decision (Waterloo Community School District v. PERB, Waterloo EA, and Waterloo Educational Support Personnel) on the Teacher Quality Act ("TQA")
• Comprehensive Evaluation Instrument and three-tiered evaluation model developed by Dr. Tom McGreal
• Teacher Evaluation Research
• Brief History of Evaluation Criteria Timeline