October 3, 2012

SPECIAL SCEE WEBINAR

The Principal’s Role in Evaluating Teachers  

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Welcome

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Janice Poda, CCSSO

Initiative Director, Education Workforce

Today’s Webinar is hosted by:

Moderator

Mary Canole

Consultant on Education Leadership

CCSSO Education Workforce Initiative

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Poll

Poll: Who is in the audience today?

1. CCSSO: SEA leaders 13%

2. NCSL: Legislators and Legislative Staff 16%

3. NGA: Governors' Education Policy Advisors 7%

4. Local District Leaders 4%

5. Other 36%

6. No Answer 24%

Poll: What region are you from?

1. Northeast 22%

2. Southeast 9%

3. Midwest 20%

4. Northwest 9%

5. Southwest 13%

6. No answer 27%

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Purposes

To learn how states use policy as a key lever in effectively preparing and supporting principals for their role in teacher evaluation.

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Objectives:

Learn what state policy makers can do to ensure that principals have the preparation and professional development support they need to effectively use new teacher evaluation instruments and provide actionable feedback to teachers, and are certified to conduct evaluations.

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Objectives:

Discuss the findings from the NGA Issue Brief: Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers.

Hear from districts participating in the Wallace Principal Pipeline Initiative about how they support their principals and hold them accountable for implementing their teacher evaluation system.

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Presenter

Tabitha Grossman

Program Director

National Governors Association

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Brief

NGA Issue Brief: Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers

October 31, 2011

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State Leader

Myra Best

Governor Perdue’s Special Advisor on Education and Education Innovation

North Carolina

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Presenter

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Sara Shelton

Program Principal

National Conference of State Legislatures

State Leader

Katy Anthes, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Educator Effectiveness

Colorado Department of Education

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S.B. 191: Great Teachers and Leaders

State Model Evaluation System

Educator EffectivenessColorado Department of Education

October 2012

Principal Evaluations

50% Professional

Practice

50% Student

Academic Growth

Quality Standards I-VI:I. Strategic leadershipII. Instructional leadershipIII. School culture/equity leadershipIV. HR leadershipV. Managerial leadershipVI. External development leadership

Evaluated using: (1) teacher input; (2) teacher evaluation ratings; and (3) teacher improvement.

Quality Standard VII:VII. Leadership around student academic growth

Evaluated using: (1) SPF data; and (2) at least one other measure of student academic growth.

Principal and Teacher Performance Evaluation Ratings

After CDE develops the state model system and an evaluation scoring matrix, the State Board will adopt definitions for each rating.

Highly Effective

Effective

Partially Effective

Ineffective

Year One

2011-12

Development

and Beta

Testing

•CDE ACTIVITIES•Develop State Model Systems for teachers and principals

•Beta-testing of rubrics and tools

•Develop technical guidelines on Prof Practices and Student Growth

•Provide differentiated support for districts

•Populate and launch online Resource Bank

•Develop state data collection and monitoring system

•Develop tools for district implementation of system

Year Two

2012-13 Pilot and

Rollout

•CDE ACTIVITIES•Usability study of rubrics•Support pilot districts through resources, training, tools, etc.

•Convene pilot districts to share lessons learned

•Analyze pilot district data and make adjustments as needed

•Train ALL non-pilot districts that are using the state model

•Make Recommendations on other licensed personnel (OLP) to State Board of Education (SBE)

Year Three 2013-14 Pilot and

Rollout

•CDE ACTIVITIES•Statewide assistance on rollout of evaluation systems

•Develop evaluation system for other licensed personnel

•Support all districts through resources, trainings, tools, etc.

•Convene pilot districts to share lessons learned

•Analyze state data and make adjustments to the system as needed

•Validate teacher and principal rubrics

•Dev. criteria for evaluation training courses for approval by CDE

Year Four 2014-15

Full Statewi

de Implementatio

n

•CDE ACTIVITIES•Finalize statewide implementation of teacher/principal systems

•Pilot OLP rubrics•Continue support to districts via resources and training

•Ensure there are evaluator training courses throughout the state

•Analyze data and make adjustments as needed

•Make recommendations to SBE this year and all following years for Continuous Improvement

Timeline of Implementation

District Leader

Rashidah Lopez Morgan

Director of Leadership Strategy

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

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District Leader

Tracy Dorland

Deputy Chief Academic Officer

Denver Public Schools

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Thanks

Thanks to the Wallace Foundation for their research and support of principal effectiveness

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Questions and Answers

Send questions to

Mary Canole

maryc@ccsso.org

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Thank you

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