TEACHER KEYS EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM(TKES)

WHY TKES?

HOUSE BILL 244• Passed during 2013 legislative session• Mandates use of single, state-wide evaluation

system for teachers• Optimize teacher quality• Optimize student learning

PRIMARY PURPOSES

• Optimize student learning and growth• Improve the quality of classroom instruction• Support the continuous growth of teachers

TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS METHOD(TEMS)

3 Components:Teacher Assessment on Performance StandardsStudents growth and Academic AchievementSurveys of Instructional Practice

TEACHER ASSESSMENT ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS(TAPS)

• FIVE DOMAINS: Planning, Instructional Delivery, Assessment of and for Learning,

• Learning Environment, Professionalism and Communication

TEN STANDARDS

• Professional Knowledge• Instructional Planning• Instructional Strategies• Differentiated Instruction• Assessment Strategies• Assessment Uses• Positive Learning Environment• Academically Challenging Environment• Professionalism• Communication

RATING PERFORMANCE

• EXEMPLARY• PROFICIENT• NEEDS DEVELOPMENT• INEFFECTIVE

TAPS PROCESS

• Orientation• Familiarization• Self-Assessment• Pre-Evaluation Conference• Observation and Collection• Formative Assessment and Mid-Year Evaluation

Conference• Summative Assessment and Summative

Evaluation

TAPS MANAGEMENT

• Electronic Platform: houses all records and resources for TKES

• Supports dialogue between principals and teachers

• Produces reports on usage and completion of process steps

GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT

• Based on GROWTH, NOT academic scores• Students growth is based on the IMPACT of

your teaching

THE BOTTOM LINE

• “For every one of us that succeeds, it is because there is somebody there to show you the way out. For me, it was teachers and school.”

• Ophrah Winfrey