Teacher Effectiveness: All of Your Questions Answered Matt Gill, Tammy Meyer, Robin Curtis...

Teacher Effectiveness: All of Your Questions Answered

Matt Gill , Tammy Meyer, Robin Curtis10/15/2015

Teacher Effectiveness Overview

Background

• Principle 3 of the ESEA Waiver to No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

• Commission on Teaching and Learning (CTL) created to design the Teacher and Principal Educator effectiveness models–Includes teachers, principals, higher

ed, SD DOE, SDEA, EDEC

TIMELINE REVIEW

• SY 2014-15 : Teacher Effectiveness Learning Year

• SY: 2015-16: Teacher Effectiveness Full Implementation

– Includes SLO and Danielson-aligned Professional Practice Rating

• Fall 2016: Submission of district-level aggregate Teacher

Effectiveness data from SY 2015-16 via PRF

– Data will NOT be reported individually

The Parts

• Professional Practice Rating– South Dakota Framework for Teaching

• Student Growth Rating– Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

• Summative Teacher Effectiveness Rating–Combination of the Professional Practice and

Student Growth Ratings

Summative Rating MatrixProfessional Oversight: Is the rating fair and accurate based on the evidence

and data shared by the teacher

Determining Teacher EffectivenessUsing multiple measures of professional practice and student learning

Domain 1 Domain 2 Domain 3 Domain 4

Planning and Preparation

Classroom Environment

InstructionProfessional

Responsibilities

• Classroom Observations and Evidence of Effective Practice

• Components from Each of the 4 Domains

• At Least 8 Components Chosen Based on District or School Priorities

South Dakota Framework for Teaching

Professional Practice Rating

Below Expectations Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations

Differentiated Performance Categories

Student Growth

SLOs

Growth Rating

SLOs

State Assessments(as one measure if available)

District Assessments

Evaluator-Approved Assessments

Professional Practice Rating

Student Growth Rating

Summative Evaluation

Rating

Summative Scoring Matrix

Summative Teacher Effectiveness Rating Categories

Below Expectations

Meets Expectations

Exceeds Expectations

JudgmentRating Subject

to Review✪

Misconceptions

• Use of the state assessment– The state assessment IS NOT the measure of the SLO in tested

grades and subjects– Used to prioritize the learning content and develop SLO baseline

• Used as a “gotcha” – FALSE– This model is all about growth for all and focused conversations

• Use of Teacher Effectiveness Ratings– The SD DOE only reports state-level aggregate data

• Length of SLO– SLO should last the duration of the class (semester, year) and

cover the most important learning

The Aspiration: Improve Instruction and Student Learning

1. Encourage meaningful, in-depth dialogue focused on improving instruction

2. Provide regular, timely, useful feedback that guides professional growth

3. Support a culture in which data drives instructional decisions

4. Establish clear expectations for teacher performance5. Use multiple measures to meaningfully determine

and differentiate teacher performance6. Provide a fair, flexible, research-based model that

informs personnel decisions.

Lesson’s Learned

Differentiated Goal

**Recommended, not Required**• 1. Disaggregate your pre-assessment

data and develop differentiated individual or group goals.

• 2. Write you SLO so that it includes 100% of your students.

• 100% of my students will reach their individual teacher-created growth goal.

Why Differentiated SLOs?

– All students CAN show growth.– All students CAN and SHOULD be included in

instruction.– Differentiated SLOs become a true GROWTH goal, set

by the teacher who best understands what is realistic and rigorous for the children in his/her classroom.

– Doesn’t an SLO like “90% of students will score an 85% or higher on the math assessment” sound a lot like AMOs? NCLB?

Handbooks

• Teacher Effectiveness– http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/documents/TeachEff.pdf

• Student Learning Objective (SLO)– http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/documents/SLObook-D.pdf

• Principal Effectiveness– http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/documents/Princbook.pdf

Comparison of State Requirements to Recommended Model

• http://doe.sd.gov/secretary/documents/TEReqReco.pdf

• Tammy – What you Learned

• Robin – what you learned

• The State – what you learned

SDEA Resources

• SLO Attainment Calculator - http://sdea.org/home/682.htm

• Professional Development Opportunities - http://sdea.org/home/707.htm

• SLO Repository - http://sdea.org/home/sdeaslorepository.htm

SD DOE Website

• http://doe.sd.gov/secretary/TE.aspx

State-Paid Professional Development

• http://doe.sd.gov/secretary/documents/doepdopts1.pdf

Teachscape - Updates

Dashboard

Evaluation Plans

• Teacher Evaluation Plan

• Non-Evaluation Year Plan (SLO-Only Plan)

• School Specialist Plans and Rubrics

• Principal Evaluation Plan (coming soon)

Contact Information

Contact Information

Matt Gill• Matthew.Gill@state.sd.us• 605-773-8193

Tammy Meyer• Tammy.Meyer@k12.sd.us

Robin Curtis• Robin.Curtis@k12.sd.us