New Teacher Introduction to Evaluation

08/28/2012

• Quick look at DESE Requirements

• Use of TeachPoint Within Evaluation System

Today’s Objectives

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

5 Step Evaluation Cycle: Rubrics

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Part III: Guide to RubricsPart III: Guide to RubricsPages 4-5Pages 4-5

Rubric is used to assess

performance and/or progress

toward goals

Rubric is used to analyze

performance and determine ratings on each Standard and

Overall

Every educator uses a rubric to self-assess against Performance

Standards

Professional Practice goals – team and/or

individual must be tied to one or more Performance

Standards

Evidence is collected for

Standards and Indicators; rubric should be used to provide feedback

Administrators

•Instructional Leadership*

•Management and Operations

•Family & Community Partnerships

•Professional Culture

Teachers

•Curriculum, Planning & Assessment*

•Teaching All Students (Instruction)*

•Family & Community Engagement

•Professional Culture

* Indicates a “power standard” - Educators and leaders MUST be rated Proficient in these standards in order to receive an overall summative performance rating of Proficient.

Know the Four Standards

The New Standards

Beginning the Process• Teacher completes Self-assessment Form

• Administrator views teacher self-assessment

• Teacher completes Goal Setting Form

• Evaluator and teacher complete Educator Plan Form

* Handout with detailed process for this school year

S M A R T Goals are...

Specific / Strategic

Measurable

Action-Oriented

Rigorous/ Realistic/ Results-Focused

Timed and Tracked

• Wachusett Regional School District (Fall 2010)

•Apple Annual Tech Conference (Spring 2011)

Developed in Collaboration with Schools

Built to Make the Evaluation Process Effective•Flexible can be used with any

forms/process

•Web-based access for teachers and tech. staff

Interaction and collaboration•Sharing forms•Automated notifications (email)•Teacher reflection/response

Promote consistency through monitoring

Use the right tools to leverage your effort

•100% paperless•DESE reporting•Secure

Built to Make the Evaluation Process Better

MA Regulations (603 CMR 35.00)

School committees shall adopt either the Model System designed and regularly updated by the Department, or a locally developed system that is consistent with these principles.

... a summative evaluation, in which the evaluator determines an overall rating of educator performance based on the evaluator's professional judgment and an examination of evidence ...

1. Self-Assessment (Standards, Student Learning)

2a. Goal setting (Student Learning, Prof. Practice)

2b. Educator Plan (Action Plan)

3a. Formative Assessment3b. Summative Evaluation

}Beginning of Year(Oct 1st)

-> Ongoing/mid-cycle-> End of cycle

Process

• Teacher receives TeachPoint email and sets up account

•Teacher logs in, completes self-assessment, turns sharing on

• Evaluator logs in and views teacher self-assessment

• Teacher completes Goal Setting Form, evaluator adds Educator Plan Form

• Evaluator conducts observations and formative/summative evaluation

MA DESE Forms

1. Self-Assessment2A. Goal setting2B. Educator Plan Form3A. Evaluator Record of Evidence3B. Educator Collection of Evidence4A. Formative Assessment4B. Formative Evaluation Report5. Summative Evaluation6. Educator Response

And Teacher rubric

Issues: - too many - rubrics not included

Forms are independent of DESE model and contract.

Share forms throughout year

• Use observations/rubric as motivational tool

• Build data over time to ease end-of-year burden

- Include MEPID in TeachPoint (employee ID)- Report professional status (end of year)- Overall rating (E, P, NI, U), and for each of 4 standards

- Student Feedback (Sept 2013)- Impact on learning (low, moderate, high) ... FUTURE REQ.

DESE review by Sept. 2013, Use by June 2015 (2 yrs of data)

Future

DESE Reporting

DESE Review

Frequently Asked Questions

Who will be evaluating me?

What’s my educator plan?

What part do I play in my own evaluation process?

How do I address concerns I may have about comments made in observations, walk-throughs, formative and/or summative assessments?

Training for Educatorswill continue at the building level

with colleagues, principal and evaluators.