Educational Specialists Performance Evaluation System

1. Educational SpecialistsPerformance Evaluation System

2. What Do You Know? • Closed book POP QUIZ! • Independently, take the Educational Specialist Effectiveness Performance Evaluation System Pre-Assessment. • Mark your answers in the Pre-Assessment Answer Box.

3. How Did You Do? • Which questions are you confident about? Why? • Which questions gave you difficulty? Why?

4. Want to Get a Better Score? • Open book! • Find the correct answers • Note where you find them • If you already had the correct answer, just note where it can be found • NOTE: Some answers can be found on more than one page. You only need to note the one that you use.

5. Compare and Contrast

6. Educational Specialist Standards: In Their Shoes For the next section, get in groups of 3-4. Each person should take on the role of a different educational specialist: • School counselor • School nurse • Library/media specialist • Instructional technology specialist

7. Educational Specialist Standards: In Their Shoes Consider for each standard: • what is the PRODUCT we expect, and • what is the PROCESSfor how it is achieved?

8. Performance Standard 1: Professional Knowledge The educational specialist uses professional knowledge to address the needs of the target learning community while demonstrating respect for individual differences, cultures, and learning needs.

9. Sample Performance Indicators

10. Performance Standard 2:Program Planning & Management The educational specialist effectively plans, coordinates, and manages programs and services consistent with established guidelines, policies, and procedures.

11. Sample Performance Indicators

12. Performance Standard 3: Program Delivery The educational specialist uses professional knowledge to implement a variety of services for the targeted learning community.

13. Sample Performance Indicators

14. Performance Standard 4: Assessment The educational specialist gathers, analyzes, and uses data to determine learner/ program needs, measure learner/program progress, guide instruction and intervention, and provide timely feedback to learners, families, staff, and community.

15. Sample Performance Indicators

16. Performance Standard 5:Communication & Collaboration The educational specialist communicates and collaborates effectively with learners, families, staff, and the community to promote student learning and well-being.

17. Sample Performance Indicators

18. Performance Standard 6:Professionalism The educational specialist demonstrates behavior consistent with legal, ethical, and professional standards, contributes to the profession, and engages in professional growth.

19. Sample Performance Indicators

20. Performance Standard 7:Learner/Program Progress The work of the educational specialist results in acceptable and measurable learner or program progress based on established standards, district goals, and/or school goals.

21. Sample Performance Indicators

22. Ready for Some Review? • Choose a partner. • Stand back-to-back so that only one person can see the screen. • Password Rules: • The person who can see the screen can use any words to describe the word or phrase EXCEPT the word or phrase itself • Once you get a word, you can move on • If you’re having trouble with a word/phrase, move on • See how fast you can get all the words/phrases

23. Round One • Standard • Assessment • Document Log • Educational Specialist • Professionalism • Program Delivery

24. Round Two • Client Surveys • Program Planning & Management • Indicators • Professional Knowledge • Communication & Collaboration • Learner/Program Objectives

25. To Sum Up… • Anything you want to add or change?