Hazlet Township Public Schools 2012-2013

Presenters Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr. Superintendent Dr. David A. Roman Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Heather Schwarz Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Testing Mr. Harry Camwell HTEA President

Today’s Agenda Our District’s Mission Middle States Evaluation Excellent Educators for New Jersey (EE4NJ) Professional Development Hazlet Township Education Association

Welcome New Staff

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr. Superintendent of Schools

Middle States Accreditation: Excellence by Design By the time students have experienced our full educational program and services, what should our students know and how should they be able to use what they know? What content, skills, and work habits should be the priorities for learning? What attitudes, qualities or characteristics should our students demonstrate? How well should our students perform the desired outcomes, and what does excellent performance look like? How will we measure and evaluate our students’ performance in multiple ways? How well do our students currently perform? What is the actual quality of their work? What must we do to grow and improve our students’ performance?

Gather information about District Overview of the Middle States Process Evaluate information Develop Plan for Growth Gather information about District

Overview of the Middle States Process Information used for Evaluation: Surveys: Staff, Parents and Students Assessment Data District Information Policies and Procedures Facilities Curricula

Overview of the Middle States Process Evaluation Criteria: Twelve Middle States Standards State/Federal Assessment Benchmarks Foundational Documents Mission, Vision and Goals Core Beliefs Profile of the Graduate

Overview of the Middle States Process Plan for Growth: Use evaluative criteria to generate a plan for growth Creation of 3-5 District Goals Action Plans Two for Student Achievement Two for Organizational Capacity

Student Achievement Goals Goal #1: To improve the student achievement of underperforming subgroups Goal #2: To increase enrollment in advanced academic courses to maximize overall student achievement.

Organizational Goals Goal #1: To maintain and create environments that support optimal student development and performance Goal #2: To provide engaging and emerging educational technologies to create a 21st Century learning environment to assist student in achieving academic excellence

Middle States-Next Steps Review and refinement of Goals by building-level staff Completion of Action Plans for each goal Community Meeting on October 1, 2012 Implementation of Action Plans/Goals Onsite visitation Spring of 2013

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. —Andrew Carnegie

Dr. David A. Roman Mrs. Heather Schwarz Assistant Superintendent of Schools Mrs. Heather Schwarz Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Testing

EE4NJ - Excellent Educators for New Jersey Educator Evaluation System Implementation

Understanding the Need for EE4NJ New Jersey does not have an evaluation system that adequately measures educator effectiveness, and the state only gives districts vague guidance Moving forward, New Jersey strives to create fair, credible, and rigorous evaluations to differentiate performance

Understanding the Need for EE4NJ The purpose/intent of EE4NJ is to increase achievement for all students by ensuring that every New Jersey student has access to a highly effective teacher Our goal is to help all teachers regardless of their experience, continuously improve their practice by measuring teaching performance and student achievement growth Our objective is to establish common language between all stakeholders surrounding the language and terminology used to describe educator evaluation system

Understanding the Need for EE4NJ According to the NJ Department of Education (2012), “Effective educators are the most important in-school factor for student success, but we currently lack a robust statewide evaluation system that adequately measures effectiveness. Teachers and principals need timely, meaningful feedback to improve their practice, and students deserve educators who are highly effective and continuously improve. A high-quality evaluation system will enable districts to identify each educator’s professional development needs and support his/her growth.”

Professional Development On-going professional development will be provided to thoroughly train teachers and administrators in the Teaching Practice Observation Instrument Framework Develop links between the results of the evaluation and professional development opportunities

Professional Development District Goals & Achievement Indicators Goal 1: Academic Excellence Students are actively engaged in developing 21st century skills. Rigor, relevance and relationships are the cornerstone of our daily practice. An interactive learning community, encompassing all stakeholders, is built and sustained.

Professional Development District Goals & Achievement Indicators Goal 2: Highly Effective Professional Staff Data-informed decision-making guides our path to continuous improvement. Challenging programs and relevant learning opportunities are provided for our community of learners. Staff members are committed towards achieving high expectations for themselves and the students.

Professional Development District Goals & Achievement Indicators Goal 3: Effective Communication with All Stakeholders Communication among our community of learners is open and engaging. Active collaboration occurs with partners in Pre-K – 16 institutions, businesses and community organizations on a local, regional, national and global level. Staff members utilize technology resources to foster ongoing communication between all components of the school community.

Closing Remarks EE4NJ - Moving Forward Building Level Articulations of EE4NJ District and Building Level Involvement of EE4NJ Supporting The Development of EE4NJ

Closing Remarks EE4NJ - Moving Forward 2012-2013 will serve as a preparation and capacity-building year for EE4NJ *The new teacher evaluation system (EE4NJ) will not be implemented in all districts until 2013-2014

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bernard F. Bragen, Jr. Superintendent of Schools