The assessment of teaching performance from the perspective of managers: imperative instruction and multiple contours

Abstract

This study addresses the assessment of teaching performance in relation to the challenges of school management. The objective is to analyze the opinions of school leaders on the assessment of teaching performance, considering a set of current guidelines and regulations that intervene in teaching work and school management autonomy and methods. Empirical data were collected through interviews with 10 current public school principals effectively working in the state education network of Tocantins. The theoretical discussion seeks to situate the theme by relating it to a set of educational reforms of recent decades, based on Oliveira (2004), Lima (2018), Libâneo (2016), Maguiri and Ball (2011), Maldonado and Chaves (2020), Hypolito (2011), among others. It seems that assessing teaching performance has become a mandatory recommendation, albeit with several interpretations, difficulties, and disagreements to employ within schools.