The purpose of a teacher evaluation system must be to help teachers achieve their greatest potential — that’s the bottom line. In more than three decades working with teachers, I have rarely met a teacher who has lost interest in learning more in order to better serve students. Yes, I have met teachers who were disillusioned when they struggled in classrooms and didn’t know where to turn for support. I have met teachers who were overwhelmed by the number of initiatives they are asked to implement over the course of one year. However, these are not teachers who will best be served by an evaluation process designed to assign them a label. These are teachers who need an evaluation system that is designed to help