APS Teacher Evaluation

1. APS Teacher Evaluation A SMART Process for Student and Teacher Growth

2. Connecting Teacher Performance to Academic Progress via SMART Goal Setting

3. APS Revised Teacher Evaluation Process Agenda • An Overview of Student Achievement Goal Setting and Creating SMART Goals • Developing Strategies and Monitoring Progress • Determining Goal Attainment

4. Proposed APS Teacher Evaluation ProcessOverview Writes Teacher Lesson Plans Participates Writes Compiles Participates Participates Approves Reviews Conducts Facilitates Facilitates Lesson Plans Evaluator Monitors

5. Part 2 What is a SMART Goal?

6. Step 3: Create and implement teaching and learning strategies Step 4: Monitor student progress through on-going formative assessment What is student achievement goal setting? Step 5: Determine whether the students achieved the goal Step 2: Create specific learning goals based on pre-assessment Step 1: Determine needs

7. What are the purposes ofStudent Achievement Goal Setting? • Focus on student/learner/program results • Explicitly connect teaching and learning • Improve instructional practices and teacher/education specialist performance • Tool for school improvement

8. Specific The goal is focused on learner needs. Measurable An appropriate instrument/measure is selected to assess the goal. Appropriate The goal is within the teacher’s control to effect change. Realistic The goal is feasible for the teacher. Time limited The goal is contained within a single school year.

9. Sample SMART Goal In the current school year, using a 24-point division-developed rubric to measure texture, form, space, color, tone, and line (in which 20 points is considered proficient) students scoring a level 20 or higher will advance their skills by learning another artistic style, such as still life. • Specific: Focused on two-dimensional landscape • Measurable: Rubric used to assess performance • Appropriate: The teacher teaches the content and skills contained in middle school art • Realistic: The goal of increasing student performance by at least six points is realistic • Time-bound: Goal attainment can be addressed by the end of the year with a performance task scored by a division-developed rubric

10. Secondary Science Example APS Smart Goals A minimum of 90% of all students; 66% SPED and 75% ELL students will answer more than 25/50 questions correctly on posttest (using released Biology SOL questions) and/or pass the EOC Biology SOL.  Students who answer greater than 25/50 have a very high likelihood of passing the EOC Biology SOL.

11. Elementary Reading Example APS Smart Goals For the current school year, all of my grade 1 students will make measurable growth on PALS by increasing their scores on the word list and spelling subtests by 5 points.  In the spring 2013, 90% of my students will meet the spring benchmark (35).

12. Applying a Goal Setting Rubric

14. SMART Goal Guide

15. Progress (Growth) vs. Achievement Goals PROGRESS Students will score X% greater on the post-test than on the pre-test. OR Students will increase their performance by X performance level on the rubric. ACHIEVEMENT X% of students will achieve a score of X or higher.

16. Examples

17. Teacher GGrade 2 Teacher G– Second Grade During this school year, my students will improve on word knowledge and oral reading fluency.

20. Teacher G’s Baseline Data

21. Teacher G’s Baseline Data

22. Applying a Goal Setting Rubric

23. Teacher G’s Goal

24. Better goal for Teacher G? Goal Statement: During this school year, 100% of my students will improve in instructional reading level. Each student will move up at least a grade level in oral reading from fall to spring. Furthermore, students who are below grade level will increase their instructional reading level by 1.5 years.

25. Teacher HGovernment Teacher H– Government Teacher For the current school year, my students will have the knowledge and skills to be productive members of their society because they will be able to analyze primary and secondary source documents.

28. Applying a Goal Setting Rubric

29. Teacher H’s Goal

30. Better goal for Teacher H? Goal Statement: During this school year, 100% of my students will improve in analyzing primary and secondary source documents. Each student will increase his/her ability to analyze documents by one level on the rating rubric. Furthermore, 75% of students will score at “proficient” or above.

31. Teacher EGrade 5

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33. Teacher E’s Goal Goal Statement: In current school year, each student will make measurable progress on the STAR assessment. Each student will gain at least one year’s growth in grade level equivalency.

36. Applying a Goal Setting Rubric- Teacher E

37. Applying a Goal Setting Rubric- Teacher E

38. APS Revised Teacher Evaluation Process Agenda 2. Developing Strategies and Monitoring Progress

39. Step 3: Create and implement teaching and learning strategies Step 4: Monitor student progress through on-going formative assessment What is student achievement goal setting? Step 5: Determine whether the students achieved the goal Step 2: Create specific learning goals based on pre-assessment Step 1: Determine needs

40. What is a student achievement goal? Goal … a statement of an intended outcome of your work: Student Learning Distinct from Strategies • Strategies = Means • Goal = End

41. APS Revised Teacher Evaluation Process Agenda 3. Determining Goal Attainment

42. Determining Goal Attainment • Monitor progress • Adjust as needed

43. Establishing baseline data and determining goal attainment? Progress monitoring goal progress throughout the year? TOOL: APS Assessment Inventory What data sources would be appropriate for …

44. Challenges Based on what you have learned, what do you see as the benefits and challenges of student achievement goal setting? Benefits

45. Common Challenges • Data access & analysis • Robustness of data system • Teacher & administrator skills • Sufficient & appropriate assessments • Writing SMART goals • Clarifying the acceptable amount of progress • Developing instructionally-based strategies • See Marzano et al., Schmoker, Collins, Blankstein, Fullan, etc., etc….

46. Setting student achievement goals… • Focuses on student results • Connects teaching with learning • Improved instruction in the classroom • Contributes to school improvement

47. APS Revised Teacher Evaluation Process Agenda • An Overview of Student Achievement Goal Setting and Creating SMART Goals • Developing Strategies and Monitoring Progress • Determining Goal Attainment

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49. A SMART Process for Student and Teacher Growth APS Teacher Evaluation