E VALUATION R ECOMMENDATIONS FOR O THER L ICENSED E DUCATIONAL P ERSONNEL (OLEP)/G ROUP 3 State Board of Education Meeting November 12, 2015

AB447 (2015) Sec. 4 states: “State Board of Education may provide for the evaluations of counselors, librarians and other licensed educational personnel, except for teachers and administrators and determine the manner in which to measure the performance of such personnel, including, without limitation, whether to use pupil achievement data as part of the evaluation.”

Q UESTIONS TLC C ONSIDERED Which OLEP should be included in a statewide performance evaluation system? Which should be evaluated using a district evaluation? Of those in a statewide system how could they be grouped? Student performance data for OLEP ? Yes/No If so, what data should be used?

Teacher NEPF Educational Practice Instructional Practice Standards 1. New learning is connected to prior learning and experience 2. Learning tasks have high cognitive demand for diverse learners 3. Students engage in meaning-making through discourse and other strategies 4. Students engage in metacognitive activity to increase understanding of and responsibility for their qwn learning 5. Assessment is integrated into instruction Professional Responsibilities Standards 1. Commitment to the school community 2. Reflection on professional growth and practice 3. Professional obligations 4. Family engagement 5. Student perception Student Performance Student Outcomes ( not included for the school year )

R ECOMMENDATIONS FROM TLC OLEP GroupPracticeStudent Outcomes School Counselors national association standards embedded within national association standards School Nurses national association standards embedded within national association standards School Psychologists national association standards embedded within national association standards School Social Workers national association standards embedded within national association standards Speech Language Pathologists national association standards embedded within national association standards Audiologists national association standards embedded within national association standards TOSAs, Proj. Facilitators, All Other OLEP District school board trustees determine practice standards based on role/function District school board trustees determine student outcomes data to be used based on role/function

M OTION #1 Option 1 – TLC Recommends: Statewide performance evaluations be developed for each of the following: school nurses, school psychologists, school speech language pathologists, audiologists, school social workers, and school counselors, based on their respective national association standards. All other licensed educational personnel (TOSAs, PFs, coaches, consultants, etc.) are to be evaluated using evaluations approved by district board of trustees based on role/function, but must include student outcome data based on role/function. Option 2 – NDE Recommends: District board of trustees develop evaluations for each of the following: school nurses, school psychologists, school speech language pathologists, audiologists, school social workers, and school counselors, based on their respective national association standards. All other licensed educational personnel (TOSAs, PFs, coaches, consultants, etc.) are to be evaluated using evaluations approved by district board of trustees based on role/function, but may include student outcome data based on role/function.

R ECOMMENDATIONS FROM TLC OLEP GroupPracticeStudent Outcomes School Librarians hold base teaching license NEPF Instructional Practice Teacher Standards modified to allow for the collaborative/consultant role Professional Responsibilities Standards based on national association standards Equal weighting of Instructional Practice and Professional Responsibilities Same as NEPF Group 2 Teachers (non-tested grades and subjects)

M OTION #2 TLC and NDE Recommend: A statewide performance evaluation for school librarians be developed and recommended to the State Board, using the TLC recommended criteria for practice and student outcomes.