NYSED Network Team and Teacher and Principal Evaluator Training Kate Gerson -Senior Fellow

1. NYSED Network Team and Teacher and Principal Evaluator Training Kate Gerson -Senior Fellow Ken Slentz -Associate Commissioner June 2, 2011

2. Agenda • Overview of Training • Draft participation methodology • Outcomes • Recommended Participants for principal evaluation training • The Turn-Key Model • Dates • Q and A

3. Network Team Training Participants

4. Overview of Training • By focusing on Common Core State Standards, data-driven instruction (school-based inquiry), and evidence-based observation and evaluation, we are seeking to build the capacity of administrators and teachers to drive deep conversations around • what good teachers and principals do, • what actions (inputs) drive results, and • what is the most useful evidence of those behaviors.

5. Outcomes • As a result of SED Summer Institute, participants will be able to • Implement initial phase of local training on Common Core State Standards and Data-Driven Instruction (School Based Inquiry) • meet NYSED calibration requirements and assurances on teacher and leader evaluation in order to provide high-quality training regionally, district wide, and school wide.

6. Outcomes – Common Core State Standards • Be able to create awareness of and fluency with the CCSS in districts and schools • Be able to collaboratively diagnose school capacity for implementing the CCSS and create action plans to ensure initial execution. • Be able to introduce exemplary modules aligned to the CCSS and unpack the qualities of a module. Use teacher videos and student work to illustrate. • Set expectation to develop and implement one unit of instruction (for each teacher) aligned to the CCSS per semester

7. Outcomes – Data Driven Instruction 7 • Understand the value and relevance of a Data Driven Instruction model for School Based Inquiry • Be able to articulate and diagnose against the key drivers in the Data Driven Instruction model • Have an “entry” plan for professional development and support so that schools and districts are willing and able to adopt this model

8. Outcomes – Teacher Leader Evaluation 8 • Gather evidence of learning that represents the priorities of the assessment criteria; students constructing meaning and producing evidence of learning • Articulate the importance and relevance of a common language in the development of a culture of learning • Accurately apply standards of practice in the assessment of teaching and leadership • Apply best practices in evidence-based observation processes • Hone observation skills to focus on • Evidence collection • Alignment of evidence with standards • Scoring levels of practice based on evidence • Establish inter-rater reliability of evaluator interpretations and judgments of leadership practice • Calibrate evaluator skills in the practice of evidence-based evaluation • Build an understanding of the student growth percentile model and the value-added growth model. • Familiarize participants with the application and use of assessment tools • Focus evaluation skills in evaluating teachers and principals of English language learners and students with disabilities • Provide opportunities for collaboration with colleagues

9. Recommended Participants • Characteristics of the Professional Development Expert • Administrative degree holder • Knowledgeable about adult learning strategies and best practices • Enthusiastic and well-received disposition • Demonstrated experience with performance evaluation • Leadership in professional development on a large scale • Characteristics of the Expert Practitioner from the Field • Willing to champion the cause • SDL/SDA certificate holder and practicing administrator (In lieu of the an active superintendent, a retired superintendent can champion the cause.) • Demonstrated experience in teacher evaluation • Highly effective and/or well respected in the field regionally • Contextual knowledge of the region • Recommended by peers • Passionate

10. The Turn-Key Model for T/ L Evaluation • The sequence of training events is intended to be a model for how regions and districts might certify their evaluators, as well as a model to ensure sustainability. • Once the full, research-driven scope of the calibration process is experienced, participants are prepared to go home and turnkey a high-quality training and calibration process.

11. Training Dates SY 2011-2012 NYSED will provide 10 days of training for teacher evaluators, 7 days for principal evaluators, in addition to 3 days on the Common Core and data-driven instruction.

12. Next Steps 12 • TLE Guidance • TLE Webinar • NT Webinar (hopefully) • Network Team guidance, information and planning documents • Finalize participants for August 1-5 • Summer Institute Registration and Baseline Survey • Release of website • Assignment of prework • Summer Institute

13. Our Students. Their Moment.