WORKING WITHOUT A NET March 25, 2013

TIME ISSUES Making decisions about teachers and principals without involving all teachers and principals in “no fault” evaluation first 2 year pilot not long enough MSDE issues Charles County issues Teacher Association issues Training Flow of information from MSDE to teacher How to use current year’s data in evaluation (state and county assessments) Changes due to the new assessment in 2014

DATA ISSUES Getting the data Who counts? Attendance data Lag data Return of scores AP data HSA data SLO data Managing all the data into one matrix How to make everything measurable

SCOPE ISSUES Which model to follow? Teachers with small numbers of students Equity across content, schools and counties Alignment of testing data to curriculum (MSA Test – Common Core Curriculum) Non-tested subjects Teachers and staff without students assigned to them Alternative programs and centers Training needs for Danielson Model and SLO’s

OTHER ISSUES Staff needs Principal issues Need for rules Money

Working without a net while evaluating a person’s livelihood. FINAL THOUGHTS Working without a net while evaluating a person’s livelihood. Scope Issues Data Issues Time Issues