Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

1. Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) Upper Perkiomen School District August 2013

2. Standards Based Education Measurement of Student Achievement Measurement of Educator Effectiveness

3. SLO Concepts • Student achievement can be measured in ways that reflect authentic learning of content standards. • Educator effectiveness can be measured through use of student achievement measures.

4. What knowledge and skills might be needed to develop an SLO?

5. Know and understand the Standards • PA Standards • Common Core Standards • Professional/Technical Standards 2. Assessment Tasks • Authentic to the grade or course • Aligned to Standards 3. Assessment Scoring • Can describe levels of student achievement toward standards based learning objectives

6. THE PA SLO TEMPLATE & PROCESS • A format to inform strong instructional practice and strong student achievement • A way to measure teacher effectiveness based on student achievement • An opportunity for teachers to define, describe and present data on student achievement in the content area that they teach What it is not supposed to be: More paperwork for teachers that has no meaning or purpose More testing for students A weak substitute for PVAAS or other standardized testing data What it is supposed to be: • More paperwork for teachers that has no meaning or purpose • More testing for students • A weak substitute for PVAAS or other standardized testing data

7. PA Educator Challenge Educator Effectiveness: SLO To develop and implement an appropriately rigorous measure of teacher effectiveness based on student achievement in your content area through the use of the PA SLO Template. www.education.state.pa.us >

8. Educator Effectiveness: SLO STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE TEMPLATE A format to provide a measure of teacher effectiveness based on student achievement of content standards, as applicable to the “Elective Data” portion of the Teacher Effectiveness System in Act 82 (HB 1901). www.education.state.pa.us >

9. Looking at the Components of PA’s SLO Template • Teacher Information • Content Area • Student Learning Objective • Data and Targets Used to Establish the SLO • Assessment/Performance Task • Administration of the Assessment/Performance Task • Evidence of Individual Student Achievement • Strategies/Actions to Achieve the SLO • Implementation Timeline Teacher Effectiveness Measure (Rating)

16. All Grades and Courses: The assessment can be scored by an equivalent peer. All Grades and Courses: The assessment is a commercially produced assessment that has a history of validity and reliability.

19. Let’s look at an example and some criteria • 8th Grade Science SLO Sample Draft • Criteria for High-Quality Assessments

20. SLO Resources http://nassauboces.org/Page/1667 http://www.riseindiana.org/sites/default/files/files/RISE%201.0/Student%20Learning%20Objectives%20Handbook%201%200%20FINAL.pdf http://www.ride.ri.gov/EducatorQuality/EducatorEvaluation/SLO.aspx http://www.gadoe.org/School-Improvement/Teacher-and-Leader-Effectiveness/Documents/SLO%20Manual.pdf

21. WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN FOR UPSD? • Focus of district In-Service Days • Incorporated into curriculum work and PLC work; “Begin with the end in mind” – what do we expect all students to know, understand, & be able to do? How can they demonstrate? (Beyond state assessments or similar type assessments?) • Allow us to revisit/solidify Grading Policies & Procedures • Connect to Differentiated Supervision Options; SLO development must be linked to Danielson Framework and must influence growth in some aspect of professional practice. • Support teachers (Reading Specialists, Learning Support) – SLOs for students served. • REMEMBER: Student performance on the assessments from SLOs will be part of teacher evaluation – 20 %– 35%

22. HOW WILL WE MOVE FORWARD? • State-assessed content areas– what part of overall assessment is NOT represented in state assessments that we do or will include in our assessment of students? • Non-Assessed – what assessment do we want to use for SLO; mastery or growth; all students or specific population? mastery or growth; all students or specific population? • Brainstorm and determine by grade/course; share with Director of T & L and Building Administrator • Can this or how can this fit into supervision mode?

23. HOW WILL WE MOVE FORWARD? • Begin brainstorming process this week • Curriculum Committee Groups – will incorporate into curriculum work • In-Service Day – November 5th: Focus on developing draft SLOs for each subject area and/or grade level (at the elementary level, I do not believe SLOs need to be developed for all core academic areas; more related to Elective data piece for teachers). • Technology – how can we use to technology as part of this process?

24. PLEAE REMEMBER • We are all in this together! • We have a choice on how we approach this work! • We do no have all the information, but we do know we cannot ignore it; it is not going away. • We will use this to do what we have always done – what is best for our students’ learning and growth!

25. QUESTIONS?