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Supporting Effective Teaching

Superintendent Learning Session

October 6, 2011

Agenda

Overview of Educator Evaluation System

Unpacking the rubric

Calibrating with the rubric

Prioritizing

Lunch

Literacy Improvement Plan

Transportation

By the end of today’s session, we expect that you will understand…

• The main elements of the new evaluation system;

• The design of the rubric and begin to use it as a framework

to understand levels of effective teaching;

• The priorities within the rubric for BPS and your school ;

• The literacy improvement plan and implications for your

school;

The New Educator Evaluation System: Context

• National shift with Race to the Top to implement new

performance evaluation system

• Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Regulations on Performance Evaluations

- Implications for Level 4 Schools

- Implications for ALL schools

• Developing common expectations through rubrics

Principals & other Administrators Teachers

*Instructional Leadership

Management and Operations

Family & Community Partnerships

Professional Culture

*Curriculum, Planning & Assessment

*Teaching All Students

Family & Community Engagement

Professional Culture

• Denotes priority standard(s) on which to focus.

• Educators must be rated proficient on these standards in order to earn an overall

performance rating of proficient.

What’s New? 4 Statewide Standards & Indicators

5-Step Evaluation Cycle for all educators serving

in a position that requires a license

The New Evaluation System: Overview

Self-Assessment

Analysis, goal-setting & plan development

Implementation of the plan Formative

Assessment/Evaluation

Summative Evaluation

Understanding BPS’ Rubric for Effective Teaching

• Structure

• rubric for mccloud video clean.docx

• State Standards and BPS’ Dimensions of Effective Teaching

• Used for…

• self-assessment

• generate goals

• observing practice

• deepen shared knowledge

of proficient practice

Using the Rubric

1. Silently read through each of the performance levels for each

sub indicator

2. As a group choose one sub indicator to unpack

3. On the chart paper provided record possible observable

behaviors (teacher and students actions / practices) for each

rating category for the chosen sub indicator

4. Be prepared to present to the whole group

Application of Rubric

• Consider the evidence (lesson plan, video clip)

• Use the graphic organizer to record evidence you

observe

• surface_area_of_cylinders_lesson_plan2.pdf

• chris mccloud 14 min final.m4v

• After considering the evidence, group members will

use the rubric to rate Mr. McCloud on clarity / focus,

classroom management and alignment and

coherence sub-indicators and support their rating

with evidence of specific behaviors

• Each small group will report back to the whole

group on the rating and evidence

Prioritization

• Each P/H will note the 6 sub-indicators that we

should focus on in BPS

• P/HM will use post-it notes to chart the indicators

they chose

• Table groups will discuss the results of the charts and

be prepared to talk to the larger group the 6

priorities they think BPS should focus on

• Each quadrant group will listen to each table and

then make a recommendation to the whole group

about the 6 priorities

You said the most important characteristics of effective teaching are…

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engagement

differentiation

rigor

objective driven

student talk

classroom management

planning/prep

assessment

knowledge

learning environment

high expectations

posted student work

rapport with students

higher order questioning

focused lessons

student understanding of task

checks for understanding

relevance

organization

coopertive learning

student centered

family and community partnership

pacing

delivery of instruction

respectful

communication

reflective

transitions

conclustions/wrap up

application to real world

Characteristics of Effective Teaching

Totals

Homework

• By our December Superintendent Learning Session,

Principals and Headmasters will work with their ILT or

other groups in their school on unpacking or noting

behaviors that go along with the ratings on the core

sub indicators decided on today

• Principals / Headmasters will report back how the

process went, any issues with the rubric and other

input from their teachers

Resources, Support, Questions, and Feedback

• For more information, visit:

- http://connect.mybps.org/groups/effectiveteaching/

• Email questions, comments and feedback to:

-bpsevaluation@boston.k12.ma.us

Development Plan (1 Year)

• Educators in their first three years

Summative/

Formative

Performance

Rating

Self-Directed Growth Plan (1 or 2 Years) • Educator with PTS/ Performance rated as Proficient or Exemplary

Directed Growth Plan (up to 1 Year)

• Educator with performance rated as Need of Improvement

Improvement Plan (no less than 30 days and up to 1 Year)

• Educator with performance rated as Unsatisfactory

Educator Plans: 4 Paths & Plans Differentiated by Career Stage and Performance