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SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
EDUCATOR EVALUATION PROJECT
Presentation to the SLCSD
Board of Education
May 7, 2013
Joint Educator Evaluation Committee
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Teachers: Chrissy Paulos, Diane Pulver, Monty Eyink,
Dessie Olson
Administrators: Bert Steele, Logan Hall, Peggy
Paterson, Dan Bergman
Parents: Melissa Ford, Sherri Hutten, Christopher
King, Michelle Tuitupou
Chair: Craig Ruesch
Steering Committee: Patrick Garcia, Susan
McFarland, Jo Ellen Shaeffer
In Review
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June 2012- Report to the Board about the new state-mandated components
required in the educator evaluation programs and our intention to adapt
our programs to meet the new requirements
July 2012- First meeting held with the Joint Educator Evaluation Committee
(JEEC) to set a direction for the work
Agreed to maintain as much of the structure of ECAP and the
administrators’ program as possible and to honor the established guiding
and operating principles which reflect a commitment to educator support
The JEEC has met monthly to become informed, review the programs and
make adaptations consistent with state law and state board policy
May 8, 2013- the JEEC will meet for a final time this year to finalize our
recommended pilot plans
2013-2014- The JEEC will continue to meet to address issues and needs
that arise as a result of this year’s state pilot and our implementation of the
program in our district
Educator Evaluation Components
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Orientation
Mentor Provided
Professional Growth Plan
Fall Collaborative Conference
Monitoring
Observations
Providing Support
Mid-Year Collaborative Conference
Spring Collaborative Conference
Evaluation
With minor differences, the components are essentially the same for teachers and administrators.
Orientation
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Provided to all educators at the beginning of each
school year.
Must be provided prior to beginning the evaluation
process
Includes the evaluation process and forms to be
used in the program
We hope to make the yearly initial orientation a
video presentation to increase consistency
throughout the district
Mentor Provided
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A mentor will be provided to all provisional
educators
The mentor shall be a career educator with at least
3 years of successful educational experience who
performs substantially the same duties as the
provisional educator
Training will be provided to mentors through the
STAR program
Professional Growth Plan
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Professional Growth Plan (PGP) development
begins with a review and a self-assessment of the
Utah Effective Teaching or Utah Educational
Leadership Standards
Goals are selected to address areas needing
improvement
Plans for goal accomplishment are established
Professional learning resources are identified
We are working to make the PGP an on-line
process
Fall Collaborative Conference
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Scheduled early in the school year (months 2-3)
Educator meets with his/her supervisor
The Professional Growth Plan (self-assessment,
goals, and professional learning plan) is discussed
Other items such as disclosure documents,
instructional time lines, pacing maps, documentation
of student progress, school and district goals, and
agreements regarding formal observations are
reviewed
Monitoring
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The supervisor observes and collects information
from a variety of sources, such as walk-throughs,
informal classroom observations, asking the
customers (students, parents, staff members),
interacting with the educator, and listening
This information helps inform the Professional
Practices portion of the evaluation
Observations
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Several informal observations will be conducted
throughout the year with all educators
Provisional Teachers will be formally observed a
minimum of two times
Career Teachers in the summative year of their
three-year evaluation cycle will be formally
observed at least once
Providing Support
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Supervisor will provide assistance to educators needing
additional support to increase effectiveness
Step 1- Collaborative Intervention (informal),
supervisor works with the educator
Step 2 (if needed)- Performance Assistance (more
formal), other support personnel, including the
association, are called upon for added support
Step 3 (if needed)- Remediation (formal), well-defined
high stakes process to help correct unresolved
deficiencies
This process will be reviewed by the JEEC during 2013-2014 and revised if needed.
Mid-Year Collaborative Conference
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Supervisor meets with all educators
Scheduled mid-year to review student data and
progress on the Professional Growth Plan and goals
Provisional educators are also evaluated as part of
this conference to comply with the requirement to
evaluate provisional educators two times during the
year
Spring Collaborative Conference
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Professional Growth Plan and goal progress are
reviewed
A “Data Source,” in its current format, will no longer
be required. Data sources (i.e. documents/artifacts)
may be submitted as evidence of effective practice.
Record of Professional Development and Learning
Activities reviewed
Evaluation Report and Decision Summary forms are
discussed and signed
Evaluation
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Evaluation components are reviewed and discussed
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Observed Professional Practices: related to standards
Stakeholder Input: student surveys yearly, parent surveys every year or every
third year (plus teacher surveys for administrators)
Student Growth Data: Student Growth Percentiles for tested subjects/grades,
Student Learning Objectives for non-tested subjects/grades (2014-15)
Annual Effectiveness and Decision Summary forms are
reviewed and signed
Educator receives one of four rating designations:
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Not Effective
Minimally Effective or Emerging Effective (option for provisional educators)
Effective
Highly Effective
TING
USOE Model Evaluation System
STUDENT GROWTH
& LEARNING
OBSERVATIONS
CONFERENCES
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+
DOCUMENTS &
ARTIFACTS
OTHER DATA
PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICES FOR
HIGH QUALITY
INSTRUCTION &
LEADERSHIP
SUPERVISOR
EVALUATION
PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH PLAN
%
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SELF
ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE
GOALS
PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING PLAN
AND OTHER DISTRICT
REQUIREMENTS
STAKEHOLDER
INPUT, (PARENTS,
TEACHERS, AND
STUDENTS)
10100
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%
Annual Educator Evaluation Overview
Evaluation Component
Orientation
Mentor Provided
Professional Growth Plan
Fall Collaborative Conference
Monitoring / Informal Observations
Formal Observations
Providing Additional Support
Mid-Year Collaborative Conference
Spring Collaborative Conference
Evaluation
Career
Educator
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as needed
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Provisional
Educator
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as needed
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Looking Ahead
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Scope of the Pilot (Key agenda item for the JEEC meeting tomorrow)
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Unknowns
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We will discuss things such as how many of the standards to focus on for the pilot year, how stakeholder
input will be handled, and what types of protocols we will use for observations, etc.
Our pilot may be impacted by feedback generated by the state pilot. Some of this feedback will not
be available until fall
We feel we have a good foundation on which to begin our pilot but some changes will likely occur over
the course of the 2013-2014 school year
Observation and Evaluation Protocols (format and platform)
Results of the state pilots (surveys, instruments, protocols)
Next Steps
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Create modules for fall teacher and administrator orientation (spring/summer)
Work to create demonstrations of what the descriptors look like in practice
Create training to increase reliability among observers
Guide development and use of stakeholder surveys tailored to SLCSD
Revise intervention piece as needed
Inform revisions of the written agreement, written understanding and board policy
Address concerns identified in the pilot