How teacher evaluation software is priced, and why the price is the wrong thing to focus on. The real return is the hours of leadership time it recovers. Here's the math that turns the cost into a rounding error.
How long does it take to write a teacher evaluation? Commonly one to three hours per teacher, and 11 to 15 hours for a substantive one, mostly in the write-up, not the observation. What the research says, and how to get some of it back.
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.
General AI like ChatGPT can draft evaluation language, but every write-up means pasting standards, prompting, and editing. How a purpose-built teacher evaluation tool compares on alignment, consistency, speed, and defensibility.