Peer Review

1. The peer review system has a lot of pros and cons for new teachers. The peer review method can be an excellent resource for new teachers to improve a variety of aspects in their classrooms such as classroom management, material implementation, and teaching strategies. Like all professional athletes, they may be the best at what they do, but they are still coached by someone everyday. So even if teachers are "the best in their field" then they can use a little coaching as well. According to the Evolution of Peer Coaching article, the peer coaching helped almost all teachers implement new teaching strategies in their classroom. Another advantage of peer review is the ability to form a team as professional developers. You as a teacher would be able to work with your colleagues and collaborate to try a new method or a new behavior plan that will ultimately benefit the students. Now that they have learned that strategy, they can model and coach another teacher on that same strategy. However, there are some disadvantages to peer coaching as well. Some teachers may not be willing to be coached or reviewed by their peers. If one teacher is not willing to dive into the process, then the system will never work. Another disadvantage could include teachers not getting the feedback that they are looking for in their peer reviews. In many traditional practices, teachers are trained at their higher institutions then laced in whatever job they take. With peer review, the idea is that teachers are trained and then they continue to be coached after they have learned what they needed to learn for the job. I would not mind being observed or evaluated this way. Peer review is a good way to not only collaborate with your peers, but also to get some feedback in things you could be contributing more or less of in your class.

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