North Carolina Student Growth Portfolio Spring 2013 Pilot Arts Education, Healthful Living, World Languages February 25, 2013

Welcome Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin Director K-12 Curriculum & Instruction North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Overview of Standard 6 Tara C. Patterson, MSA Professional Development Lead Consultant Southeast Region Educator Recruitment and Development North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Agenda For Institute Educator Effectiveness educatoreffect/

Standards 6 & 8 – The Basics Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs ▲ Teachers Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment Know Content Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice Contribute to Academic Success Principals (and other Administrators) 8 Strategic Leadership Instructional Leadership Cultural Leadership Human Resource Leadership Managerial Leadership External Development Leadership Micro- political Leadership Academic Achievement Leadership Strategic Leadership

Teacher Ratings Categories Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs ▲ Teachers Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment Know Content Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice Contribute to Academic Success 5 Rating Categories Not Demonstrated Developing Proficient Accomplished Distinguished 3 Rating Categories Does Not Meet Expected Growth Meets Expected Growth Exceeds Expected Growth

Teacher Status Rationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs ▲ In Need of Improvement Effective Highly Effective Standards 1-5 In the year Standard 6 Three-year rolling average years ago 1 year ago Current year ++ / 3 ) ) Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment Know Content Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice Any rating lower than proficient And/Or Does Not Meet Expected Growth Proficient or Higher on Standards 1-5 And Meets or Exceeds Expected Growth Accomplished or Higher on Standards 1-5 And Exceeds Expected Growth

Growth Data for Teachers MSLs Courses Focused on Performance Locally Developed Courses A B CD Guidance from DPI by on appropriate methods to gather and analyze evidence of student learning based on the: –Performance-based nature of content area and NCES –Varying amounts of instructional time and program configurations EOCs, EOGs, and VoCATS

Piloting the Standard 6: Student Growth Portfolio

Take Off & Touch Down Who do you educate? How far did you drive for today? What content area in the Spring 2013 pilot do you represent?

Pilot Participants Arts Education (AE) Healthful Living (HL) World Language s (WL) Others Check your 5-digit Pilot ID... 2 letters for content area 3 numbers for role in pilot < 099 = Submitter > 100 = Evaluator

Purpose of Pilot To inform the guidance for implementing the portfolio process

Overview Comprehensive Measure student growth 3-6 Samples (individuals and groups) Reflect programs and courses taught Blind, holistic review done online by 2 colleagues with content area expertise

SGP: Full Scale vs. Pilot Initiation form with principal’s signature 3-6 samples with 2 evidences per sample System ID used to match for review Proposed Full ScaleSpring 2013 Pilot Online profile with no signature needed 2 samples with 2 evidences per sample Pilot ID from NCDPI used to match for review

SGP: Full Scale vs. Pilot Descriptive feedback from review Year 1 implementation is All AE, HL and WL teachers Proposed Full ScaleSpring 2013 Pilot Generate list of phrases for descriptive feedback Pilot informs NCEES 35 educators from each content area

Timeline DateActivity Feb. 25Pilot Training (see agenda) Mar. 4Launch of pilot work with online platform MarchSGP samples chosen, described and uploaded by Submitters Apr. 8Pilot Webinar (4:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern) AprilStudent Growth Portfolios reviewed by Evaluators (2 rounds) May 6Pilot ends and online evaluation survey launched May 13Online evaluation survey closes at 11:30 pm

18 How do you measure growth? Two points in time Tools for measuring Two evidences Method or tool for recording Comparison of two evidences Something specific to measure

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Developing the Standard 6: SGP

Initiation

Submission Form A

Portfolio Planning Template

Student/Group Sample 1 Evidence 1 A (Pre)Evidence 1 B (Post) Student Work Sample

Student/Group Sample 1 Evidence 1 A (Pre)Evidence 1 B (Post) Student Work Sample

Submission Form B and C

Brain Break

Standard 6 and Ratings Portfolio rating informs Standard 6 3-year rolling average from Standard 6 combines with NCEES Standards 1-5 to determine overall status Does Not Meet Expected Growth Meets Expected Growth Exceeds Expected Growth

Student/Group 2.V.2.3 Create art from real and imaginary sources of inspiration. Evidence 1 A (Pre)Evidence 1 B (Post) Does Not Meet Expected Growth Meets Expected Growth Exceeds Expected Growth Standard 6 and Ratings

Student/Group 1.V.3.2 Execute control of a variety of media. Evidence 1 A (Pre)Evidence 1 B (Post) Does Not Meet Expected Growth Meets Expected Growth Exceeds Expected Growth Standard 6 and Ratings

Scoring the Standard 6: SGP Exceeds Meets Does Not Meet

Exit Ticket to Lunch

Introducing the Standard 6: SGP Online Platform at NC Education

Compiling & Responding to Questions about the Standard 6: SGP Pilot and Process

Wrap-Up & Next Steps