October 3, 2012 SPECIAL SCEE WEBINAR The Principal’s Role in Evaluating Teachers

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Welcome 3  Janice Poda, CCSSO  Initiative Director, Education Workforce

Today’s Webinar is hosted by:

Moderator  Mary Canole  Consultant on Education Leadership CCSSO Education Workforce Initiative 5

Poll

Poll: Who is in the audience today? 1.CCSSO: SEA leaders 13% 2.NCSL: Legislators and Legislative Staff 16% 3.NGA: Governors' Education Policy Advisors 7% 4.Local District Leaders 4% 5.Other 36% 6.No Answer 24%

Poll: What region are you from? 1.Northeast 22% 2.Southeast 9% 3.Midwest 20% 4.Northwest 9% 5.Southwest 13% 6.No answer 27% 8

Purposes  To learn how states use policy as a key lever in effectively preparing and supporting principals for their role in teacher evaluation. 9

Objectives:  Learn what state policy makers can do to ensure that principals have the preparation and professional development support they need to effectively use new teacher evaluation instruments and provide actionable feedback to teachers, and are certified to conduct evaluations. 10

Objectives:  Discuss the findings from the NGA Issue Brief: Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers.  Hear from districts participating in the Wallace Principal Pipeline Initiative about how they support their principals and hold them accountable for implementing their teacher evaluation system. 11

Presenter  Tabitha Grossman  Program Director National Governors Association 12

Brief  NGA Issue Brief: Preparing Principals to Evaluate Teachers  October 31,

State Leader  Myra Best  Governor Perdue’s Special Advisor on Education and Education Innovation North Carolina 14

Presenter 15  Sara Shelton  Program Principal National Conference of State Legislatures

State Leader  Katy Anthes, Ph.D.  Executive Director of Educator Effectiveness Colorado Department of Education 16

S.B. 191: Great Teachers and Leaders State Model Evaluation System Educator Effectiveness Colorado Department of Education October 2012

Principal Evaluations 50% Professiona l Practice 50% Student Academic Growth Quality Standards I-VI: I. Strategic leadership II. Instructional leadership III. School culture/equity leadership IV. HR leadership V. Managerial leadership VI. External development leadership Quality Standards I-VI: I. Strategic leadership II. Instructional leadership III. School culture/equity leadership IV. HR leadership V. Managerial leadership VI. External development leadership Evaluated using: (1) teacher input; (2) teacher evaluation ratings; and (3) teacher improvement. Quality Standard VII: VII. Leadership around student academic growth Quality Standard VII: VII. Leadership around student academic growth Evaluated using: (1) SPF data; and (2) at least one other measure of student academic growth.

Principal and Teacher Performance Evaluation Ratings After CDE develops the state model system and an evaluation scoring matrix, the State Board will adopt definitions for each rating. Highly EffectiveEffectivePartially EffectiveIneffective

Year One Development and Beta Testing CDE ACTIVITIES Develop State Model Systems for teachers and principals Beta-testing of rubrics and tools Develop technical guidelines on Prof Practices and Student Growth Provide differentiated support for districts Populate and launch online Resource Bank Develop state data collection and monitoring system Develop tools for district implementation of system Year Two Pilot and Rollout CDE ACTIVITIES Usability study of rubrics Support pilot districts through resources, training, tools, etc. Convene pilot districts to share lessons learned Analyze pilot district data and make adjustments as needed Train ALL non-pilot districts that are using the state model Make Recommendations on other licensed personnel (OLP) to State Board of Education (SBE) Year Three Pilot and Rollout CDE ACTIVITIES Statewide assistance on rollout of evaluation systems Develop evaluation system for other licensed personnel Support all districts through resources, trainings, tools, etc. Convene pilot districts to share lessons learned Analyze state data and make adjustments to the system as needed Validate teacher and principal rubrics Dev. criteria for evaluation training courses for approval by CDE Year Four Full Statewide Implementation CDE ACTIVITIES Finalize statewide implementation of teacher/principal systems Pilot OLP rubrics Continue support to districts via resources and training Ensure there are evaluator training courses throughout the state Analyze data and make adjustments as needed Make recommendations to SBE this year and all following years for Continuous Improvement Timeline of Implementation

District Leader  Rashidah Lopez Morgan  Director of Leadership Strategy Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 22

District Leader  Tracy Dorland  Deputy Chief Academic Officer Denver Public Schools 23

Thanks  Thanks to the Wallace Foundation for their research and support of principal effectiveness 24

Questions and Answers  Send questions to Mary Canole  Please designate whom your question should be directed to 25

Upcoming Webinars  October 9, 2012, 2:00-3:30 pm EDT  Observing Teacher Practice  November 13, 2012, 2:00-3:30 pm EST  Post-Election Analysis and Policy Update 26

Thank you 27