What does Educator Effectiveness (aka SB 191) mean for us?

Senate Bill A system to evaluate the effectiveness of licensed personnel to improve the quality of education. Improve instruction. Serve as a measurement of professional growth and continuous improvement. Provide a basis for making decisions in the areas of hiring, compensation, promotion, assignment, professional development, earning and retaining non probationary status, dismissal, and nonrenewal of contract.

Guiding Principles of State Evaluation System 1. Data should inform decisions, but human judgment will always be an essential component of evaluations. 2. The implementation and evaluation of the system must embody continuous improvement. 3. The purpose of the system is to provide meaningful and credible feedback that improves performance. 4. The development and implementation of educator evaluation systems must continue to involve all stakeholders in a collaborative process. 5. Educator evaluations must take place within a larger system that is aligned and supportive.

Continuous Student and Teacher Improvement

Key Elements All licensed educators are evaluated every year Evaluation is a process not an event Consists of multiple points of data Includes both professional practices and measures of student learning

Evaluation Process, CDE overview

Principal Quality Standards I: Principals demonstrate strategic leadership. II: Principals demonstrate instructional leadership. III: Principals demonstrate school culture and equity leadership. IV: Principals demonstrate human resource leadership. V: Principals demonstrate managerial leadership. VI: Principals demonstrate external development leadership. VII: Principals demonstrate leadership around student academic growth.

Principal Evaluations 50% Professional Practice 50% Measures of Student Learning

Teacher Quality Standards I: Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach. The elementary teacher is an expert in literacy and mathematics and is knowledgeable in all other content that he or she teaches. The secondary teacher has knowledge of literacy and mathematics and is an expert in his or her content endorsement area(s). II: Teachers establish a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment for a diverse population of students. III: Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that facilitates learning for their students. IV: Teachers reflect on their practice. V:Teachers demonstrate leadership. VI: Teachers take responsibility for student academic growth.

Teacher Evaluations 50% Professional Practice 50% Measures of Student Learning

Elements of the SSSD System Evaluation Committee Matrices for teachers, counselors, educators in unique roles, principals (handout for teachers) RANDA performance management system ( ) One stop shopping on district web page: under employees onlyhttp://

Yearly Timeline August New Teacher OrientationTraining for all new licensed staff: Evaluation system (August 18,19, 2014) First three staff days:Orientation: Update provided to all staff on system for (August 21-25, 2014)review highlighting changes from previous year. September September 5Self-Assessment, All licensed staff have completed October October 17Review/Setting of Annual Goals (September 26, 2014) (Professional Practices and MSL’s), Conference with evaluator

Yearly Timeline (Cont.) January Before end of Semester 1Probationary Teacher 1 st Formal Observation completed (January 16, 2015) February Before the start of Blues Break*Mid-Year Review/Evaluator Assessment, Strongly (February 13, 2015) suggested that all staff have had one formal observation: May not be possible in all buildings. May 1All formal observations completed for both Non-probationary (1) and probationary teachers (2) Two weeks before last student+Final Ratings assigned and written report given to teachers Day (May 27, 2015)

Evaluation Committee Meghan Alexander Dierdre Boyd Heidi Chapman-Hoy Lara Craig Carol Harris Katie Jacobs Dan Juba Marty Lamansky Kristi Lear Mindy Mulliken Brande O’Hare Niki Struble Tracy Stoddard

Measures of Student Learning Multiple Measures (State, Growth, District) Has both collective (e.g. whole school) and individual (class) data Reinforces the core belief that we share responsibility for all students in the district. Is a work in progress

Principal and Teacher Performance Evaluation Ratings Highly EffectiveEffectivePartially EffectiveIneffective

Teachers Rubric Available on the district website under employees only, Educator Effectiveness: Rubrics also available for many of the “Educators in Unique Roles”