Overview of the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System

KY Council of Administrators of Special EducationSummer Conference

July 9th, 2013

Christine BoatwrightProgram Consultant , Teacher & Leader Effectiveness

BranchKentucky Department of Education

Questions? • Please write questions on sticky

notes provided at your table• Place on the large papers on the

wall at any time during the presentation today.

• Our goal is to answer as many questions as we can today and provide you with answers we don’t know as soon as possible.

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PGES GOALS

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• Every child in every classroom will be taught by a highly effective teacher.

• Every school in every district will be led by a highly effective principal.

Why a new system now?

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Used for continual improvement of instruction/student achievement

Differentiate performance using at least three performance levels

Use multiple valid measures, including a significant factor of student growth

Evaluate educators on a regular basis Provide clear, timely, and useful feedback to guide professional

development Inform personnel decisions

USED ESEA Flexibility TLE Requirements

Current System Proposed SystemDevelopment of local plans by district and approval of local plans by KDE

Common statewide system; district plan option available

Frequency of evaluations of certified personnelNon-tenured – annuallyTenured – at least every three years

Annual evaluations for all certified personnelNon-tenured (formative and summative)Tenured (formative specific to professional growth targets that impact student outcomes)

Training for evaluatorsAnnual certification and recertification

Training for evaluatorsSignificant changes to components of training based on components of evaluation systemNational support in development of validity and reliability studies

Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDEAnnual review and approval of district plans

Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDESurveys, site visits, validity and reliability testingAnnual reporting of teacher and principal effectiveness (federal requirement)Equitable distribution reporting (federal requirement)

Relationship of evaluation to employment statusDue process procedure for tenure and/or dismissal

Relationship of evaluation to employment status Due process procedure for tenure and/or dismissalCareer pathway opportunitiesPossible differentiated incentives based on demonstrated effectiveness

Table TalkWhat are your thoughts or questions :

•concerning the goals of the PGES?

•when comparing the old system of evaluation to the new system of driving effectiveness?

• regarding HQ vs. Highly Effective? 8

How Do We Know

Domain 1: Planning & PreparationDomain 2: Classroom EnvironmentDomain 3: InstructionDomain 4: Professional ResponsibilitiesDomain 5: Student Growth

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Proposed Multiple Measures

All measures are supported through evidence. State Contribution:

Student Growth %

Local Contribution: Student Growth Goals

Table Talk Please discuss with your table the two topics:

1.KY Framework for Teaching2.Multiple Measures

Please record questions that arose from your table and post it to the board.

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2013-2014 Statewide Pilot• All districts will participate in the statewide pilot• Minimum of 10% of schools in each district to participate• Within each participating school, the minimum number

of teachers to participate will be• ELA: 1-2• Math: 1-2• ELL/SWD: 1-2• Non-Assessed: 2-3

Online Platform for PGES - EDSPart of comprehensive statewide instructional improvement system

Connection to Connection to Professional LearningProfessional Learning

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Professional Learning• Educator Development Suite

• School Improvement Network’s PD 360 and Common Core 360 video libraries

• More than 2,500 on-demand videos on 100+ education topics aligned to framework

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Professional Growth & Effectiveness System

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PGES Website

PGES Webcast Series

PGES News Letters

How to find PGES pages

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Overview, Headline News, Professional Learning, and Research

Go KDE home page.In the left hand navigation bar•Click Teachers/Leaders•Click Effective Teachers•Each page relates to PGES

QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

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For more information contact:

Cathy C. WhiteBranch Manager

Teacher & Leader EffectivenessNext Generation Professionals

502-564-1479cathy.white@education.ky.gov

Christine BoatwrightProgram Consultant