TEACHER KEYS EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM (TKES)

1. TEACHER KEYS EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM(TKES)

2. WHY TKES? HOUSE BILL 244 • Passed during 2013 legislative session • Mandates use of single, state-wide evaluation system for teachers • Optimize teacher quality • Optimize student learning

3. PRIMARY PURPOSES • Optimize student learning and growth • Improve the quality of classroom instruction • Support the continuous growth of teachers

4. TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS METHOD(TEMS) 3 Components: Teacher Assessment on Performance Standards Students growth and Academic Achievement Surveys of Instructional Practice

5. TEACHER ASSESSMENT ON PERFORMANCE STANDARDS(TAPS) • FIVE DOMAINS: Planning, Instructional Delivery, Assessment of and for Learning, • Learning Environment, Professionalism and Communication

6. TEN STANDARDS • Professional Knowledge • Instructional Planning • Instructional Strategies • Differentiated Instruction • Assessment Strategies • Assessment Uses • Positive Learning Environment • Academically Challenging Environment • Professionalism • Communication

7. RATING PERFORMANCE • EXEMPLARY • PROFICIENT • NEEDS DEVELOPMENT • INEFFECTIVE

8. TAPS PROCESS • Orientation • Familiarization • Self-Assessment • Pre-Evaluation Conference • Observation and Collection • Formative Assessment and Mid-Year Evaluation Conference • Summative Assessment and Summative Evaluation

9. TAPS MANAGEMENT • Electronic Platform: houses all records and resources for TKES • Supports dialogue between principals and teachers • Produces reports on usage and completion of process steps

10. GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT • Based on GROWTH, NOT academic scores • Students growth is based on the IMPACT of your teaching

11. THE BOTTOM LINE • “For every one of us that succeeds, it is because there is somebody there to show you the way out. For me, it was teachers and school.” • Ophrah Winfrey