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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re: how to measure merit, isn't that a question in every job? I'm sure the principals know who works hard and is good at their job and who doesn't/isn't [/quote]

I don't know. Most teachers at my school work hard. I can't say anybody doesn't do their job. How do you measure "works hard"? What makes a teacher better than another?[/quote]

The same fallible ways you measure merit in other positions.

There are obvious ways you can point out when someone isn't being effective - doesn't show up on time, leaves early, doesn't call in in a timely manner, has a bad attitude, doesn't work well with peers, generates complaints. Some of those are things partially outside of a person's control. Many of us have worked with people who may have found us challenging because of particularly work styles, and sometimes those relationships go bad instead of being just another way of learning to deal with people. But most of them are within our power to partially influence.

There are obvious ways you can point out when someone is being effective - produces results beyond what is expected in their position, establishes relationships or policies or standards that help the environment, mentors effectively and works well with colleagues as well as subordinates and superiors. Some of those things are partially outside a persons control, but most of them are within our power to partially influence.

It is a challenging effort in every profession.[/quote]

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