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Iowa’s Statewide Approach to Performance Evaluation & Compensation

Iowa’s Statewide Approach to Performance Evaluation & Compensation. Judy Jeffrey, Director. Iowa’s Approach to Evaluation , Professional Development, & Compensation. The Iowa Context Infrastructure in place Intent of the Legislation The Iowa Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program

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Iowa’s Statewide Approach to Performance Evaluation & Compensation

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  1. Iowa’s Statewide Approach to Performance Evaluation & Compensation Judy Jeffrey, Director

  2. Iowa’s Approach to Evaluation, Professional Development, & Compensation • The Iowa Context • Infrastructure in place • Intent of the Legislation • The Iowa Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program • Components that provide support and accountability • Cross-walk of essential elements • Going to scale state-wide • Lessons learned • Next steps

  3. The Iowa Context • Infrastructure • Well functioning Area Education Agencies (AEAs) • Strong pre-service programs • State initiatives in content already underway • Cooperative atmosphere between teacher unions, administrator organizations, DE, and AEAs

  4. The Iowa Context • Iowa Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program (2001) • Establishes structure for Mentoring and Induction, Professional Development, Evaluation, and Career Levels

  5. Intent of the Iowa Legislation • To create a student achievement and teacher quality program that acknowledges that outstanding teachers are a key component in student success. Senate File 476

  6. The program's goals are to: • enhance student achievement and to redesign compensation strategies and teachers' professional development. Senate File 476

  7. Teacher Quality Program Supports: • are designed to increase student achievement by increasing teacher quality • offer teachers opportunities to improve their instructional practices • attract and retain high performing teachers • reward teachers for improving their skills and knowledge in a manner that translates into better student learning • establish increased accountability for quality teaching • build on already existing supports

  8. Iowa Teaching Standards Iowa Teaching • Standards in Iowa Code: Criteria established by stakeholder group and adopted by State Board • Provide a set of knowledge and skills that reflects the best evidence available regarding effective teaching. • Provide teachers and administrators consistent criteria for determining what constitutes effective teaching in Iowa schools. • Foster ongoing dialogue about effective practices. • Teachers and the evaluator use the standards and criteria for determining what evidence to collect for the comprehensive evaluation for beginning teachers and the performance reviews for career teachers.

  9. Eight Iowa Teaching Standards 1. Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and support for implementation of the school districts’ student achievement goals. 2. Demonstrates competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position. 3. Demonstrates competence in planning and preparing for instruction. Senate File 476

  10. 4. Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students. 5. Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning. 6. Demonstrates competence in classroom management. 7. Engages in professional growth. 8. Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district. Senate File 476

  11. Beginning Teachers • Salary minimum • Initial License (2 year) • Evaluation (Comprehensive Evaluation) • Must meet teaching standards • Evaluation determines eligibility for standard license

  12. Mentoring and Induction • Provided for all 1st and 2nd year beginning teachers • Funds are appropriated for districts/AEAs based on the number of 1st and 2nd year teachers ($1,300 per mentee) • AEAs provide technical assistance and training for mentors • A model plan has been developed to assist districts in their work

  13. Mentoring and Induction • 4th year of program – 100% of districts have a mentoring plan • At the end of the 2nd year the beginning teacher’s evaluator makes a decision to move the teacher from an initial license to a standard license • A 3rd year of mentoring is available to beginning teacher who needs additional assistance to move to a standard license. The district must pay for the program. (Title II)

  14. Career Teachers • Salary • Evaluation (Performance Reviews) • Classroom observation • Implementation of individual career plan • Documentation from other evaluators, peers, students, parents • Not meeting Iowa Teaching Standards • Intensive Assistance • 5th year in career level ineligible for pay increases

  15. Professional Development • Iowa Professional Development Model • District Career Development Plans • Iowa Content Networks • Individual Teacher Career Development Plans

  16. Key Elements of the Model • Focus on curriculum and instruction • Study of implementation • All site personnel • Specific student learning goals • Intensive professional development • Collaboration • Ongoing follow-up, support, & technical assistance • Formative and summative evaluation

  17. Iowa Professional DevelopmentStandards • District Career Development Plans address: • Iowa Teaching Standards • Research-based instructional strategies • District student achievement goals • Training and learning opportunities that target instruction and design that includes: • Theory, demonstration, practice, observation • Collaboration and study of implementation Integration of instructional technology • Evaluation (instructional practice & student learning) • All staff responsible for instruction

  18. Individual Teacher Career Development Plan • Based on Iowa Teaching Standards and district/building student achievement goals • Annual meeting with teacher and evaluator to review goal(s) and refine plan • Individual Plans should be a direct fit with District Career Development Plans

  19. Professional Development Resources • Iowa Content Networks • Source for reviews of research studies for use by local districts • Iowa PD Model Training Materials • Set of print resources for local districts • Case studies of Iowa Districts • http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/tqt/tc/prodev.html

  20. About This Project• Selecting Content• Definitions• Upcoming Additions• How to Get Studies• Help Content Network What you will find on the Content Network website is an initial organization of research in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science.

  21. The Content Network Teams reviewed the research articles based on a continuum that measured the research according to specific criteria. The Research Continuum Search Search Path:State of Iowa > Educate > Teacher Quality > Professional Development > Content Network Updated 1-20-2005 Path:State of Iowa > Educate > Teacher Quality > Professional Development > Content Network Updated 1-20-2005

  22. Evaluation System • Evaluation processes locally driven • Evaluations are required at the end of year two for beginning teachers and every three years for career level teachers • Includes an intensive assistance component • Statewide adoption of standards and criteria for teachers • Uniform summative evaluation tool for beginning teachers

  23. Preparing Evaluators • Extensive evaluator training provided • $1,000 awarded for completion of training • The Evaluator Training process developed skills in the following areas: • Support for Teaching Standards • Data Collection Skills • Feedback Techniques • Data-driven Leadership

  24. Evaluator Training Process: • Train administrators to make license recommendations at the end of a 2 year induction program. • Integrates with district career development planning efforts. • Is an interagency effort. Higher education programs are certified to provide training.

  25. DE provided: State-wide capacity building efforts to support PD, MI and Evaluation Rules/procedures to create structures and accountability for PD, MI, & Evaluation Models of quality professional development in Reading and Math (Science to be added) Going to Scale

  26. Revamp Career II/Advanced Focus on strengths of professional development Establish Regional Academies Establish “teacher leaders” Establish Administrator Quality Program Mentoring/Induction Iowa Leadership Standards Evaluation Professional Development Legislative Proposal2007

  27. Implementation Timeline • 02-03 Districts volunteered to implement – over 95% • Mentoring and Induction • Salary increases for beginning and career teachers (year 3) • Team-based variable pay pilots implemented • Content networks formed

  28. Implementation Timeline… • 03-04 All districts implementing • 10 days of training for evaluators • Stakeholder group develops Iowa professional development model • Content networks release initial information • Team-based variable pay evaluation

  29. Implementation Timeline… • 04-05 Salary increases • $24,500 (1st & 2nd year teachers) • $25,500 (3rd year teachers) • $26,000 (4th year teachers) • TBVP Pilot continues • School districts implement district career plans as approved in their Comprehensive School Improvement Plan • Regional Academies implemented/summer’05 • Addition of equivalent of 1 PD day to teacher contracts

  30. Evaluation • TBVP pilots did not reveal any conclusive results • Mentoring and Induction are viewed as a retention factor and supportive of new teachers • Salary rankings in US have not improved (budget shortfalls, etc. have not provided additional increases as expected) • Comprehensive evaluation of program due in 2007

  31. Professional Development Evaluation • Examining District PD Plans • Iowa Teacher Development Academies • Studying teacher implementation and student results • Preliminary input shows students are responding to changes in instruction

  32. When Quality PD is provided positive things happen… • Kids are excited about the books from which they can choose. • Kids like coming to this class! • A student who refused to pick a book to read, so I picked for him, hated the book, dislikes reading, told me last Friday, “Hey, this is really a good book!” • I’m surprised about the number of my students who have finished books and gone on to the second or third. Also, the smiles on their faces when they proudly show me how much they have read. • Several students have said they are really happy they can read their book.

  33. 04-05 Costs • $1,300 per new teacher for 2 years = $4.2M • One day of PD = $10M • District allocation for teacher salaries = $46.3M • Department costs for staffing, technical assistance = state funds $400,000 and is supplemented with federal funds

  34. The Iowa Teacher Quality Program For Additional Information http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/tqt/tc/index.html

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