What school leaders need to know about AI in teacher evaluation: the one line the law, unions, and federal guidance all draw, the Illinois law, the risks to manage, a district decision framework, questions to vet any tool, and sample policy language.
AI can cut a teacher evaluation in half, but which half? The watching (human judgment) must stay human; the writing (rubric translation) is what AI can safely do. Why that line is the whole question, and why the write-up tool you pick still matters.