ODU Summer Leadership Institute June 19, 2014 John A. Caggiano, Ed.D. Executive Director of School Leadership Hampton City Schools Using Formative Observation Tools to Support the Teacher Evaluation Process

Agenda Purpose of Teacher Evaluation Working Together to Improve Teaching and Learning Data Collection Tools onlineobservationtools.com

Purpose of Teacher Evaluation The role of a teacher requires a performance evaluation system that acknowledges the complexities of the job. Teachers have a challenging task in meeting the educational needs of an educationally diverse student population, and good evaluation is necessary to provide teachers with support, recognition, and guidance they need to sustain and improve their efforts. Tucker, P. D., Stronge, J. H., & Garies, C. R. (2002)

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Working together to improve teaching and learning

“We don’t believe that teaching and learning will improve unless principals and teachers work together as a team. Principals have the responsibility of helping teachers become more effective, and by that we mean improving student learning. Increased teacher effectiveness occurs through professional development of teachers, which is embedded in the informal process of supervision and the formal process of evaluation.” DiPaola, M. F. & Hoy, W. K. (2012)

Roles change when conducting formative observations Administrator’s role changes from evaluator to facilitator Job in this process is not to form judgments but to help teachers reflect on their practice and reveal areas for their professional growth Teacher’s role changes from recipient to participant Job in this process is to analyze the data with the administrator and to become a more reflective practitioner…with the goal of improving instruction

Data collection tools available via onlineobservationtools.com Cognitive Levels of Questions and Wait Time Teacher/Student Behavior Observation Student Engagement Data Collection Student-Teacher Verbal Interactions Engagement Data Collection Effective Teacher Pedagogy High-Yield Teacher Behaviors Student Indicators of Engagement Developed by DiPaola & HoyDeveloped by SURN

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Onlineobservationtools.com Various privilege sets for different levels of users Central Office staff can view all observations conducted as well as conduct observations in any school Building administrators can access each other’s observations Teachers can conduct peer observations Intuitive database a copy of the observation form prior to leaving a teacher’s classroom Works well with iPads, tablets, and smartphones

onlineobservationtools.com Cost (annual license) $150 – per user $350 – up to six users per school/site $500 – up to 25 users per school/site Registration code for a free trial - 30daytrial

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