District Insight on What We Are Learning SCEE webinar, June 12, 2012 Principal Effectiveness

Webinar Logistics  Everyone is muted  Use the chat function to make a comment or ask a question  You may chat privately with individuals on your team  If you have problems, you may send William Bentgen a message via the chat function or an to 2

Welcome  Mary Canole  Consultant on Education Leadership, CCSSO Education Workforce Initiative 3

Wallace Foundation  Jody Spiro  Director of Education Leadership, The Wallace Foundation 4

Leader standards High- quality aspiring leader training programs Evaluation and on- the-job support Selective hiring The “principal” ingredients Aligned In support of district reform agenda District-wide scale 5

Teacher Evaluation Leader Evaluation Leader and teacher evaluation Role of Leader in Teacher Evaluation 6

Presenters  Peter Winograd  Director, Center for Education Policy, University of New Mexico 7

District Presenters Tricia McManus Director of Leadership Development, Hillsborough County Schools, Florida Rashidah Morgan Director, Leadership Strategy, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina 8

Reactors Michael Dailey, Director Administrative Leadership Institute Kentucky Department of Education Sydnee Dickson, Teaching and Learning Utah State Office of Education 9

Action Research Question If districts hope to develop effective evaluation systems, then what kind of tools, processes, organizational structures and practices are available that can help principals effectively evaluate teachers and be strong instructional leaders? 10

11 The System Matters! Compelling Vision Of Evaluation Stakeholder Collaboration Organizational Support Leadership Skills Instructional Leadership Time PLC Hierarchy of Evaluation Needs* Promising Practices, Challenges, and Ways To Overcome Those Challenges Exist At Every Level of The System * With Apologies And Thanks To Abraham Maslow

Three Main Challenges 12 The Lack Of A Compelling Vision Of Evaluation The Need For Stronger Leadership Skills Not Enough Time Lack of clarity and distrust about the purposes of evaluation Some principals do not know what effective instruction looks like Principals have large case loads and new evaluations are time-intensive How to measure student growth with validity & reliability in all grades/subjects Inadequate time paid to instructional leadership Principal’s time as instructional leaders is disrupted by management responsibilities and central office duties. Lack of alignment between state and district evaluation frameworks Implementing new evaluation and common core standards are over-whelming principals Training for principals on new forms of evaluation is time-consuming

CCSSO Survey Findings: Strengths of the New System  Builds trust between teachers and leaders  Encourages ownership  Targets improvement  Measures student growth  Includes all stakeholders  Provides Local control  Strong state-level leadership  Previous history with teacher evaluation system  Provides a focus on effectiveness for each evaluation standard  State-wide implementation  Shift from compliance-driven to professional  growth model  Yearly evaluations for all educators 13

CCSSO Survey Findings: Challenges of the New System  Weighting student growth  How to measure & evaluate non-tested subject areas & teachers  Cultural shift in the duties of the principals from managers to instructional leaders  Local control  Need for consistency and greater direction  Weak correlations between student growth and teacher evaluation ratings  Insufficient training  Yearly evaluations for all educators leads to capacity issues  Ensuring student growth models are accurate  State-wide implementation  Need for professional development and the lack of funding  Timeline to implement effective evaluation system 14

CCSSO Survey Findings What are your state and your districts doing to help principals deal effectively with the new evaluations?  Training/professional development (face-to-face, online)  Redesign of principal preparation programs  Use of technology to improve efficiency 15

CCSSO Survey Findings  Survey results have been positive from educators  Helpful to focus on improving teaching practices  Hesitation about percentage weighting  Need for more research  Questions regarding validity and reliability of student growth measures  Worried about high stakes nature of evaluation based on student growth  Concern that using student growth could undermine collaboration  Need for additional training  Time and capacity issues 16 What do teachers, principals, and superintendents think about the system?

Questions and/or Comments

Follow-up  Presentation slides from the 2012 SCEE Summit Principal Pipeline sessions are in the Summit pages on the SCEE collaboration site.2012 SCEE Summit Principal Pipeline  Watch the SCEE collaboration site for blogs from today’s presenters over the coming weeks 18

Upcoming Webinars  July 10 — Implementing Evaluation Pilots  August 14 — Non-Tested Grades and Subjects 2:00 to 3:00 pm Webinar 3:00 to 3:30 pm Chat (All times EDT) 19

30 Minute Q&A  Participants are invited to make comments and ask questions of the presenters and each other  We will post the Q&A transcript on the webinars page after the conclusion of this event 20

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