1. Phase II Kick-off Introduction by Commissioner Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D.

2. We Know You Have Questions We Know You Have Questions Here are some answers… Here are some answers…

3. What have we been doing? In the fall of 2010 a group was selected to study the changing national scene focusing on teacher performance and student achievement…

4. Who was involved? The Task Force was comprised of approximately 60 representatives from a wide range of stakeholder groups…

5. Stakeholder Groups  Professional Standards Board  Legislators  Technical assistance/research consultants –NECC –REL-NEI  NH DOE  Educators in the field –Teachers –Principals –Superintendents  Higher Education –Teacher Prep Programs  Parents  School Board Members

6. Why?  To provide a common definition of effective teaching for all schools;  Identify different teaching frameworks that are research-based and are critical components to a fair and equitable teaching evaluation process;  Develop a system of preparation, professional development, and continuous advancement of teachers to impact student learning (amended to “develop a framework”); and  Develop a set of recommendations that will lead to a recommended framework focused on teacher effectiveness and student achievement…

7. How was it done?  Meet with experts in the field studying teacher effectiveness and student achievement.  Review the research literature in detail to determine the validity of studies and identify how other states are viewing teacher effectiveness.  Build consensus through stakeholder participation.  Develop a New Hampshire Blueprint for identifying the critical elements of effective teaching.  Identify teacher effectiveness and evaluation models from NH schools and districts that can be replicated.  Utilize national experts and technical assistance providers in strategic and focused ways… Strategies

8. Standards and Competencies for Students and Teachers P-K-16 STATE AND LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Enabling Policies Assessment Systems Internal Collaborative Cultures External Partnerships Teacher Preparation Induction- with- Mentoring Professional Development Teacher Evaluation New Hampshire Blueprint for Effective Teaching What was the outcome? PILOT PHASE (Framework for Teachers)

9. Process  Bi-monthly meetings — November 2010 - May 2011.  Sub-committee work in four key areas: –Teacher preparation, –Induction/mentoring, –Professional development, and –Teacher evaluation.  Task Force planning team tracked progress and designed meeting agendas. How was it planned?

10. What was done?  NH “models of practice” in the area of teacher effectiveness  Research on teacher effectiveness and teacher evaluation — REL-NEI, NECC, AACC, TQ Center  National experts — Laura Goe, Charlotte Danielson, Stanley Rabinowitz

11. What’s in place? Current Status:  Effective Teaching defined  Recommendations and Questions to consider developed in concert with the “Blueprint”  Draft report developed  Reviewed by the National Teacher Quality Center  Report finalized.  Phase II team formed  Distribution to New Hampshire Educators (October 7, 2011)

12. New Hampshire Strategies  Pilot Program with SIG schools  Non-SIG school participation  Research methodology developed  Connect teacher effectiveness system to new Accountability System  Work with Accountability Task Force to Identify measures schools are using to measure student growth  Connect student growth to “Growth Model”  Continue identifying effective teacher evaluation strategies in N.H.

13. Phase II – that’s you.  Task Force Members led by the State Consortium on Education Effectiveness (SCEE) group and the Task Force Planning Committee  Additional input from  Leader Effectiveness Task Force  Accountability Task Force  Council for Teacher Education  Professional Standards Board  Institutes of Higher Education Group  Learning Forward  Professional Development Centers  Next Generation Learning  NH ASCD  Data Modeling Group  DOE

14. Further Refinement of Student Measures Implementation of Pilot Monthly Task Force Work Sessions Phase II Challenges Professional Development and Training of Teachers and Evaluators NH S.I.G. Schools Other Districts NH Task Force On Effective Teaching CHARGE: Pilot NH Blueprint For Effective Teaching 2011 CHARGE: Identify Student Measures of Teaching Effectiveness 2012

15. From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editor Chapter 8: Measuring Instruction for Teacher Learning by Mary Kay Stein and Lindsay Clare Matsumura

16. From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editor Chapter 7: Mapping the Terrain of Teacher Quality by Arturo Pacheco

17. From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editor Chapter 6: Approximations of Teacher Quality and Effectiveness by Mitchell D. Chester and Susan Tave Zelman An Example: