A plain-language guide to Georgia's TKES: the 10 TAPS standards by domain, the four rating levels, how observations work, and how the summative comes together.
There is no national teacher evaluation system — each state picks its own. This guide maps the primary teacher-evaluation framework for all 50 states and D.C. (Danielson, Marzano, T-TESS, RISE, and more), with a link to each.
AI can halve the evaluation write-up without touching the observation. Here's the line to draw — and why a purpose-built tool, EvalScribe, beats a chatbot for it.
AI can help Georgia admins with the TAPS documentation step of TKES — turning observation notes into standards-aligned write-ups. Here's what works and what to watch for.