Buffalo City School District’s APPR EBONY E. BULLOCK, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST III- APPR LAURA SAMULSKI-PETTERS, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST III-APPR CRYSTAL BENTON, STAFF DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR

BCSD’s APPR  Original plan negotiated in  APPR relationship with Truenorthlogic began in 2011  Every teacher must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in seven teaching standards as set by the New York State Department of Education  Every leader must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in 8 leadership standards as set by the New York State Education Department

BCSD APPR Components 1.Observation of Instructional Practices & Teacher Artifacts 2.State Provided Growth Score or Teacher Created Student Learning Objectives 3.Local Measures

BCSD APPR Components 60 points other State Growth Local Measures CES

Professional Growth System features  Platform for teacher entry of student data  Platform for teacher entry of teacher artifacts  Platform for administrator evaluation of teacher documents and student data  Platform for administrator entry and evaluation of teacher observational data  Stores current APPR documents, student performance data and scores  Archives teacher APPR documents, data and scores  Provides reporting features to drive teacher and leader professional learning opportunities  Provides calibration platform to help enhance administrator observation inter-rater reliability and practice

Benefits Teachers Immediate feedback Principals Quick capture of notes during observation Principal dashboard District Visibility Reporting