Cushman Selected to Serve on Supervisor Evaluation Advisory Council
Sept. 19, 2014 - Dr. Carla Cushman, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, has been chosen to serve on the Supervisor Evaluation Advisory Council for the Tennessee Department of Education during the 2014-15 school year. Cushman will be one of only sixteen individuals to serve on the Advisory Council. The council is charged with reviewing and analyzing national and state model supervisor standards and relevant research about the principal evaluator role. Likewise, the council will seek feedback from various stakeholders to inform the development of a voluntary supervisor evaluation rubric, while also aiming to solicit districts interested in piloting a supervisor evaluation rubric.
Cushman was chosen to serve on the committee due to her exemplary and innovative instructional leadership in Tennessee. In response to being chosen, Cushman states, “I was delighted to receive an invitation to serve on the newly formed Supervisor Evaluation Advisory Council. The opportunity to collaborate with other educators is always a rewarding professional experience. Dr. Fleming’s vision for the development of a supervisor evaluation rubric will provide much needed support to district-level supervisors across Tennessee.”
Cushman is a relatively new professor in Union’s School of Education, having started her work at Union Fall 2014 semester. Cushman serves on Union University’s Hendersonville, TN campus, which is located north of Nashville. To learn more about Union University’s Graduate Studies in Education degree programs, please visit: http://www.uu.edu/programs/education/graduate/ .
