New York State District-wide Growth Goal Setting Process: Student Learning Objectives

1. New York State District-wide Growth Goal Setting Process: Student Learning Objectives Webinar 2: January 2012

2. Teacher Evaluation Formula Student Learning Objectives (focus of this webinar!)

3. 5 KEY DISTRICT DECISIONS

4. 5 District Decisions (recommended by 5/31/2012) • Assess and identify district priorities and academic needs. • Identify who will have State-provided growth measures and who must have SLOs as “comparable growth measures.” • Determine district rules for how specific SLOs will get set. • Establish expectations for scoring SLOs and for determining teacher ratings for the growth component. • Determine district-wide processes for setting, reviewing, and assessing SLOs in schools. 3/01 4/16 5/31 Note: These dates are recommended so NTI participants are prepared for their training sessions.

5. DECISION 2:WHO NEEDS AN SLO FOR GROWTH MEASUREMENT?

6. THREE TYPES OF TEACHERS • Teacher 1: Those who have a State provided growth measure and are not required to have an SLO. • Teacher 2: Those who have a State provided growth measure, and yet, are required to have an SLO because less than 50% of their students are covered by the State provided growth measure. • Teacher 3: Those who are required to have an SLO and do not have a State provided growth measure.

7. Required SLOs: Reference Guide Please see the “Required SLOs: Reference Guide” for NYSED’s rules for teachers who have SLOs for State Growth

8. DECISION 3: HOW WILL SLOs GET SET?

9. Assessment Options for SLOs: Reference Guide Please see the “Assessment Options for SLOs: Reference Guide” for NYSED’s rules for assessment options for teachers who have SLOs for State Growth

10. What Assessment Do I Use to Measure Growth in SLOs? Teacher Assessment Scenarios District Decision Points Scenario 1: Teacher’s course ends in a State District has no decision to make. Use State assessment, but teacher is still required to assessment for SLO. have an SLO (see Teacher 2 and some Teacher 3 on Slide 19) . Scenario 2: Teacher’s course is a “core District has to determine which State ? subject” under the Regulations but there is approved 3 party assessment to use (see: rd no current State assessment (see Assessment http://usny.nysed.gov/rttt/teachers - Options for SLOs: Reference Guide). leaders/assessments/ ). District has to determine whether they will Scenario 3: Teacher’s course is none of the use one of the following options district - above (i.e., not assessed using a State wide or allow schools to make their own assessment and/or is not considered a “core decisions on assessments: subject” under the Regulations). 1. State approved 3 party assessment rd 2. District or BOCES – developed 3. School or teacher - created 4. School - wide, group, or team results based on State assessments

11. Other Decisions • Do any of your SLOs involve a pre and post test? • Will similar teachers have the same SLO? • Will baseline data be used to differentiate SLO targets? • Will you use any group/team SLOs? • Others?

12. Coming Soon Establish expectations for scoring SLOs and for determining teacher ratings for the growth component.