Improving Teaching & Learning May 2012

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Improving Teaching & Learning

Local District 4

Administrators Meeting

May 9, 2012

Dale W. Vigil, Ed.D.

Superintendent

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Objectives

Reflect on our current system of teacherevaluation

Deepen our understanding of changes inteacher evaluation with the use of theTeaching & Learning Framework

Analyze how our current practice can berefined through our knowledge of theT&L Framework

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Current Practice - Process

Where are we now?How do you evaluate teachers?What would we keep, revise, toss, or need

to add?

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CopyrightTulsaPublicSchools2011

Teaching&LearningFrameworkPrincipalsProfessionalDevelopment


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TheTeaching&Learningframework

willprovideacommonlanguageand

founda>onfordefining,suppor>ng,developing,andmeasuring

instruc>on.

--Dr.JohnDeasy

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Whatisthe

TeachingandLearningFramework?

Adescrip>onoftheteacherresponsibili>esthatpromoteimprovedstudentlearning.

Adefini>onofwhatteachersshouldknowandbeabletodointheexerciseoftheirprofession,basedonresearchandbestprac>ce.

Acommonlanguagethatallowsopportuni>esforeducatorstodiscussgoodteaching.

Astructuredesignedtoaddressthecomplexi>esofteachingapplicabletoallprac>>onerlevelsfromnovicethroughaccomplished.

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Howisitbeingused?

Itisa

TooltoguideEvalua>on&ProfessionalGrowthforteachers

Focusforprofessionaldevelopmentforschools

Atthis9me CurrentlyinIni>alImplementa>onPhase(IIP) Plannedforlimitedroll-outnextyear

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EducatorGrowth&DevelopmentCycle

TeacherSelf

Assessment

Pre

ConferenceObserva9on

PostConference

Reflec9onandSeDng

Goals

(IGP)

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Impact on our Current Practice

How does the Teaching & LearningFramework address some of the issues

we raised about our current evaluation

system?How might you refine the evaluation

process with your teachers based on this

work?

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Current Practice - Content

What do we evaluate teachers on?How do we know how good our teachers

are?

What would we keep, revise, toss, or needto add?

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TheWowFactor

Ifyouweretoobserveanexcellentteacher,

eitherintheclassroomoranotherprofessional

seUng,whatmightyouseeorhearthatwould

causeyoutothinkthatyouwereinthe

presenceofanexpert?

Whatwouldmakeyouthink,Wow,thisisgood!IfIhadachildthisage,thisistheclassI

wouldwanttochoose.

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Teaching&LearningFramework

Standard1:PlanningandPrepara>on

Standard2:TheClassroomEnvironment

Standard3:Instruc>on

Standard4:Addi>onalProfessional Responsibili>es

Standard5:ProfessionalGrowth

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ConsideringtheBestFit

singthehandout,inwhatareasofthe

ECERSprofilemighttheT&Lrubricshelptoimproveinstruc>onby

providingaspectrumofperformance

levels?

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Impact on our Current Practice

How does the Teaching & LearningFramework address some of the issues

we raised about our current evaluation

system?How might you refine the way you

evaluate your teachers based on this

work?

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Bonus Session A: CCSS ELA Sample

Performance Tasks for K and First

Grade

Analyze the performance tasks fromAppendix B of the CCSS ELA. What do

students need to be able to do to be

successful at this task?

What would instruction around this tasklook like and sound like?

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Bonus Session B: Article Jigsaw

Choose one article that appeals to youthe most.

Read the article and be able to share withyour colleagues:What is the article about?How is it applicable to your work?How would you evaluate the article?

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