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Highlands County . Bill and Melinda Gates Education Foundation Grant. Initially 9 Districts in Florida Received Grant Money Highlands Used $ to Support Implementation of the New Teacher Performance Appraisal System
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Bill and Melinda Gates Education Foundation Grant • Initially 9 Districts in Florida Received Grant Money • Highlands Used $ to Support Implementation of the New Teacher Performance Appraisal System • District and School Administrators from Original Districts Met to Collaborate and Share Best Practices • More Recently Teachers from Around the State Attended the Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teachers and Teaching Conference in St. Pete (ECET²)
Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teachers and Teaching (ECET2) • Goals • Increase teachers’ capacity for understanding and implementing the instructional shifts required to teach the Common Core State Standards, laying the groundwork for a shared understanding of effective practice. • Support and strengthen teachers’ capacity to be leaders both within their schools and beyond, with specific support for engaging in collaborative, teacher-to-teacher feedback.
Conference Experience • ECET Video.mp4 • Conference Takeaways • All of our major Initiatives are aligned and support the overall goal • Need for Teacher Leaders • Impact of Teacher-2-Teacher Collaboration
Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project Every teacher knows that preparing students for success takes passion, dedication and skill. The MET project's goal was to attempt to break down and measure those qualities so that other teachers can learn from those who do it best.
Highlands ECET² Vision To Elevate and Celebrate the Effective Teachers and Teaching happening here in Highlands County.
Gathering GreatnessInvest Invigorate Inspire • Phase I • ECET² Heartland • 5 to 7 teachers from each school • Goals • Next Steps to CCSS Implementation • Developing Teacher Leaders • District-Wide Teacher Collaboration • Phase II • Gathering Greatness Project
Let’s Go, We’ve Got Work To Do! • Jerry's Video.mp4