Student Learning Objectives

1. Student Learning Objectives It’s Been a SLO Summer

2. Read all about it – EngageNY.org • Guidance document -37p detailed pdf • Road map – 34 slide ppt, more succinct • Webinars – 2 b/n 30-40 min each

3. Good News for Librarians • Writing SLOs is a process. • You teach this. • You know how to break down large tasks into smaller tasks. • Here’s what you do – access, evaluate, synthesize, and present info using a variety of resources. • Wiki at SLOs for Librarians.

4. Our Issues • NYS does not address librarians specifically in most of their documents. • How do secondary librarians select a population? • What baseline assessments do we use? • Who scores our assessments? • Other issues?

5. NYS, Districts, Schools, and Teachers have different responsibilities for SLOs. Who does what for slos?

6. State Responsibilities • The overall SLO framework, including required elements. • Requirements in the context of Regulations: • Requirements for which teachers must set SLOs and which teachers must have State-provided growth measures. • Requirements for which assessments must be used, and which are allowable options, under the Regulations. • Requirements around scoring: • The scoring ranges and categories for the measures of student growth subcomponent. • Rules for scoring SLOs that include a State-provided growth measure. • Rules for scoring multiple SLOs. • Provides training to Network Teams and Network Team Equivalents on SLOs prior to 2012-13 school year. Source: NYSED GUIDANCE ON THE NEW YORK STATE DISTRICT-WIDE GROWTH GOAL-SETTING PROCESS: STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES

7. District Responsibilities • Assess and identify their unique priorities and needs. • Identify who in the District will have State-provided growth measures and who must have SLOs as “comparable growth measures” as per the State’s rules. • District-wide rules for how specific SLOs will get. • Expectations for scoring SLOs and for determining teacher ratings for the growth component, within State rules. • District-wide processes for setting, reviewing, and assessing SLOs in schools. • Create processes to ensure that any assessments are not scored by teachers and principals with a vested interest in the outcome of the assessment they score, and address assessment security issues. • Establish which decisions are made at the District level versus in schools by principals, and/or principals with teachers. • Provide or arrange for training to lead evaluators.

8. School Responsibilities • Implement State and District-determined processes. • Make choices as needed when District leaves flexibility to schools. • Ensure that lead evaluator approves each teacher’s goals and monitors/assesses results. • Ensure all assessments are secure and that any assessments, including those used as evidence for SLOs, are not scored by teachers and principals with a vested interest in the outcome of the assessment they score.

9. Teacher Responsibilities • Propose, in consultation with lead evaluator, SLOs and targets based on District and school requirements. • Obtain all possible data on students to best inform baseline, starting level of student learning. • Reflect on student learning results and consider implications for future practice. Teachers should also know what decisions their district and building have made on SLOs.

10. 8-13-12 APPR Field guidance revisions

11. What is a “teacher of record” in 2012-2013? • Generally, a “teacher of record” is defined as an individual (or individuals, such as in coteaching assignments) who has been assigned responsibility for a student’s learning in a subject/course with aligned performance measures.

12. Which teachers and other school personnel are considered “classroom teachers” under the new law? • School librarians are teachers in the classroom teaching service and are, therefore, subject to the new law (APPR) beginning in the 2012-2013 school year.

13. When must school librarians be evaluated under Education Law § 3012-c? • Only classroom teachers and building principals must be evaluated under Education Law § 3012-c. "Classroom teacher" is defined as a teacher in the classroom teaching service who is a teacher of record. Librarians who are certified as a library media specialist or school media specialist (library) are teachers in the classroom teaching service. For the 2012-2013 school year, teacher of record is defined as a teacher who is primarily and directly responsible for a student’s learning activities that are aligned to the performance measures of a course, consistent with guidance. • Therefore, a certified librarian who is not a teacher of record is not a "classroom teacher“ and therefore would not need to be evaluated under Education Law § 3012-c. However, if a certified librarian is a teacher of record, he/she would be considered a "classroom teacher" and therefore must be evaluated under Education Law § 3012-c.

14. Our Goals and Objectives • Work in district or grade-level groups. • Create at least one SLO you can use in your classroom. • Share your SLO with other attendees. • Send your SLO to Gail who will post it on the SLS wiki.

15. Useful Technologies • Dropbox and Google Drive are useful for collaboration and file sharing. No email or flash drive required. • Dropbox • Google Drive • Software you download onto one computer but can access from all your computers and devices. • Spend some time becoming familiar with them and setting up the folders and files. It will facilitate the entire process. • If you already have an account, create a folder, invite others, and proceed.

16. Check Out the Wiki SLOs for Librarians

17. Send Us Your SLO • rpearce@bbpschools.org • I need the following information: • Grade level • SLO title • Writers’ names, schools, districts • SLO template • Accompanying documents