SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATOR EVALUATION PROJECT

Presentation to the SLCSDBoard of Education

May 7, 2013

Joint Educator Evaluation Committee

Teachers: Chrissy Paulos, Diane Pulver, Monty Eyink, Dessie Olson

Administrators: Bert Steele, Logan Hall, Peggy Paterson, Dan Bergman

Parents: Melissa Ford, Sherri Hutten, Christopher King, Michelle Tuitupou

Chair: Craig Ruesch Steering Committee: Patrick Garcia,

Susan McFarland, Jo Ellen Shaeffer

In Review

June 2012- Report to the Board about the new state-mandated components required in the educator evaluation programs and our intention to adapt our programs to meet the new requirements

July 2012- First meeting held with the Joint Educator Evaluation Committee (JEEC) to set a direction for the work

Agreed to maintain as much of the structure of ECAP and the administrators’ program as possible and to honor the established guiding and operating principles which reflect a commitment to educator support

The JEEC has met monthly to become informed, review the programs and make adaptations consistent with state law and state board policy

May 8, 2013- the JEEC will meet for a final time this year to finalize our recommended pilot plans

2013-2014- The JEEC will continue to meet to address issues and needs that arise as a result of this year’s state pilot and our implementation of the program in our district

Educator Evaluation Components

Orientation Mentor Provided Professional Growth Plan Fall Collaborative Conference Monitoring Observations Providing Support Mid-Year Collaborative Conference Spring Collaborative Conference EvaluationWith minor differences, the components are essentially the same for teachers and

administrators.

Orientation

Provided to all educators at the beginning of each school year.

Must be provided prior to beginning the evaluation process

Includes the evaluation process and forms to be used in the program

We hope to make the yearly initial orientation a video presentation to increase consistency throughout the district

Mentor Provided

A mentor will be provided to all provisional educators

The mentor shall be a career educator with at least 3 years of successful educational experience who performs substantially the same duties as the provisional educator

Training will be provided to mentors through the STAR program

Professional Growth Plan

Professional Growth Plan (PGP) development begins with a review and a self-assessment of the Utah Effective Teaching or Utah Educational Leadership Standards

Goals are selected to address areas needing improvement

Plans for goal accomplishment are established Professional learning resources are identified We are working to make the PGP an on-line

process

Fall Collaborative Conference

Scheduled early in the school year (months 2-3)

Educator meets with his/her supervisor The Professional Growth Plan (self-

assessment, goals, and professional learning plan) is discussed

Other items such as disclosure documents, instructional time lines, pacing maps, documentation of student progress, school and district goals, and agreements regarding formal observations are reviewed

Monitoring

The supervisor observes and collects information from a variety of sources, such as walk-throughs, informal classroom observations, asking the customers (students, parents, staff members), interacting with the educator, and listening

This information helps inform the Professional Practices portion of the evaluation

Observations

Several informal observations will be conducted throughout the year with all educators

Provisional Teachers will be formally observed a minimum of two times

Career Teachers in the summative year of their three-year evaluation cycle will be formally observed at least once

Providing Support

Supervisor will provide assistance to educators needing additional support to increase effectiveness

Step 1- Collaborative Intervention (informal), supervisor works with the educator

Step 2 (if needed)- Performance Assistance (more formal), other support personnel, including the association, are called upon for added support

Step 3 (if needed)- Remediation (formal), well-defined high stakes process to help correct unresolved deficiencies

This process will be reviewed by the JEEC during 2013-2014 and revised if needed.

Mid-Year Collaborative Conference

Supervisor meets with all educators Scheduled mid-year to review student

data and progress on the Professional Growth Plan and goals

Provisional educators are also evaluated as part of this conference to comply with the requirement to evaluate provisional educators two times during the year

Spring Collaborative Conference

Professional Growth Plan and goal progress are reviewed

A “Data Source,” in its current format, will no longer be required. Data sources (i.e. documents/artifacts) may be submitted as evidence of effective practice.

Record of Professional Development and Learning Activities reviewed

Evaluation Report and Decision Summary forms are discussed and signed

Evaluation

Evaluation components are reviewed and discussed Observed Professional Practices: related to standards Stakeholder Input: student surveys yearly, parent surveys every year

or every third year (plus teacher surveys for administrators) Student Growth Data: Student Growth Percentiles for tested

subjects/grades, Student Learning Objectives for non-tested subjects/grades (2014-15)

Annual Effectiveness and Decision Summary forms are reviewed and signed

Educator receives one of four rating designations: Not Effective Minimally Effective or Emerging Effective (option for provisional

educators) Effective Highly Effective

USOE Model Evaluation System TING

OBSERVATIONS

CONFERENCES

DOCUMENTS & ARTIFACTS

OTHER DATA

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN

SELF ASSESSMENT

PERFORMANCE GOALS

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN

AND OTHER DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS

SUPERVISOR EVALUATION

STUDENT GROWTH & LEARNING

STAKEHOLDER INPUT, (PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND

STUDENTS)

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES FOR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION &

LEADERSHIP

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Annual Educator Evaluation Overview

Evaluation Component Career Educator

Provisional

EducatorOrientation X XMentor Provided   XProfessional Growth Plan X XFall Collaborative Conference

X X

Monitoring / Informal Observations

X X

Formal Observations X XProviding Additional Support

as needed as needed

Mid-Year Collaborative Conference

X X

Spring Collaborative Conference

X X

Evaluation X X

Looking Ahead

Scope of the Pilot (Key agenda item for the JEEC meeting tomorrow) We will discuss things such as how many of the standards to focus on for the pilot

year, how stakeholder input will be handled, and what types of protocols we will use for observations, etc.

Our pilot may be impacted by feedback generated by the state pilot. Some of this feedback will not be available until fall

We feel we have a good foundation on which to begin our pilot but some changes will likely occur over the course of the 2013-2014 school year

Unknowns Observation and Evaluation Protocols (format and platform) Results of the state pilots (surveys, instruments, protocols)

Next Steps Create modules for fall teacher and administrator orientation (spring/summer) Work to create demonstrations of what the descriptors look like in practice Create training to increase reliability among observers Guide development and use of stakeholder surveys tailored to SLCSD Revise intervention piece as needed Inform revisions of the written agreement, written understanding and board policy Address concerns identified in the pilot