Overview of the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System KY Council of Administrators of Special Education Summer Conference July 9th, 2013 Christine Boatwright Program Consultant, Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Branch Kentucky Department of Education

Questions? • Please write questions on sticky notes provided at your table • Place on the large papers on the wall at any time during the presentation today. • Our goal is to answer as many questions as we can today and provide you with answers we don’t know as soon as possible. 2

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PGES GOALS 4 •Every child in every classroom will be taught by a highly effective teacher. •Every school in every district will be led by a highly effective principal.

Why a new system now?

6  Used for continual improvement of instruction/student achievement  Differentiate performance using at least three performance levels  Use multiple valid measures, including a significant factor of student growth  Evaluate educators on a regular basis  Provide clear, timely, and useful feedback to guide professional development  Inform personnel decisions USED ESEA Flexibility TLE Requirements

Current SystemProposed System Development of local plans by district and approval of local plans by KDE Common statewide system; district plan option available Frequency of evaluations of certified personnel  Non-tenured – annually  Tenured – at least every three years Annual evaluations for all certified personnel  Non-tenured (formative and summative)  Tenured (formative specific to professional growth targets that impact student outcomes) Training for evaluators  Annual certification and recertification Training for evaluators  Significant changes to components of training based on components of evaluation system  National support in development of validity and reliability studies Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDE  Annual review and approval of district plans Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDE  Surveys, site visits, validity and reliability testing  Annual reporting of teacher and principal effectiveness (federal requirement)  Equitable distribution reporting (federal requirement) Relationship of evaluation to employment status  Due process procedure for tenure and/or dismissal Relationship of evaluation to employment status  Due process procedure for tenure and/or dismissal  Career pathway opportunities  Possible differentiated incentives based on demonstrated effectiveness

Table Talk What are your thoughts or questions : • concerning the goals of the PGES? • when comparing the old system of evaluation to the new system of driving effectiveness? • regarding HQ vs. Highly Effective? 8

How Do We Know

Domain 1: Planning & Preparation Domain 2: Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities Domain 5: Student Growth 10

12 Proposed Multiple Measures Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System Observation Peer Observation formative Professional Growth Self-Reflection Student Voice Student Growth All measures are supported through evidence. State Contribution: Student Growth % Local Contribution: Student Growth Goals

Table Talk Please discuss with your table the two topics: 1.KY Framework for Teaching 2.Multiple Measures Please record questions that arose from your table and post it to the board. 13

Statewide Pilot •All districts will participate in the statewide pilot •Minimum of 10% of schools in each district to participate •Within each participating school, the minimum number of teachers to participate will be •ELA: 1-2 •Math: 1-2 •ELL/SWD: 1-2 •Non-Assessed: 2-3

Online Platform for PGES - EDS Part of comprehensive statewide instructional improvement system

Connection to Professional Learning 16

Professional Learning •Educator Development Suite •School Improvement Network’s PD 360 and Common Core 360 video libraries •More than 2,500 on-demand videos on 100+ education topics aligned to framework 17

Professional Growth & Effectiveness System 18  PGES Website  PGES Webcast Series  PGES News Letters

How to find PGES pages 19 Overview, Headline News, Professional Learning, and Research Go KDE home page. In the left hand navigation bar •Click Teachers/Leaders •Click Effective Teachers •Each page relates to PGES

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For more information contact: Cathy C. White Branch Manager Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Next Generation Professionals Christine Boatwright Program Consultant