1. Hazlet Township Public Schools 2012-2013

2. Presenters Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr. Superintendent
Dr. David A. Roman Assistant Superintendent
Mrs. Heather Schwarz Director of Curriculum,
Instruction and Testing
Mr. Harry Camwell HTEA President

3. Today’s Agenda Our District’s Mission Middle States Evaluation
Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ)
Professional Development
Hazlet Township Education Association

4. Welcome New Staff

6. Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr.
Superintendent of Schools

10. Middle States Accreditation: Excellence by Design
By the time students have experienced our full educational program and services, what should our students know and how should they be able to use what they know? What content, skills, and work habits should be the priorities for learning? What attitudes, qualities or characteristics should our students demonstrate?
How well should our students perform the desired outcomes, and what does excellent performance look like?
How will we measure and evaluate our students’ performance in multiple ways?
How well do our students currently perform? What is the actual quality of their work?
What must we do to grow and improve our students’ performance?

11. Gather information about District
Overview of the
Middle States Process
Evaluate information
Develop
Plan for
Growth
Gather information about District

12. Overview of the Middle States Process Information used for Evaluation:
Surveys: Staff, Parents and Students
Assessment Data
District Information
Policies and Procedures
Facilities
Curricula

13. Overview of the Middle States Process Evaluation Criteria:
Twelve Middle States Standards
State/Federal Assessment Benchmarks
Foundational Documents
Mission, Vision and Goals
Core Beliefs
Profile of the Graduate

15. Overview of the Middle States Process Plan for Growth:
Use evaluative criteria to generate a plan for growth
Creation of 3-5 District Goals
Action Plans
Two for Student Achievement
Two for Organizational Capacity

16. Student Achievement Goals
Goal #1: To improve the student achievement of underperforming subgroups
Goal #2: To increase enrollment in advanced academic courses to maximize overall student achievement.

17. Organizational
Goals
Goal #1: To maintain and create environments that support optimal student development and performance
Goal #2: To provide engaging and emerging educational technologies to create a 21st Century learning environment to assist student in achieving academic excellence

18. Middle States-Next Steps
Review and refinement of Goals by building-level staff
Completion of Action Plans for each goal
Community Meeting on October 1, 2012
Implementation of Action Plans/Goals
Onsite visitation Spring of 2013

19. Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
—Andrew Carnegie

20. Dr. David A. Roman Mrs. Heather Schwarz
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Mrs. Heather Schwarz
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Testing

21. EE4NJ - Excellent Educators for New Jersey Educator Evaluation System Implementation

22. Understanding the Need for EE4NJ
New Jersey does not have an evaluation system that adequately measures educator effectiveness, and the state only gives districts vague guidance
Moving forward, New Jersey strives to create fair, credible, and rigorous evaluations to differentiate performance

23. Understanding the Need for EE4NJ
The purpose/intent of EE4NJ is to increase achievement for all students by ensuring that every New Jersey student has access to a highly effective teacher
Our goal is to help all teachers regardless of their experience, continuously improve their practice by measuring teaching performance and student achievement growth
Our objective is to establish common language between all stakeholders surrounding the language and terminology used to describe educator evaluation system

24. Understanding the Need for EE4NJ
According to the NJ Department of Education (2012), “Effective educators are the most important in-school factor for student success, but we currently lack a robust statewide evaluation system that adequately measures effectiveness. Teachers and principals need timely, meaningful feedback to improve their practice, and students deserve educators who are highly effective and continuously improve. A high-quality evaluation system will enable districts to identify each educator’s professional development needs and support his/her growth.”

25. Professional Development
On-going professional development will be provided to thoroughly train teachers and administrators in the Teaching Practice Observation Instrument Framework
Develop links between the results of the evaluation and professional development opportunities

26. Professional Development
District Goals & Achievement Indicators
Goal 1:
Academic Excellence
Students are actively engaged in developing 21st century skills.
Rigor, relevance and relationships are the cornerstone of our daily practice.
An interactive learning community, encompassing all stakeholders, is built and sustained.

27. Professional Development
District Goals & Achievement Indicators
Goal 2:
Highly Effective Professional Staff
Data-informed decision-making guides our path to continuous improvement.
Challenging programs and relevant learning opportunities are provided for our community of learners.
Staff members are committed towards achieving high expectations for themselves and the students.

28. Professional Development
District Goals & Achievement Indicators
Goal 3:
Effective Communication with All Stakeholders
Communication among our community of learners is open and engaging.
Active collaboration occurs with partners in Pre-K – 16 institutions, businesses and community organizations on a local, regional, national and global level.
Staff members utilize technology resources to foster ongoing communication between all components of the school community.

30. Closing Remarks EE4NJ - Moving Forward
Building Level Articulations of EE4NJ
District and Building Level Involvement of EE4NJ
Supporting The Development of EE4NJ

31. Closing Remarks EE4NJ - Moving Forward
will serve as a preparation and capacity-building year for EE4NJ
*The new teacher evaluation system (EE4NJ) will not be implemented in all districts until

33. Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr.
Superintendent of Schools