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Alaska Educator
Evaluation Overview
• Background & Purpose
• System Requirements
• District Reporting
• System Revision
Background
• Evaluation statutes, 1996
• SFSF Assurances/ESEA
Flexibility Waiver
• Significant changes to
educator evaluations
• Student learning data
provides essential
information
Purpose
• Help the educator grow
professionally
• Improve the
effectiveness of
instruction
• Relate to the future
employment of the
educator
System Requirements
Information, Evaluation, & Actions
Educator Evaluation System Requirements
Observations (district
may select a nationally
recognized framework
approved by the
department)
Information from
parents, students,
etc.
Other information
(as determined by the
district)
*Two to four valid,
reliable measures of
student growth
including statewide
assessments
Results & Actions
Evaluation Components
Understanding
Student Needs
Unsatisfactory on
1 or more
standard
Plan of Improvement
Basic on 2 or
more standards
District Support
OR
Plan of Professional
Growth (optional)
Differentiation
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning
Environment
Family & Community
Cultural Standards
Information Sources
Professional Practice
Student Learning Standard
Performance
Rating on each
of the
eight (8)
standards.
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Exemplary
Proficient or
higher on 7
standards and
basic or higher on
1 standard.
______________
Exceeds the districts
performance
standards (as
determined by the
district)
Professional
Learning Focus for
district & teacher.
_______________
Annual Evaluation
Alternative for the
following school year
(as determined by
the district)
Information Sources
Qualitative
Observations (district
may select a nationally
recognized framework
approved by the department)
Information from
parents, students, etc.
Other information
(as determined by the district)
Districts:
• may select a nationally recognized
observational framework approved by
the department or continue to use the
observation tools they have previously
adopted.
• must have a procedure and a form to
collect information concerning an
educator’s performance from students,
parents, and other stakeholders.
• may use other information like surveys,
self-assessments, portfolios, etc. to gather
information concerning an educator’s
performance.
Information Sources
Quantitative
*Two to four
valid, reliable
measures of
student growth
including
statewide
assessments
Districts must:
• Select appropriate measures of student
growth with the input of the educators
being evaluated.
• Establish standards and performance levels
for student learning data.
• Develop procedures based on objective &
measurable criteria to ensure that data
used accurately reflects student growth
based on the educator performance.
• Use statewide assessment data for teachers
who provide instruction in the content
areas assessed.
Aligning Information Sources to
Evaluation Components
Observations (district may
Educator Evaluation Components
Understanding
Student Needs
select a nationally recognized
framework approved by the
department)
Differentiation
Information from parents,
students, etc.
Assessment
Other information
(as determined by the district)
*Two to four valid, reliable
measures of student growth
including statewide
assessments
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Learning
Environment
Family &
Community
Professional
Practice
Student Learning
Standard
Cultural Standards
Information Sources
Performance
Rating on each of
the
eight (8)
standards.
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Exemplary
Levels of Performance
Performance Rating on
each of the 8 standards.
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Unsatisfactory (U)
Basic (B)
Differentiation
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
Proficient (P)
Exemplary (E)
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
E
P
B
U
Inter-rater Reliability
• A district’s evaluation training must include training
that provides for an assurance of inter‐rater
reliability.
Linking Levels of Performance
to Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
E
P
B
Unsatisfactory on
1 or more
standard
Plan of Improvement
Basic on 2 or
more standards
District Support
OR
Plan of Professional
Growth (optional)
U
Differentiation
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
Proficient or
higher on 7
standards and
basic or higher on
1 standard.
______________
Exceeds the districts
performance
standards (as
determined by the
district)
Professional
Learning Focus for
district & teacher.
_______________
Annual Evaluation
Alternative for the
following school year
(as determined by
the district)
Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
E
P
B
U
Plan of
Improvement
Differentiation
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
If, at the conclusion of a
plan of professional of
improvement, the
educator’s performance
does not meet district
standards the educator
may be non-retained.
Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
E
P
B
U
District Support
or
A Plan of Professional
Growth (optional)
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
If, at the conclusion of a plan
of professional growth, the
educator’s performance is
not proficient or exemplary,
the district may place the
educator on a plan of
improvement.
Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
E
P
B
U
Professional Learning
Focus
for teachers & district
District Reporting
Calculating Educators’ Overall Ratings
Evaluation Results vs. District Reporting
Evaluation Results
• Leads to professional
learning, district
support, and/or plan of
improvement
• Confidential—between
administrator(s) and
the individual being
evaluated
District Reporting
•
Educator evaluations provide
the information the district will
use to calculate the overall
rating
•
Number and percentage of
educators at each overall
ratings will be reported to the
department by each school
district beginning in July, 2016
•
Information will only be made
available to the public at
levels that maintain individual
confidentiality
Overall Rating & Student Learning Data
•
A district will evaluate whether an educator’s overall
performance is exemplary, proficient, basic, or unsatisfactory.
•
A district shall include student learning data in teacher and
administrator’s overall rating according to the following schedule:
o SY 2015‐16 & SY 2016‐17, at least 20%
o SY 2017‐18 at least 35%
o SY 2018‐19 and after, at least 50%
•
A district may not give an educator an overall performance
rating of proficient or higher if the educator has been evaluated
to be performing at a level of basic or lower on one or more of
the content standards or other criteria for which evaluation is
required.
District Reporting
School Year 2015-2016 & School Year 2016-2017
Alaska Teacher Standards
Student
Learning
Standard
20%
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Cultural Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation
Student
Learning Standard
Rating on each
of the 7
Content
Standards.
Exemplary
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
ContentOverall
StandardRating
80%
Exemplary
Proficient
Student Learning
Standards
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Professional Practice
Proficient
or higher
on all
standards
Exemplary
Proficient
Basic or
Unsatisfa
ctory on
any one
standard
Basic
Unsatisfactory
District Reporting
School Year 2017-2018
Alaska Teacher Standards
Student
Learning Standard
Differentiation
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Cultural Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Rating on each
of the 7
Content
Standards.
Content
Standard
65%
Exemplary
Exemplary
Student
Learning
Standard
35%
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Proficient
Student Learning
Standards
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Professional Practice
Basic or
Unsatisfa
ctory on
any one
standard
Proficient
or higher
on all
standards
Exemplary
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
District Reporting
School Year 2018-2019
Alaska Teacher Standards
Student
Learning Standard
Understanding Student Needs
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Cultural Standards
Differentiation
Exemplary
Rating on each
of the 7
Content
Standards.
Proficient
Content
Standard
50%
Exemplary
Proficient
Student
Learning
Standard
50%
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Student Learning
Standards
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Professional Practice
Basic or
Unsatisfa
ctory on
any one
standard
Proficient
or higher
on all
standards
Exemplary
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
System Revision
Stakeholders & Next Steps
Stakeholders
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District School Board
Administrators
Teachers
Special Service Providers
Students
Parents
Community members
Next Steps
• Build awareness around new requirements with all
stakeholders
• Compare existing system to new requirements
• Identify gaps
• Identify decision points
• Develop a transition plan for district’s evaluation
system