The Opinions of Teachers and School Leaders on the Improvement of the Evaluation Process and the Influencing Factors in the Teacher Evaluation Process!

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the opinions of teachers and principals and to provide valuable data on teachers’ perceptions regarding their professional evaluation, as well as on the perceptions of school principals regarding how this evaluation affects the improvement of teacher performance and increases the quality of education in schools. This study aims to reflect the way teachers and school leaders perceive the evaluation policy applied to them, the quality of this process, and the factors influencing the teacher evaluation process. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the perceptions of teachers and school leaders about the teacher evaluation process, as well as to determine how this process can be improved. In order to provide a more complete overview of the perceptions that teachers and leaders have about evaluation and the factors that influence this process, and to reach realistic findings and conclusions that serve the achievement of the research objectives, quantitative methods were used, along with the analysis of primary and secondary data. The survey of teachers and leaders was carried out in some of the main and largest districts of the country, such as Tirana, Durres, Korçe, Elbasan, Shkoder, Lushnje, Vlore and Fier, which make up the study population.