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Chief Academic Officers Quarterly meeting

Chief Academic Officers Quarterly meeting. March 6, 2014 Briana Timmerman, Ph.D. Office of Instructional Practices and Evaluations. Educator Evaluation Update. USED approved delaying use of student growth data to inform Personnel Decisions until Aug. 2016 (2016-17 school year).

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Chief Academic Officers Quarterly meeting

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  1. Chief Academic Officers Quarterly meeting March 6, 2014 Briana Timmerman, Ph.D. Office of Instructional Practices and Evaluations

  2. Educator Evaluation Update • USED approved delaying use of student growth data to inform Personnel Decisions until Aug. 2016 (2016-17 school year). • Proposing a 3 year rolling average for teacher and principal effectiveness ratings  means need to start in 2014-15 (yr 1)

  3. Statewide classroom value-add must start in 2014-15 • Tested grades and subjects (beyond 3rd grade) • Need to do Roster Verification • Process by which Principal and Teacher agree on the % responsibility teacher holds for each student. Can vary by • < 100% Attendance • Additional services (interventionists, pull out or other resource teachers) • Etc.

  4. http://ed.sc.gov/ type “educator evaluation” in search window

  5. SC’s current value-add portal • https://scva.sas.com/ SC’s EVAAS Education Value-Add Assessment System

  6. https://scva.sas.com/ Each relevant teacher and principal will have a login and password.

  7. Roster Verification Overview Online EVAAS Roster Verification Process Populated with data from PowerSchool

  8. Step 1: Login

  9. What will happen in 2014-15? • Early Fall 2014 – relevant teachers and principals will do initial roster verification • Late Spring 2015 – will update rosters with any changes. • Rosters and test scores go to Value-add Vendor • Early Fall 2015 – Receive Yr. 1 Value-add score and predictive information for 2014-15 students as available.

  10. Questions?

  11. Science Standards Update • ALL Standards approved by State Board Education in Jan. 2014 • All standards except H.B.5 (High School Biology - Evolution) approved by EOC in Feb. 2014 • Support document development initiated • Nominations for team members closed Feb. 28, 2014. • First meeting March 31, 2014

  12. Instructional materials • AP Biology, AP Chem and AP Physics approved for adoption (pending availability of funds) in 2014 (materials available for 2015-16 school year) • K-8 science (including kits) and Biology under consideration for 2015 adoption (2016-17 use)

  13. Science Standards Questions?

  14. Summer Reading Camps • Guidance memo on structure and content of camps issued Dec. 10, 2013 • Guidance memo on using Federal funds (Title 1, etc.) to support camps issued Jan. 24, 2014 • “Supplement, not supplant” is dependent on definition of eligible students • “…students who are substantially not demonstrating reading proficiency at the end of 3rd grade.” • State funds guidance to be issued by Office of Finance.

  15. Copies of memos • Memos sent to District Superintendents and ELA coordinators • If you need a copy, leave me your card/email. • Recommend collaboration between your content specialists and your finance specialists.

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