Welcome to PDAS Domains V-VIII Orientation

► Please help yourself to the drinks and snacks provided for you in the hallway

► Take a minute to look through your materials one last time

► Please review your role for today’s seminar

► Please have your pre-assessment ready to turn in

Professional Development and Appraisal System

Teacher Orientation

Objective Goals

• Can identify their point of view towards domain V-VIII

• Gain perspective of the domains in light of different roles

• Contribute meaningfully to the seminar

• Provide quality responses to the discussion topics and questions

• Can meaningfully describe their point of view towards all the domains discussed

Classroom Centered DomainsDomain V

► The teacher uses appropriate and accurate written, verbal, and non-verbal modes of communication with students

► The teacher uses appropriate and accurate written, verbal, and non-verbal modes of communication with parents, staff, community members, and other professionals

► The teacher’s interactions are supportive, courteous, respectful, and encouraging to students who are reluctant and having difficulty

Your appraiser may not have evidence to rate every criteria in Domain V on the OSF. In the formal observation, some of the criteria may not have been observed in the classroom.

Important to Know

“Effective teachers use a wide variety of strategies to interact with students.  However, the basis for these interactions goes beyond the four walls of the classroom…researchers contend that constructive social interactions between teachers and students not only contribute to student learning and achievement, but also increase student self-esteem by fostering feelings of belonging to the classroom and the school.”

-James Stronge Qualities of Effective Teachers

Domain V

 Does the PDAS take this type of communication with students into account when evaluating teachers?  Should it?

Domain V

“Effective teachers use all available resources, including the school content area specialists, other students, siblings, parents, classroom volunteers, tutors, community members, and before- and after-school meeting times to meet the needs of students.”

-James Stronge

Qualities of Effective Teachers

Domain V

 Are their effects in the classroom evident and concrete enough to aid in scoring Domain V?

Domain V

Professional DevelopmentDomain VI

► The teacher determines and participates in professional development goals and activities that are aligned with the goals of the campus and the goals of the district

► The teacher correlates professional development activities with assigned subject content and the varied needs of students

► The teacher exhibits a willingness to collaborate with colleagues and other professionals for continuous growth and development

Professional DevelopmentDomain VI (continued)

► The teacher correlates professional development activities with the prior performance appraisal

Remember, “The goal of PDAS is to improve student performance through the professional development of teachers.”

• Learn to Use Windows Movie Maker

• Preparing Students for the 21st century

• Teaching the Multicultural Learner

• It’s Between Your Ears

Teacher Workshops and Seminars

How could domain VI affect lower income schools which may be at a financial disadvantage in providing for the professional development through seminars? Higher income schools?

How are staff/faculty meetings beneficial to students? Are they beneficial?

Domain VI

Domain VI

“The goal of PDAS is to improve

student performance through the professional development of teachers.”

Would the time spent at these required meetings be better spent elsewhere?

Professional DevelopmentDomain VII

► The teacher contributes to making the whole school safe and orderly, and a stimulating learning environment for children

► The teacher respects the rights of students, parents, colleagues, and the community

► Teacher complies with all policies, operating procedures, and legal requirements

“Any lack of compliance is rare, inadvertent, and does not seriously compromise the needs of students or the effective operations of the campus/district”

If it’s recognized by the creators of PDAS, why are they evaluating teachers on this area?

Domain VII

Domain VII

Considering what legal requirements and policies are, if this true that it would not compromise the needs of students?

Improvement of Academic Achievement of All Students

on CampusDomain VIII

► The teacher diagnoses student needs and provides performance feedback related to all appropriate TEKS/TAKS objectives

► The teacher aligns the planning and delivery of instruction to all appropriate TEKS/TAKS objectives

► The teacher collaborates with other faculty and administration to improve TAKS-related performance of all students on campus

Improvement of Academic Achievement of All Students

on CampusDomain VIII

► The teacher identifies students who are at-risk and develops appropriate strategies to assist these students

► The teacher monitors the attendance of all students and intervenes to promote regular attendance

Domain VIII

Do you think it is appropriate for teachers to be so heavily evaluated on their use and incorporation of the TEKS/TAKS objectives?

 At-risk indicator – indicate whether a student who is under the age of 21 currently identified as at-risk of dropping out of school

• Is in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or grade 1, 2, or 3 and did not perform satisfactorily on a readiness test or assessment instrument

• Was not advanced from one grade level to the next for one or more school years

• Has been placed in an alternative education program or has been expelled

• Is a student of limited English proficiency 

At Risk- Domain VIII

Domain VIII

How could these at-risk indicators impact a child and a teacher?

Criterion 10Domain VIII

PLUS 10. Campus Performance Rating of:A . Exemplary = 4 ______ Recognized = 2 ______ Academically Acceptable = 1 ______ Academically Unacceptable = 0 ______

B. Meets AYP = 1 ______ *Needs Improvement = 0 ______ Total A + B________

*If needs improvement, list in the spaces below Indicators from page 6.

____________________ __________________ Final Total Domain VIII

Participation Performance____________________ __________________ Graduation Rate/Attend Participation & Performance (Sum of 1-10)

Teacher’s 1st Yearon Campus

Teacher’s SubsequentYears on Campus

Total: 37 to 45 Exceeds Expectations 40 to 5023 to 36 Proficient 24 to 39 7 to 22 Below Expectations 8 to 23 0 to 6 Unsatisfactory 0 to 7

Campus Performance RatingDomain VIII

Number of students passing (TAKS subject)

Number of students tested in (TAKS subject)

•Any student group with fewer than 30 students tested is not evaluated

•If there are 30 to 49 students within the student group and the student group comprises at least 10% of All Students, it is evaluated

•Student group size is calculated subject by subject

Campus Performance Rating

Is it fair to disregard the TAKS scores of certain student groups?

How could this affect a teacher’s teaching style?

Adequate Yearly ProgressDomain VIII

Under the accountability provisions in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all public school campuses, school districts, and the state are evaluated for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

Adequate Yearly Progress Measures:

• Reading/language arts

• Mathematics

• Graduation/attendance rate

Adequate Yearly ProgressDomain VIII

Actual Change AYP Required Improvement

[performance in 2005] [standard of 100 %]

- [performance in 2004] ≥ - [performance in 2004]

10

Adequate Daily AttendanceDomain VIII

• Graduation Rate Standard- 70%

• Attendance Rate Standard- 90%

Total number of days students were present in 2003–04 x 10

Total number of days students were in membership in 2003–04

Post Assessment

Please take the next 5 minutes to complete the Post Assessment worksheet.