Student Learning Objectives Circleville’s SLO Journey Prepared by Jonathan Kuehnle, TIF Coordinator Presented September 2012

We’re doing S.L.O.s so we’re not S.O.L.! Why? We’re doing S.L.O.s so we’re not S.O.L.! In a word…OTES. We are required to do SLOs (or other Student-Growth Measures) in 2013-14.

Win-Win-Win: A great opportunity Thanks to OTIF, in 2012-13, we are held harmless to experiment with and phase-in SLOs. If we miss our targets, there is no penalty. If we make our targets, performance-based, strategic-compensation payouts are awarded. Either way, we are better prepared for the real deal in 2013-14.

SLOs incentivized in Goal #2 of our Local Award Model Circleville’s Plan SLOs incentivized in Goal #2 of our Local Award Model Why? SLOs build capability through Professional Development (PD)—this is the focus of Goal #2. Metrics—Teachers must design, develop and implement two (2) SLOs per all guidelines.

Circleville’s Plan, Continued SLOs incentivized in Goal #2 of our Local Award Model Focus—All teachers are eligible; we target non-VA teachers b/c they currently have nothing to populate the Student- Growth side of OTES. VA teachers do. Award—non-VA teachers: $750.00. VA teachers: $200.00.

Summer Support Austin SLO Study Trip ODE/OTIF Mini-Grant Circleville’s #1 takeaway: SLO Excel template. #2: We’re not in this alone; many shared experiences. ODE/OTIF Mini-Grant Collaborative consortium with OTIF partner schools. Used ODE guidance to design and develop locally based team and individual SLOs.

State of Implementation Circleville’s local SLO team is leading PD for teachers throughout the month of September. Replicate summer process & share Excel template.

Monitoring the Work Circleville teachers’ primary concern: Accountability. Use existing processes and protocols to support the work. Teachers are already overloaded—don’t add new food to a full plate!

Monitoring the Work—How? OIPDLTBLTTBT with 5-Step Process & FIP. We are required to do this work anyway. TIF is a nice “extra”. The process works. CCS added 7 LRC Indicators after 1 year of implementation (2010-11: 17/26 and 2011-12: 24/26). Collaborative support and collegial accountability. 1 Team SLO and 1 Individual SLO help everyone work toward the same goal. It focuses the work.

Monitoring the Work—How? CCS Teacher Evaluation Danielson framework—already aligned with OTES. Use SLOs in the goal-setting section. Credentialed Evaluator and OTES accountability.

I Wanna See the Spreadsheet! Formula: Required Growth = (100 – BOY Score)/2. Result is added to the BOY score to set each individual student’s target. Example: If a student earns a 66 on the BOY test, then (100-66)/2=1717+66=83EOY target for this student is 83. AISD teachers like it b/c it’s simple (“No Tiers” formula), it auto- calculates, and it sets a specific target for each student at all levels.

Circleville City Schools TIF Coordinator, Etc. Thank You & Good Luck! Contact Information Jonathan Kuehnle Circleville City Schools TIF Coordinator, Etc. Jonathan.Kuehnle@cvcsd.com 740.412.8547