Slide 1 TPEP Implementation: Structures, roles and policy implications ESD 112 March 12, 2015

Slide 2 Purposes of Evaluation Acknowledge the critical importance of teacher and leadership quality in impacting student growth and support professional learning Identify particular areas of strength and opportunities for improvement Assist educators needing improvement in making those improvements WAC A-050

Slide 3 TPEP Transition Year 2 of 3 - all new educators and those on probation - most experienced educators (local decision) » 83% of teachers, 95% of principals have transitioned » 49% teachers on Comprehensive, 34% on Focused $5m in teacher training allocated to districts » 80% additional pay for educators to facilitate or participate in professional learning re TPEP

Slide 4 General Perceptions Growth mindset is a big paradigm shift Focus moved from details to purpose District leaders views differ from those of principals/teachers This work is worthwhile, but not smooth

Slide 5 Key Messages Be relentless about rater agreement Relationships and dialogue matter Integrate evaluation with learning standards and assessment practices that promote learning Build regional and local capacity

Slide 6 Challenges Assessment practices that promote student learning Principal support Use of evaluation data

Slide 7 Assessment Practices Deepen TPEP understanding of T&L and SSS staff; state, regional, district Explicitly link TPEP and CCSS initiatives Use new SBAC tools to improve instruction Working toward a statewide vision of research-based assessment practices

Slide 8 Principal Support AWSP, WASA and AESD collaborating to extend knowledge and skill Regional principal networks, some district leader networks

Slide 9 Evaluation Data ABC Highly Effective Effective Needs Improvement Unsat If these schools were in your district what questions might you ask?

Slide 10 Building Agreement Questions for district and school leaders to consider when examining their own data Rater agreement planning tool, videos, workshops, consistent practice

Slide 11 tpep-wa.org Rater Agreement in the Revised System State and Local Decision Matrix, FAQs Tool for Examining Local Data Summative vs. Focused Scoring charts Questions for Examining Evaluation Data

Slide 12 What’s in Your Contract? Principal calendars an observation for next week. Principal spends 20 minutes observing unannounced. Principal observes new teacher in December. What might you want to keep doing, stop doing, re-think?

Slide 13 What are the requirements for… …the summative report? …Low student growth impact rating on a Comprehensive? …“1” in any SG rubric row?

Slide 14 Who is Monitoring? First year teacher Provisional educator with P and D Provisional educator with B or U Experienced educator with P or D Experienced educator with B or U Educator with Low Student Growth Impact Rating Experienced educator with B and B Experienced educator with three previous Focused

Slide 15 Evaluation data and HR MUST be a factor in Distinguished educators must be recognized OSPI collected baseline data about uses in SEES What conversations have taken place in your district? Who else needs to be involved?

Slide 16 Contact Information Jeanne Harmon, OSPI tpep-wa.org