TOSS 2014 Legislative Conference

Dr. Sara HeyburnDr. Paul Fleming

Teachers and Leaders Division, TDOE

Overview

Teacher Licensure Administrator Licensure Administrator Evaluation Pilot

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Teacher Licensure

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Process

August 2013 – SBE passes final reading on licensure changes October 2013 – SBE calls for stakeholder input on alternatives December 2013 – SBE, TDOE meets with TOSS work group to

discuss alternative proposals January 30, 2014 – SBE reviews two new proposals, A and B

• A: Advancement tied to overall; renewal tied to TCA required in-service• B: Advancement tied to overall; renewal tied to overall

April 2014 – SBE to review and vote on modified proposal B

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  SBE Approved Policy (Aug 2013)

Proposal A Proposal B

License types and validity periods

Practitioner - 3 years, renewable once

Professional - 6 years, renewable

Practitioner - 3 years (Practitioner II status*) Professional - 5 years,

renewable

Practitioner - min of 3 years, max of 6

Professional - 6 years, renewable

Advancement criteria

Earn a 2 or better on overall* evaluation score and TVAAS (if applicable), for two of three years

Earn a 3 or higher overall for at least two of three years

Earn a 3 or higher overall for at least two of three years

Renewal criteria

Earn a 2 or better on overall evaluation and TVAAS, if applicable

One-year extension if insufficient data

No performance requirement

Complete annual in-service as required by TCA 49-6-3004

Earn a 3 or higher on overall evaluation for at least 1/2 of all active years

One-year extension if insufficient data

Review status 1 year Must earn a 2 or

better on overall and TVAAS, if applicable

1 year Must get director sign-off

on successful completion of in-service hours

1 year Must earn a 3 or better

on overall evaluation

Appeal Yes Yes Yes

Other N/A Report of ‘inefficiency’ data by school district (i.e. teachers scoring 1’s or 2’s)

Report of ‘inefficiency’ data by school district

Safe harbor for NTGS teachers

*Overall as referenced here, indicates overall evaluation score

Revised Administrator Evaluation

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Why Do We Evaluate Administrators?

To provide high quality feedback that deepens skills and improves leader performance, leading to increased student learning.

High quality feedback Deeper skills

Improved leader

performance

Increased student learning

Administrator Evaluation Advisory Council

15 Council members, comprised of Directors, Instructional Supervisors, University Leadership Preparation Professors, Principals, and Assistant Principals meet monthly to share and provide feedback about the Pilot evaluation.

Review data and feedback from the 10 districts involved in the revised Administrator Evaluation Rubric Pilot during the 2013-14 school year, inform revisions to the rubric content, processes, and supporting tools, and with Department staff, make a joint recommendation for 2014-15 statewide rollout of the revised Administrator Evaluation rubric to the State Board of Education.

Seek feedback from various stakeholders to inform revisions to the current administrator licensure policy, and with Department staff, make a joint-recommendation for a revised licensure policy to the State Board of Education in 2014.

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Participating Districts

Davidson County Decatur County Franklin County Jackson-Madison County Lexington City Milan SSD Putnam County Trousdale County Wilson County Union County

Getting to Know the Revised RubricThe rubric includes: A preamble that generally defines the ‘Theory of Action’

grounding the rubric 4 TILS Standards 22 indicators Multiple descriptors for each indicator 2 types of evidence for each indicator: practices and

outcomes A brief ‘Glossary of Terms’

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about the pilot process, please reach out to Pennye Thurmond at Pennye.Thurmond@tn.gov or Paul Fleming at Paul.Fleming@tn.gov