1. Educator Effectiveness Update and Orientation 2014 CDE and SSSD Updates

2. Awareness of the process  Legislation requires that there be an annual review and revisions of the rubric. Expect changes each year but they are now to the point where they are minor in scope.  Each year there will be an orientation to the changes in the system

3.  The Principal’s rubric has no changes to language or professional practices.  The current teacher rubric has been modified at the professional practice level by:  Streamlining to eliminate redundancies  Clarifying language  Moving a few professional practices to different rating levels  Breaking apart complex professional practices to manageable parts  Formatting observable professional practices in bold and italics Revisions to Educator Rubrics 3

4.  The language of the professional practices has been made more specific in order to be clearer and more precise in setting performance expectations. Revised Teacher Rubric 4 2013-14 Teacher Rubric 2014-15 Teacher Rubric Std. 2d – Exemplary Students apply coping skills to classroom situations. Students apply coping skills such as self- reflection, self- regulation and persistence to classroom situations. Std. 5c – Basic The teacher partners with every family to support student success. The teacher advocates for students with families and other significant adults using a variety of communication tools and strategies. As an example

5.  Some Professional practices moved to different rating levels due to lessons learned in the field. In this example, the practices in the BASIC and PARTIALLY PROFICIENT columns were swapped because it was noted in the field that each of the professional practices in the basic column represent aspects that build toward the conducive learning environment, which is now in the partially proficient column. Revised Teacher Rubric 5

6.  You have a handout of all the changes on the rubric from last year. Key changes include deletions, additions, meaning changes, clarification of language, relocations and changes in format.  Latest rubric can be found at both the district web site (under “Employees only/Educator Effectiveness”) or the CDE Educator effectiveness site under state model evaluation system/teacher system. http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness/smes- teacher http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness/smes- teacher

7. Specialized Service Professionals (Counselors and Nurses)  SSP Implementation and Validation Study Year 2014-2015  All districts will evaluate their SSPs under SB 191 requirements  CDE will conduct a validation study on the evaluation rubrics  Rubrics have been updated based on feedback from pilots, work groups and the field  Majority of changes were a shift from “students” in the Accomplished and Exemplary levels to “significant adults” or “other stakeholders” to represent the work the SSPs do to support staff  Counselors will be evaluated by building principals. Nurses will be evaluated by BOCES.  Counselors do have Measures of Student Learning that they developed last year and were approved by the evaluation committee.

8. Colorado State Model Performance Management System  Replaces previous excel rubrics.  One stop system for holding all documentation of the evaluation process.  You should have received an e-mail with your unique log on. THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR PASSWORD.  Separate training will be coming for the RANDA system.  Overview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uleeIqv4aU#t=15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uleeIqv4aU#t=15

9. Resources for RANDA  Log-in to system is available either at CDE website: http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness/randa http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness/randa Or District Educator Effectiveness website. Log in to District site go to Employees only and tab under Educator Effectiveness. Last box on page.

10. Inter-Rater Agreement  Was concern last year so we have more consistency among evaluators.  District will be conducting periodic trainings for evaluators using the Teacher Quality Standards Resource Guide on the CDE site as well as a program called Elevate Colorado which provides resources for educators to practice aligning evidence to the teacher rubric.  CDE has created a Teacher Quality Standards Resource Guide which is available on the educator effectiveness page. The guide provides examples of classroom practice, Links to additional resources and Coaching and self- reflection questions

11. Resources for SSSD System  District Educator Effectiveness Webpage: District Web page/Employees only/Educator Effectiveness: http://www.steamboatschools.net/http://www.steamboatschools.net/  Contact your representative(s) on evaluation committee  CDE Educator Effectiveness webpage: http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness