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Why were PERA and SB7 passed? What will be the consequences?

Why were PERA and SB7 passed? What will be the consequences?. Dr. Richard Voltz, Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators. Why?. Reformers. v s . Educators. Reform vs. Real Reform. Who are the reformers?. Just what does college and career ready mean?.

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Why were PERA and SB7 passed? What will be the consequences?

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  1. Why were PERA and SB7 passed? What will be the consequences? Dr. Richard Voltz, Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators

  2. Why?

  3. Reformers vs. Educators

  4. Reform vs. Real Reform

  5. Who are the reformers?

  6. Just what does college and career ready mean?

  7. Illinois ranks at or near the bottom in the nation in state funding for education and student test scores are some of the nation's highest.

  8. Illinois ranked 10th nationally with a graduation rate of 84 percent, just 4 percent from the top spot.

  9. lllinoiswas No. 1 among the nine states in the nation that administered the ACT to all of its graduating class of 2012.

  10. ACT. (2012) Catching Up To College and Career Readiness. Iowa City, IA. Author.

  11. ACT. (2012) Catching Up To College and Career Readiness. Iowa City, IA. Author.

  12. ACT. (2012) Catching Up To College and Career Readiness. Iowa City, IA. Author.

  13. Which of the following are gaining or losing students?Public SchoolsPrivate SchoolsVirtual SchoolsHome Schools

  14. Virtual Schools 2011 • 2,000,000 online courses taken by public school students annually • 250,000 full time virtual students • 52M public school students

  15. Why PERA? • Teachers and principals are important for student growth • Only .4% of teachers have been rated “unsatisfactory” in the past • Must measure professional competencies and student growth • Must ensure that evaluation systems are valid and reliable

  16. The Hidden Costs of Tenure2005 Article by Scott Reeder • Cost to fire a tenured teacher = $219,000 • 95,500 Illinois tenured teachers an average of only 2 fired per year • 5 fired for issues of misconduct • Only 1 out 930 evaluations resulted in unsatisfactory • 83% of districts have never rated a teacher unsatisfactory in past decade • 94% have never attempted to fire anyone with tenure

  17. PERA Requires • Form Joint Committee to • Design performance based evidence of teacher practice • Incorporate data and indicators of student growth into the teacher and principal evaluation • Required evaluator training • New four rating categories • Allows for use of peer evaluators

  18. New way to figure RIF List

  19. Groupings • Group 1 – Non tenure teacher who has no performance evaluation rating. • Group 2 – Each teacher with a Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory rating on either of the teacher’s last 2 performance ratings • Group 3 – Teacher with a performance rating of Proficient on both of the teacher’s last 2 • Group 4 - Teacher with a performance rating of Excellent on both of the teacher’s last 2 or 2 Excellent of last 3 with other being Proficient

  20. New Ratings • Effects • Tenure • Honorable dismissal • Remediation • Professional development plan required for teachers rated “Needs Improvement” or “Unsatisfactory” • Cause for dismissal

  21. SB7 • Changes Honorable Dismissal (RIF)/layoff of both tenured and non-tenured teachers • Acquisition of tenure, post PERA implementation changes • Four year • Accelerated • Two year

  22. There are 138 “Shall’s” in the Part 50 Rules for Performance Evaluation

  23. 5Essentials Survey

  24. This new process requires “formal” and “informal” observations.

  25. Non-probationary teachers: at least 2 observations a year (1 formal) • Probationary teachers: at least 3 observations (2 formal) • Professional development must align to NSDC standards.

  26. Phased-in implementation for new teacher evaluations. • All 625 Chicago schools and schools receiving School Improvement Grants will implement in 2012-13. • Lowest 20% performing schools by 2015-16 and • All remaining schools by 2016-17.

  27. Most other states are doing similar reform of teacher evaluation

  28. There is not a state professional practice default model.Danielson Frameworks For Teaching is the state model.

  29. Why Danielson?

  30. Danielson meets state requirements

  31. Illinois law requires...

  32. Research based on effective instruction practices

  33. Must have teacher self-reflectionincluded in the process

  34. Shall quantify the relative importance of each portion of the framework to the final professional practice rating.

  35. Must include 1) Planning2) Instructional Delivery3) Classroom Management4) Aligned to Illinois Professional Teaching Standards

  36. What about aspects not observable during classroom observations?

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