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Teacher Evaluation for Teachers in Non-Tested Grades and Subjects. A Pennsylvania Perspective. Created by O David Deitz for the PMEA Leadership Conference 7/16/12. (there are still a lot of questions to be asked and answered !). ?. House Bill 1901.
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Teacher Evaluation for Teachers in Non-Tested Grades and Subjects A PennsylvaniaPerspective Created by O David Deitz for the PMEA Leadership Conference 7/16/12
(there are still a lot of questions to be asked and answered!) ?
House Bill 1901 • (B) FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES AND TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL • EMPLOYES WHO SERVE AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY: • (1) BEGINNING IN THE 2013-201 4 SCHOOL YEAR, THE EVALUATIO N • OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES AND TEMPORARY • PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES SERVING AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS SHALL GIVE • DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE FOLLOWING: • (I) CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE MODELS THAT ARE • RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS: • (A) PLANNING AND PREPARATION. • (B) CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. • (C) INSTRUCTION. • (D) PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. • (II) STUDENT PERFORMANCE, WHICH SHALL COMPRISE FIFTY PER • CENTUM (50%) OF THE OVERALL RATING OF THE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE • OR TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE SERVING AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER • AND SHALL BE BASED UPON MULTIPLE MEASURES OF • STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. Race to the Top
Goal: An effective teacher in every classroom.
Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching Four Domains 22 Components 50% Observation/Evidence Danielson Framework Domains • Planning and Preparation • Classroom Environment • Instruction • Professional Responsibilities
Building Level Data • Building Level Data • PSSA Achievement • PVAAS Growth • Graduation Rate • Promotion Rate • Attendance Rate • AP Course Participation • SAT/PSAT 15 % Building Level Data PSSA Achievement PVAAS Growth Graduation Rate Promotion Rate Attendance Rate AP Course Participation SAT/PSAT
Teacher Specific/Elective Data Teacher Specific Data PSSA Achievement PVAAS Growth IEP Growth Locally Developed District Rubrics 15% Elective Data/SLOs District Designed Measures and Examinations Nationally Recognized Standardized Tests Industry Certification Examinations Student Projects Pursuant to Local Requirements Student Portfolios Pursuant to Local Requirements 20% For NTGS: Elective 35%
What are some ways to develop evidence of student achievement in non-tested grades and subjects?
Student Learning Objectives Three Approaches to the Challenge • Other Assessments • Measures of Collective Performance
Measures of Collective Performance • School-wide growth measures (like the PA Report Card) • Standardized assessments used to measure the performance of groups of teachers (like program evaluation)
Student Learning Objectives • Content- and grade/course-specific measurable learning objectives that can be used to document student learning over a defined period of time • Can be written to measure growth or mastery
Student Learning Objectives • NY, IN, MA, GA, UT, RI, NH, New Haven CT, Austin TX What are other states/schools using for non-tested grades and subjects? • Other Assessments • FL, DE, Pittsburgh PA • Measures of Collective Performance • KY, Pittsburgh PA
What is PA planning to do? Student Learning Objectives with Model Assessments
Why this approach? The “other assessment” approach causes narrowing of curriculum and is not financially sustainable. The “measures of collective performance” are already included in the formula (required by Race to the Top) and do not offer NTGS teachers an opportunity to be evaluated on what they actually teach. SLOs that don’t describe the assessment protocol tend to lack a true learning focus.
The Approach • Provide a method for teachers to write SLOs. • Provide a method for teachers to design assessments appropriate to the SLO. • Provide piloted and peer-reviewed models on the PDE SAS website. • Provide professional development appropriate to SLO development. The Methodology: AN SLO TEMPLATE
Looking at the components of PA’s SLO Template….. • Teacher Information • Course Information • Learning Objective • Data and Targets Used to Establish the SLO • Assessment/Performance Task • Administration of the Assessment/Performance Task • Data Collection • Implementation Timeline • Teacher Effectiveness Measure
Let’s see how we can apply this template to a music teaching setting. (Since choir is what I know the best, I’ll do a choir SLO. With a little reworking, this SLO would be applicable to other performance situations.)