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Trends in Teacher Evaluation Systems in Public Education
CEC’S POSITION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER EVALUATION
Danielle Kovach- 2014 CEC Teacher of the Year Barbara Messinger –Elementary Principal- Fairfax County School District Kerri Larkin-Director, Academic Programs, Office of Specialized Instruction , District of Columbia Public Schools © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
How Did We Get Here?
We Are Here!
International Comparisons Political Context Uneven Teacher Evaluation Systems © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
Where Are We Now?
New Teacher Evaluation Systems Include:
35 States + Washington, DC use student achievement as a significant factor; 27 States + Washington, DC require annual evaluation ; 19 States use evaluation to drive tenure decisions; 17 States require parent, student, peer surveys ; 8 States are linking student performance to teachers and back to teacher preparation programs Source: National Council on Teacher Quality:
State of the States 2013
http://www.nctq.org/dmsView/State_of_the_States_2013_Using_Teacher _Evaluations_NCTQ_Report © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
Where Are We Now?
(cont.) Measures of Teaching Practice Measures of Student Growth Outcome of Teacher Evaluation • Observation(s) • Student, Parent, Peer Surveys • Review of artifacts/work samples • IEP facilitation • Whole school climate/achievement • Standardized test scores • Locally designed assessments • Measuring growth • Student learning objectives • Examples of student work • More than binary evaluation system • Personnel decisions • Compensation • Professional development • Impact on preparation programs Source: Center on Great Teachers & Leaders:
Building Education Evaluation Systems that Support Students with Disabilities
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Where Are We Going?
“…States must carefully analyze instruments and results to make sure special education teachers are getting a fair deal .” National Council on Teacher Quality
State of the States 2013 Connect the Dots: Using evaluations of teacher effectiveness to inform policy and practice
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Danielle Kovach
2014 CEC Teacher of the Year
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Barbara Messinger
Elementary Principal Fairfax County School District
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Kerri Larkin
Director, Academic Programs Office of Specialized Instruction District of Columbia Public Schools
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System Components Complex Role Measure Evidence Based Practice Recognize Professionalism Incorporate Research Dissemination
CEC’s Position on Special Education Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Include Fundamental System-Wide Components • All educators must be included in
one evaluation system
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• Evaluation systems must
identify appropriate professional development opportunities
for teachers based on the results of their evaluations.
• Evaluations must
support continuous improvement
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• Evaluation processes and all measures of teacher effectiveness must be
open and transparent
to the teacher being evaluated.
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Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Identify the Complex Role of the Special Education Teacher • Evaluations must
clearly identify
and be based on a special education teacher’s
specific role and responsibilities
during a given school year. • Evaluations must take into account the
population of children and youth and their range of exceptionalities
that special education teachers instruct.
• Evaluations must be conducted by education.
evaluators with expertise
related to evidence-based service delivery models and individualized teaching practices and interventions in special © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Measure the Use of Evidence-Based Practices • Evaluations
must be based on multiple reliable measures
teacher effectiveness.
and indicators that support valid measurement of special education • Evaluations should
never be based solely
on student growth.
• Statistical models that estimate a teacher’s contribution to student growth, such as value-added models,
should not be applied to any teacher until there is a general consensus
teacher’s contribution to student growth. among researchers that the model provides a valid estimate of a © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
Use of IEP
• Multiple indicators of special education teacher effectiveness
may include
… IEP development and implementation. • Evaluations
should not use
a student’s progress on their goals, objectives, and benchmarks in the IEP as a measure of a special education teacher’s contribution to student growth.
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Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Recognize the Professionalism of Special Education Teachers • Evaluations must
respect special education teachers’ professional practice
and provide them with constructive and actionable feedback, resources, and opportunities to assist in addressing any areas for professional development and lead to well-grounded personnel decisions.
•
Special education teachers must have
reasonable case loads and paperwork responsibilities; competitive salaries; benefits; access to resources; and positive working conditions.
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Teacher Evaluation Systems Shall:
Continually Incorporate Findings From Research • Leaders of evaluation systems reforms manner.
must collaborate
to ensure that the development and implementation of evaluation systems are carried out in a systematic, coordinated, and efficient •
Research should identify
education teachers.
reliable measures and indicators of student growth that can be validly used to evaluate special • Policy makers and leaders should
consider the intended and unintended consequences
of wide-scale implementation of teacher evaluation systems.
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“If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.”
- Dolly Parton © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
CEC Tools For you!
CEC Position on Special Education Teacher Evaluation Visit: www.cec.sped.org
Policy & Advocacy Teacher Evaluation Toolkit for Special Educators! © Council for Exceptional Children, 2013
CEC Tools For you!
Learn, Understand, Navigate New Teacher Evaluation Systems with the Help of your CEC Colleagues Through this Online Dialog!
Visit: www.cec.sped.org
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Discussion Topic:
How is the implementation of your new evaluation system going? Does your system address special education?
What tools/resources do you need to ensure a fair system?
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