Student Growth for Teacher Evaluation South Redford School District

Introduction Jason Bobrovetski - Assistant Superintendent for HR & Operations 313/535-4000, ext. 1013 Mary Ruth Bird - District Data Coordinator 313/535-4000, ext. 1014

Consider Your District Landscape Enrollment/demographics SES ELL Number of buildings Number of staff Culture History

The Law and Our Response Moving from 25% to 40% for student growth in teacher evaluation Grades 4-8 math and ELA teachers - 20% state assessments and 20% local assessments All other teachers, 40% local assessments At the time, no direction from MDE Attended RESA training on student growth RESA developed Guidance Document Curriculum and HR collaborated to develop district plan

Starting Our Process Met with RESA consultants to brainstorm a process Brought to administrative team - fine-tuned the process Principals selected committees Elementary Schools Middle School High School Special Ed/Specials Set meeting schedule - full-day/half-day/after school Meetings followed RESA Guidance Document

Timeline/Focus October, 2017 December, 2017 January, 2018 February, 2018 March, 2018 May, 2018 Initial planning meeting with administration Teacher teams studied the “Why” and Section 1 (Growth Models) of Wayne RESA Guidance Document Teacher teams studied Section 2 (Developing and Selecting Assessments) of Wayne RESA Guidance Document Teacher teams studied Section 3 (Measuring Student Growth) of Wayne RESA Guidance Document Teacher teams studied Section 4 (Standard Setting) and Section 5 (SLO’s) of Wayne RESA Guidance Document Teacher teams created a District Guidance Document for teachers

Agendas Created agendas in advance and shared with principals Sample Agenda links 1st agenda 2nd agenda

Student Growth Models by Level Elementary Middle School High School Specials/ Special Ed Language Arts/Math Science/ Social Studies Local Data Student Learning Objective (SLO) Student Growth Percentile (SGP) with NWEA CGP with NWEA Reading CGP Growth to Proficiency with High Leverage, High Transferable Skill State Data M-STEP SGP 3-yr. avg. NA

District Guidance Document Used District common vocabulary of PDSA Sample Guidance Document link

Survey Teacher Perceptions Want this to be a positive process, not punitive Collecting teacher perceptions: Pre-survey at end of last year Post-survey at end of this year

Questions? Contact Information: Jason Bobrovetski - Assistant Superintendent for HR & Operations 313/535-4000, ext. 1013 Mary Ruth Bird - District Data Coordinator 313/535-4000, ext. 1014