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Building Capacity to Create Coherence and Buy-in: Educator Evaluation and Development Thomas W. Giard III Assistant Superintendent Personnel and Staff Development Alliance District Convening January 16, 2014. Performance & Evaluation Specialist. Created a Central Office position
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Building Capacity to Create Coherence and Buy-in: Educator Evaluation and Development Thomas W. Giard III Assistant Superintendent Personnel and Staff Development Alliance District Convening January 16, 2014
Performance & Evaluation Specialist • Created a Central Office position • Coordinates all district initiatives related to the implementation of the new evaluation plan. • This person is in schools working with teachers and administrators. • Success versus just an exercise in compliance • Transition into focus on Educator Development
Building Capacity • Elementary Lead Teachers & Elementary APs • Expanded Learning Time Facilitator • Fine Arts Coordinator • Redefined traditionally non-evaluating DCs and Middle School Subject Area Specialists • MFT Advisory Board • Leadership Academy Projects • Guidebook on link between CCSS & TEVAL
Creating Buy-in & Coherence • Accessibility • Dedicated email address: teachereval@meridenk12.org • Administrators’ Community of Practice • Regular meetings in schools • Weekly email messages • Quarterly Evaluation Newsletter “TEVAL Times” • Framing the roll-out • Build on our existing models of support • Regular Feedback Surveys & Action Plan • MFT and Teacher Steering Team • Work closely with CSDE and Bloomboard
Creating Buy-in & Coherence • Connecting Learning Walks Protocol to Evidence-based work in Evaluation • On-going Calibration of whole administration team • Connecting to our current work & initiatives • “Connecting the Dots” visual • 90% of our teachers in the new plan “agree”/”strongly agree” the plan is connected to work they are already doing.
Focus is on Educator Development • Meriden Teachers Sharing Success (MTSS) Team • Peer Coaching • Coaches • Content Coaches • Executive Coaches for Administrators • Learning Walks • Mentor Teachers • New Teacher Induction • Leadership Academy • Ambassadors of Change