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Learn how to utilize Student Voice Surveys effectively to enhance teaching practice, with a focus on evidence-based assessment and professional development.
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Certified Evaluation Plan Training Module Products of Practice, Student Voice Surveys December 2014
Products of Practice • Teachers may provide additional evidence to support assessment of professional practice. • Quality valued over quantity. • Evidence should provide specific information about teacher practice & should relate directly to domains of the Framework for Teaching. DCPS Certified Evaluation Plan, Page 9
Potential Sources of Evidence • Student work products • Curriculum units, lesson plans • Self-reflections • Other? DCPS Certified Evaluation Plan, Page 10
Organizing Evidence • Upload artifacts into CIITS • Other electronic means (Word, Excel, PDF documents, audio/video files) • Print copies • Other?
Student Voice Survey Basics • DCPS to administer in March 2015, using the IC student portal (approximately 20 minutes to complete). • Each school has a “Building Coordinator”. • All students in Grades 3-12 will participate.
SVS Basics, continued • Certified teachers of these students will receive student feedback from ONE class (at least 10 and target is 20+). • Parents may choose for child to “opt out” of survey. • Results are expected 4 weeks after spring window closes.
SVS—Question Structure • Organized around seven elements of teaching practice • Support • Transparency • Understanding • Discipline • Engagement • Nurturing • Trust
SVS—Types of Questions • Focuses on statements such as, “My teacher explains difficult things clearly.” • Students will select one of five possible responses which range from strongly agree to strongly disagree. • Grade 3-5 questions • Grade 6-12 questions
SVS—Additional Background Info Who will administer the surveys? • Teachers will administer the survey to students in their class/section. How will the data from the Student Voice Survey be used? • Teachers will use data to inform instruction and classroom practice. • Teachers and building administrators will use data to determine potential areas for professional learning and teacher support.
SVS—DCPS Evaluation Connections • Results from both formative and summative years will be used to inform Professional Practice in the summative year. • The use of the Student Voice Survey results to inform Professional Practice will be based on a trend over time of at least two years, and it should reflect a pattern in the results. DCPS Certified Evaluation Plan, Page 10