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Educator Effectiveness in Wisconsin

Educator Effectiveness in Wisconsin. A summary of the design, development and implementation of the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness System August 2013 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Overview. Purpose of Wisconsin’s Educator Effectiveness System

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Educator Effectiveness in Wisconsin

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  1. Educator Effectiveness in Wisconsin A summary of the design, development and implementation of the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness System August 2013Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

  2. Overview • Purpose of Wisconsin’s Educator Effectiveness System • Design & Development of the System • Educator Practice & Student Outcomes • Managing the Evaluation Process • Preparing to Implement

  3. Purpose and Context of EE System

  4. The Bottom Line • Research shows that teacher and leader effectiveness are the two most important school factors influencing student achievement. • New research-based evaluation systems are needed to identify and support educator effectiveness in Wisconsin.

  5. Every Child a Graduate College & Career Ready Standards & Instruction • What and how should kids learn? Assessments and Data Systems • How do we know if they learned it? School and Educator Effectiveness • How do we ensure that students have highly effective teachers and schools? School Finance Reform • How should we pay for schools?

  6. School and Educator Effectiveness How do we ensure kids have highly effective teachers and schools? • Replace broken No Child Left Behind requirements with a new state accountability and support system; • Replicate best practices from high-performing schools and provide support to improve the lowest-performing schools; • Advance a fair and robust educator evaluation system.

  7. Design & Development of the System

  8. The EE Movement • State Superintendent’s Educator Effectiveness Design Team convened in December 2010 • Agrees upon Educator Effectiveness (EE) Framework in November 2011 • State legislation (Act 166) • Endorses the EE system established by Design Team • Requires all Wisconsin districts to implement the EE System by 2014-2015 • Federal push: (July 2012) ESEA Waiver approval • ESEA waiver includes three reform initiatives: standards and assessments, the school accountability system, and the Educator Effectiveness System

  9. EE Design Team established the system framework and guiding principles in 2011 American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (AWSA) Office of the Governor Professional Standards Council (PSC) Wisconsin Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (WACTE) Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (WAICU) Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) EE Workgroups are developing the various components of the system, fulfilling the established design Teacher Practice Workgroup (2012) Principal Practice Workgroup (2012) SLO Workgroup (2012) Measurement Workgroup (2013) Data & Reporting Workgroup (2013) Teachscape Workgroup (2013) IHE Workgroup (2013)

  10. Supporting the Process Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER), UW-Madison • Strategic Management of Human Capital project • Value-Added Research Center American Institutes for Research (AIR) • Great Lakes West (GLW) • National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (NCCTQ) Further Informing the Work: • Wisconsin participation in the State Consortium on Educator Effectiveness (SCEE) as part of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

  11. Guiding Principles of the System An educator evaluation system must deliver information that: • Guides effective educational practice that is aligned with student learning and development • Documents evidence of effective educator practice • Documents evidence of student learning • Informs appropriate professional development • Informs educator preparation programs • Supports a full range of human resource decisions • Is credible, valid, reliable, comparable, and uniform across districts

  12. In short, what is the EE System? • Wisconsin’s EE System is an evaluation and support system focusing on professional growth and development—from pre-service through service—that leads to improved student learning. • Ultimately, the system is aimed at helping students succeed in order to graduate college and career ready, in alignment with the State Superintendent’s strategic plan, Agenda 2017. • Designed by Wisconsin educators for Wisconsin educators. • Designed to evaluate both principals and teachers through a fair, valid and reliable process using multiple measures across two main areas: educator practice and student outcomes. • Developed and implemented thoughtfully, over time, using feedback from educators to refine the system.

  13. System Balance The EE System balances educator practice (observations, artifacts, etc.) with student outcomes (student learning objectives, value-added scores, graduation rates, etc.). Multiple measures, multiple data points and multiple years will all be factored into an educator’s final rating.

  14. Educator Practice and Student Outcomes

  15. Standards & Rubrics Teacher Practice (InTASC) Standards: Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Teaching Standards Rubric: Framework for Teaching (Charlotte Danielson) Principal Practice (ISLLC) Standards: Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Standards Rubric: Wisconsin Framework for Principal Leadership

  16. Why These Rubrics? Teacher Practice (InTASC) The Framework for Teaching has a rigorous research background, including content validity and criterion validity. It is aligned with the InTASC Standards, and now with the Common Core, and widely used throughout Wisconsin and the nation. Principal Practice (ISLLC) Wisconsin Framework for Principal Leadership, after lengthy review of other principal effectiveness rubrics, was developed by Wisconsin educators. It is aligned with ISLLC and has a strong focus on educator talent management, instructional leadership, and principal influence on working conditions.

  17. What Do the Rubrics Cover? Danielson Framework for Teaching Domain 1: Planning & Preparation Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities Wisconsin Framework for Principal Leadership Domain 1: Effective Educators • Human Resource Leadership • Instructional Leadership Domain 2: Leadership Actions • Personal Behavior • Intentional and Collaborative School Culture • School Management

  18. Student Outcomes

  19. Student Outcomes Student/School Learning Outcomes (SLOs): All teachers (Student Learning Outcomes) andprincipals (School Learning Outcomes) must identify one ambitious yet achievable goal aligned to school, district, and state educational goals each year. Standardized Assessments: Value-added student growth scores for teachers in state tested grades (beginning in 2017 at the earliest), as well as all principals (for whom scores will be aggregated school-wide) will be used. Value-added growth scores can be calculated for performance on the state summative reading and mathematics assessments in Grades 3-7. School-wide Literacy or Graduation: A small portion of the outcomes score for every teacher and principal in a school will include a measure of school-wide graduation (for schools graduating students) or school-wide reading/English Language Arts scores (for schools that do not graduate students). District Choice: A small portion of the outcomes score for every teacher and principal will measure growth towards an initiative or goal identified by the district.

  20. Student / School Learning Objectives (SLOs) • SLOs are an annual goal-setting process . • SLOs are detailed, measurable goals developed collaboratively by teachers and their evaluators based on identified student learning needs across a specified period of time (typically an academic year). • Student Learning Objectives are teacher developed goals. School Learning Objectives are principal developed goals. • Educators will work collaboratively with their evaluators over the course of the school year to develop, implement, and measure SLOs. There is a mid-point check when teachers can adjust their goals if necessary. • Goal alignment. • Each year, educators will set professional practice goals as well as SLO goals in their Educator Effectiveness Plans (EEP). While these goals are distinct—one focusing on the educators’ practice, the other focusing on increasing student achievement—educators can and should use one to inform the other.

  21. Managing the Evaluation Process

  22. Technology to Manage the System Teaching is complex and so is evaluating it. DPI is contracting with Teachscape to provide a research-based platform to manage the evaluation process. Teachscape will be available to all Wisconsin educators. Each teacher and principal will see their own personalized Teachscape dashboard.

  23. What is Teachscape? • Teachscape is a powerful software platform that • trains educators • certifies evaluators • facilitates the observation and data collection process • provides a video-rich library of professional resources • For more info, visit www.teachscape.com

  24. Certified Evaluators via Teachscape • Administrators who will be evaluating educators must be certified by passing the Framework for Teaching proficiency test before evaluating any staff member. • Certification test was developed as a scientifically sound test for assessing classroom observers. • Assesses observers’ knowledge of the Framework for Teaching and ability to make accurate judgments of teaching practice. • Two part assessment takes approximately 5-7 hours. • Measures observer judgment across content areas: English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies • Grades K–5, 6–8, K–8, 9–12, K–12 versions of the test

  25. Effectiveness Coach • Schools and districts have the option of identifying an Effectiveness Coach to be a local system coordinator who guides educators through the EE System. Possible activities: • Assist with observations, helping to manage the process • Serve as an instructional coach, supporting teacher evaluation • Serve as a leadership coach, supporting principal evaluation • Provide data facilitation, supporting SLO component • Liaise for EE communications and EE processes, serving as point person for school/district .

  26. Implementing the System

  27. Educator Effectiveness Timeline

  28. Statewide Implementation (2014-15) All districts in Wisconsin are required to begin implementing the EE System in 2014-15. Districts that participate in pilot activities will have more time and training under their belts by 2014-15. Regardless of pilots, all educators are strongly encouraged to begin the process of understanding the EE System, educating their staff and community, and conducting in-depth planning for 2014-15.

  29. Support & Guidance • Guidance available now: • Principal Process Guide (for the evaluation of principals) • Teacher Process Guide (for the evaluation of teachers) • Communications Toolkit includes the EE Readiness Tool • EE website, EE News, EE Twitter • Guidance in development: • SLO training and database of SLO examples by grade and content area • Capacity Study

  30. Support & Guidance • State Support • Funding Teachscapeat no cost to districts • Funding regional support and liaising with Implementation Coaches • Coordinating trainings for pilots, implementation, Teachscape, etc. • Regional Support (CESAs): • Technical Assistance – mainly phone and web-based support • Implementation Coaches – mainly in-person support – will serve as the local point of contact, and will liaise with DPI. • Urban District Support: • Implementation Coaches identified for five largest districts (Green Bay, Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine) will serve as the local point of contact, and will liaise with DPI.

  31. Resources Informational Resources EE Website: http://ee.dpi.wi.gov/ EE Newsletter: (To subscribe, send an email to educator.effectiveness@dpi.wi.gov) EE Searchable FAQs: https://helpdesk.dpi.wi.gov/footprints/eehelp.html Teachscape www.teachscape.com Twitter @WiDPI_EE Communications Toolkit For school and district use: 1. Key Messages 2. Communication Strategies & Pitfalls 3. Communication Plan Template 4. EE Readiness Tool 5. EE Overview PowerPoint Slides

  32. Contact Us For more information or for questions on the EE System, please contact us! Educator Effectiveness Team Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction email: educator.effectiveness@dpi.wi.gov web: http://ee.dpi.wi.gov/

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