Leveraging Performance Management to Support School Priorities

1. Leveraging Performance Management to Support School Priorities PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EVALUATORS DAY 1

2. Today’s Agenda • Overview of the evaluation system • Using the Rubric • How the online Employee Development & Feedback System helps the evaluator manage the evaluation cycle • Revising Goals • Contract language • Resources

3. Overall goals of the 3-day training Goal 1: Evaluators will know how to implement the new system (technical 5-step implementation) and how to get it done and done well (evaluation best practices).

4. Overall goals of the 3-day training Goal 2: Evaluators will leave with concrete, specific plans for implementation in their school, including how to: • Talk with teachers about the evaluation system • Use the evaluation system as a unifier to focus on instruction during teachers’ collaborative work time • Use the evaluation system to further their school priorities

5. Overall goals of the 3-day training Goal 3: Evaluators will leave knowing the specific responsibilities of evaluators and teachers under the new evaluation system.

6. Check In: How’s it going? 1. What have been some highlights of your or your school’s work with the new evaluation system? 2. What have been some challenges or issues? 3. What do you hope to learn or focus on during this three day training?

7. The new evaluation system: • Empowers every educator to take ownership of their evaluation • Promotes growth and development • Places student learning at the center • Recognizes excellence • Sets a high bar for tenure • Shortens timelines for improvement • Aligns evaluations of every educator in the system  Can be a focal point from which to leverage other academic priorities

8. Five Step Evaluation System CycleKey Change: Continuous Learning

9. School-wide goals & priorities should guide theFive Step Evaluation System Cycle School-wide Analysis & Goal-Setting

10. Rubric for Effective Teaching: Key Change: 4 Standards

11. Rubric for Effective Teaching: Key Change: 4 Standards

12. Rubric for Effective Teaching: Key Change: 4 Standards Former categories New categories

13. Rubric for Effective Teaching: Key Change: 4 Standards New categories Proficient Fully and consistently meets the requirements of a standard

14. Understanding the Rubric

15. Understanding the rubric and priority elements Evaluators will: • understand the four new standards • understand how district priorities are reflected in the rubric • understand changes in language across performance levels • be prepared to lead meetings with staff using the rubric

16. The purpose of a Rubric of Effective Teaching • Develop a consistent, shared understanding of what proficient performance looks like in practice. • Develop a common terminology and structure to organize evidence. • Make informed professional judgments about formative and summative performance ratings on each standard and overall. The rubric is NOT a classroom observation tool.

17. How are you using the rubric? How are you currently using the rubric with your teachers in your school? How would you like to?

18. Goals and Ratings Progress on Ratings on OVERALL (2) Goals (4) Standards RATING

19. Teacher Rubric At-A-Glance

20. Standard Indicator Element

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22. How are district priorities reflected in the rubric? Your school can identify other priority elements that reflect your school goals.  How are existing practices in your school reflected on the rubric?

23. Example of school-wide “unpacking”

24. Activity: Unpacking priority elements of the rubric Unpack one of the priority elements – one that is important to the work at your school – at the PROFICIENT performance level, by answering: • What should this look like for student learning? • What should this look like for teacher behavior? • What is it that we need to do or provide to increase peoples’ knowledge about this and skills in this area?

25. Contract Requirements for Evaluation

26. Goals and Ratings Progress on Ratings on OVERALL (2) Goals (4) Standards RATING

27. Educator plan is determined by the performance rating and career stage

28. Timelines and Requirements

29. Observation Requirements

30. Contract Highlights Timelines & Observation Requirements • Dates for educators rated proficient or exemplary • Set minimums for # of observations • Dates and minimums for educators on development plans • Some plans require announced observations

31. Timelines • Self-Directed Plans of 1 year • By Oct1: Educator submits self-assessments & goals • By Nov 1: Evaluator approves goals and action steps • By Nov 15: Every educator observed • By May 15: Evaluator completes summative assessment • By June 1: Evaluator meets with anyone moving down plans • Directed & Improvement Plans • Dates established by evaluator in educator plan • Developing Educator Plans • By Oct 1: Evaluator meets to assist with goal setting

32. Directed and Improvement Plans • Meet with educator within 10 days of assigning the plan to provide goals and action steps • Educators should self-assess prior to meeting • Educators must sign off on the plan on EDFS • Suggested lengths: ~30, 60 or 90 days • Calendar days, including weekends and holidays • Plan officially begins as soon as goals are approved

33. Next year’s educator plan is determined by the performance rating and career stage

34. Resources, Support, Questions, and Feedback • For more information, visit: • EDFS: http://eval.mybps.org/ • http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com • Email questions, comments, and feedback to: • Bpsevaluation@boston.k12.ma.us • MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Evaluation (DESE) Evaluation Site: • http://www.doe.mass.edu/edeval/

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36. Office of Educator Effectiveness • Ross Wilson, Assistant Superintendent for Educator Effectiveness • Jared Joiner, Implementation Specialist • Emily Kalejs Qazilbash, Implementation Specialist • Angela Rubenstein, Implementation Specialist • Kris Taylor, Implementation Specialist • Jenna Costin, EDFS On-line System Coordinator Evaluator Training Facilitators: • Jess Madden-Fuoco, Charlestown High school • Sam Varano, Edison K-8