Student Growth within the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (TPGES) Overview 1

2 Proposed Multiple Measures Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System Observation Peer Observation formative Professional Growth Self-Reflection Student Voice Student Growth State Contribution: Student Growth % Local Contribution: Student Growth Goals

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Student Growth Process 4

Step 1: Determining Needs 5

Step 1 Determine Needs 6 B. Considering your current students’ abilities, pinpoint areas of need from the list you created in part A. A. Work with your grade level/content specific colleagues to identify the essential skills and content within your discipline. Work Time

Determine Needs Step 1 C. Select an enduring skill or concept from list B that can be measured over the course of the year. D. Select a literacy connection which can be used as part of the instructional process throughout the year to improve the skill or concept. Note: The literacy strategy may be used as the essential skill. 7 Work Time

Determine Needs Step 1 E. Decide on a source of evidence that can provide pre- and post- data on student progress toward the selected skills or concepts, and literacy connections for your content area. (Assessment Options – Formative, Unit, Quarterly; Rubric; Project; Performance) *STAR reading may be the third measure for all core literacy connections. 8

Interim Assessments LDC/MDC Classroom Assessments Rubrics Products Student Portfolios Student Performances Common Assessments District Assessments Which sources of evidence work best for student growth goal setting? 9 Comparable Descriptive Rubrics Standards based Rigorous

Step 2: Creating Goals Using the SMART Process 10

SMART Goal Process for Student Growth 11

Create Goals Step 2 Additional Required Components of Student Growth Goal:  Growth Statement - What will the individual student accomplish?  Proficiency Target - How many of the students will reach the level of growth? Note: Proficiency is a minimum of 80%. 12

Sample Growth Goal For the school year, 100% of students will make measurable progress in writing. Each student will improve by one performance level in three or more areas. Furthermore, 80% of students will score a three or better as measured by the LDC writing rubric. 13

Create Goals Practice 14 Pair up with another person at your table. Is it SMART? Analyze your assigned goal against SMART criteria. What feedback would you give to the teacher who had this goal Sample Student Growth Goals Using the examples identify the SMART criteria in your assigned goal. Identify the Growth statement and the Proficiency statement.

Create Your Goals 15  Work with your grade level Content specific partner(s).  Write your goal from the enduring skill you have selected. Be sure to include the literacy connection.  Write a literacy goal unless it is connected to your content goal. Work Time

Step 3: Creating and Implementing Strategies 16

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Step 4: Monitoring Student Progress and Making Adjustments 18

Step 5: Determining Goal Attainment 19

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QUESTIONS 21