I am a retired teacher who served as an elementary teacher in the Idaho Falls district for 35 years. I was an active member during my career and became an IEA trainer and have enjoyed helping other educators grow. Since retirement, I have continued to present various classes supporting our members with professional development.
I have been involved with teacher evaluations in many different ways. I served on the Idaho Falls District #91 board policy committee to develop the evaluation processes when Danielson was mandated by the State Board of Education and presented the IEA Evaluation Toolkit classes throughout several regions. I achieved and renewed National Board Certification, and later scored the for the National Board. When the State Department proposed the MEP process, I became involved and presented MEP support classes and later volunteered to score the MEP portfolios. Now I follow the legislation concerning the Advanced Professional Endorsement and work with the IEA to keep educators informed.  I believe the more a teacher knows about the evaluation processes used, the better they can guide and control their own careers.