Evaluation Methodology Styles

SchoolFi Supports Various Styles of Evaluation "Methodologies"

The flexibility of the SchoolFi Evaluation system allows many types of Evaluation "methodologies" to be implemented.

The system supports three broad types of methodologies.  In creating your Evaluation Templates - the descriptions of your staff members' "evaluation year" - you must select the type of the methodology to be used.

A key difference between the types of methodologies is the type of scoring they will use to assess the performance of the staff members.  Thus choosing a 'methodology' implies the choice of the scoring screen that will be shown to your observer/evaluators as they use the system.

"Standalone" Rubric + Forms

This is the most common methodology.   In it, a rubric is generally scored during multiple observations during the year, forms are filled in and artifacts/documents are uploaded into the system, but all of these things are generally independent from one another and not explicitly linked together.   The "standalone" rubric scoring screen is displayed to capture rubric scores.   This scoring screen displays the rubric without information from any additional source.

Forms Only

The "Forms Only" methodology type does not use a rubric.  Various forms are displayed during the observations and other Evaluation Events.  A simple scoring screen is used to capture practice scores.

Integrated Methodology Style

In the "integrated methodology" style, all things are linked back to the Rubric and the rubric is typically scored only once at the end of the school year (though this methodology style does not prevent it from being scored multiple times).   Answers on forms, artifacts uploaded into the system, comments in a diary can all be linked back to a section (or "page group") in the rubric.  When the rubric is scored, everything that has been linked to a Page Group is displayed with that Page Group when it is to be scored.   In this way all things are "integrated" with the Rubric.  The "Integrated Scoring Screen" displays.