Transcript Preparing College, Career, & Culturally Ready Graduates Standards Assessment Accountability for Educators for Districts & Schools Parents & Community Support Educator Accountability  Background, Timeline, & Purpose  System Requirements  District Reporting  System.

Preparing
College, Career,
& Culturally Ready
Graduates
Standards
Assessment
Accountability
for Educators
for Districts & Schools
Parents &
Community
Support
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Educator Accountability
 Background, Timeline, & Purpose
 System Requirements
 District Reporting
 System Revision
 Educator Evaluation Resources
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Background
 Previous Evaluation Regulations, 1975
 Evaluation Statutes, 1996
 Significant changes to educator evaluations
 Student learning data provides essential
information
 SFSF Assurances/ESEA Flexibility Waiver
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Timeline
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Purpose
 Help the educator grow professionally
 Improve the effectiveness of instruction
 Relate to the future employment of the
educator
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System Requirements
Information, Evaluation, & Actions
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Educator Evaluation Requirements
Information Sources
Information from
parents, students,
etc.
Other information
(as determined by the
district)
Unsatisfactory
on 1 or more
standard
Understanding
Student Needs
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning
Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
*Two to four valid,
reliable measures of
student growth
including statewide
assessments
Plan of
Improvement
Differentiation
Cultural Standards
Observations
(district may select a
nationally recognized
framework approved by
the department)
Results & Actions
Evaluation Components
Student Learning Standard
Performance
Rating on each
of the
eight (8)
standards.
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Exemplary
Basic on 2 or
more standards
Proficient or
higher on 7
standards and
no
unsatisfactory
ratings.
__________
Exceeds the
districts
performance
standards (as
determined by the
district)
District Support
OR
Plan of
Professional
Growth (optional)
Professional
Learning Focus
for district &
teacher.
________
Annual Evaluation
Alternative for the
following school
year
(as determined by
the district)
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Information Sources
Districts:
Qualitative

Observations (district
may select a nationally
recognized framework
approved by the department)
Information from
parents, students, etc.

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Other information
(as determined by the district)
• 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.
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Information Sources
Districts must:
Quantitative
Two to four valid,
reliable measures
of student
growth including
statewide
assessments
• 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.
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Aligning Information Sources to
Evaluation Components
Information Sources

Observations (district may
Educator Evaluation Components
Understanding
Student Needs
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
Cultural Standards
select a nationally recognized
framework approved by the
department)
Differentiation
Performance
Rating on each of
the
eight (8)
standards.
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Exemplary
Student Learning
Standard
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Levels of Performance
Performance Levels
Standards
Performance Rating on
each of the 8 standards.
E
P
B
U
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation

Unsatisfactory (U)

Basic (B)

Proficient (P)
Content Knowledge &
Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community

Exemplary (E)
Professional Practice
Student Learning
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Training &
Inter-rater Reliability
A district’s evaluation training must include
training that provides for an assurance of
inter‐rater reliability.
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Linking Levels of Performance to
Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
E
P
B
Unsatisfactory on
1 or more
standard
U
Basic on 2 or
more standards
Differentiation
Content Knowledge &
Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
Plan of
Improvement
Proficient or
higher on 7
standards and no
unsatisfactory
ratings
______________
Exceeds the districts
performance
standards (as
determined by the
district)
District Support
OR
Plan of Professional
Growth (optional)
Professional
Learning Focus for
district & teacher.
_______________
Annual Evaluation
Alternative for the
following school year
(as determined by
the district)
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Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
E
P
B
U
Plan of
Improvement
Differentiation
Content Knowledge &
Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
If, at the conclusion of a plan
of improvement, the
educator’s performance does
not meet district standards
the educator may be nonretained.
Professional Practice
Student Learning
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Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
E
P
B
U
District Support
or
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation
A Plan of Professional
Growth (optional)
Content Knowledge &
Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
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.
Student Learning
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Results & Actions
Performance Levels
Standards
Understanding Student Needs
Differentiation
E
P
B
U
Professional Learning
Focus
for teachers & district
Content Knowledge & Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Professional Practice
Student Learning
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District Reporting
Calculating Educators’ Overall Ratings
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Results vs. Reporting
Evaluation Results
District Reporting
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Educator evaluations provide the
information the district will use to
calculate the overall rating
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Number and percentage of educators
at each overall ratings will be
reported to the department by each
school district beginning in July 2016
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Information will only be made
available to the public at levels that
maintain individual confidentiality

Leads to professional
learning, district
support, and/or plan of
improvement
Confidential—
between
administrator(s) and
the individual being
evaluated
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Overall Rating &
Student Learning Data

A district will evaluate whether an educator’s overall
performance is exemplary, proficient, basic, or
unsatisfactory.

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.
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Overall Rating &
Student Learning Data
A district shall include student learning data in teacher and
administrator’s overall rating according to the following
schedule:
• SY 2015‐16 & SY 2016‐17, at least 20%
• SY 2017‐18 at least 35%
• SY 2018‐19 and after, at least 50%
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District Reporting
School Year 2015-2016 & School Year 2016-2017
Student
Learning
Standard
Alaska Teacher Standards
Understanding
Student Needs
Content Knowledge
& Instruction
Assessment
Learning Environment
Family & Community
Cultural Standards
Differentiation
Student
Learning
Standard
20%
Rating on each
of the 7
Content
Standards.
Exemplary
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
ContentOverall
StandardRating
Exemplary
Proficient
Student
Learning
Standards
80%
Basic
Unsatisfactory
Professional Practice
Proficient
or higher
on all
standards
Basic or
Unsatisfa
ctory on
any one
standard
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Exemplary
Proficient
Basic
Unsatisfactory
System Revision
Stakeholders & Next Steps
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Stakeholders
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District School Board
Administrators
Teachers
Special Service Providers
Students
Parents
Community members
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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
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Educator Evaluation Resources
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Educator Evaluation Resources
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Contact Information
Sondra Meredith
Teacher Education & Certification
Administrator
(907) 465-8663
[email protected]
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