EE Principal Update February 2015 ~Brought to you by Sherri Torkelson and Billie Finco~

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Evidence and Scoring information must now be SHARED. Evidence and Scoring information must now be SHARED. Artifacts are now available for viewing in the system as soon as they are uploaded. Navigation options within the scoring tasks have been enhanced. Navigation options within the scoring tasks have been enhanced. Finco 3

Mid-Interval Review Required meeting between evaluator and all educators in their Summary Year. Peer review for those in Years 1 & 2. Occurs after mid-interval assessment data is available. Finco 4

Mid- Interval Review SLO Finco 5

Mid- Interval Review PPG Finco 6

How did/will you conduct Mid-Interval Reviews? Finco 7

System Measures and Scoring Finco 8

Scoring Examples Finco 9

10 How much evidence is enough?

How will you communicate information about evidence and scoring to your staff? Finco 11

Principal Value Added Finco 12 Something you learned. Note your questions.

DPI Visit? DPI wants to learn about local implementation practices which might benefit others and potentially share these experiences with others (depending on the district’s wishes). If your district is interested in having the EE Team visit you, please contact Mark Mueller Finco 13

Step 4 End-of-Year Coming out in early to mid-March About an hour (without side trips or discussion) Finco 14 Common Introduction then 4 Divergent Paths Teacher Principal as Evaluator Principal as Educator Evaluator of Principals

Principal To-Do List  Schedule and conduct Mid-Interval Review meetings with all Summary Year teachers sometime this month.  You should have conducted about half of your observations for teachers in their Summary Year.  Finish your Spring 2015 calibration and plan for future windows (Summer for Fall 15 and December for Spring 16?)  Plan how/when staff will view final Step 4. (Don’t forget to document completion) 1 announced Formal Observation45+ minutes 2-3 Unannounced Mini-Observations15+ minutes Finco 15

Looking Ahead… Finco 16

Instructional Leadership Academy for Principals (4pm – 7pm) 2 credits Day 1) Kickoff: Unmistakable Impact (by Jim Knight ) o Visible Learning for Teachers/Classrooms that Work/High Impact Instruction Day 2) Part I Day 3) Part II Day 4) Part III Finco & Torkelson

Finco 18 Determining Your Focus Building Expertise I Building Expertise II Seeing Success and Planning for the Future CESA #4 Principal Instructional Leadership Series: August- May August 11 or 21 October 7 or 12 January 27 or 28 April 26 or 27 2 Days, repeated School Leadership Teams Anchor Speakers Facilitated Discussion Team Planning Time Working on the Work

Spring 2015 EE Events Finco 19

Finco & Torkelson Coaching Conversations for School and District Administrators with Jim Knight Thursday March 12, 2015

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Next EEP Principal Update May 7 th or 8 th, 12:30-3:30 (Afternoon of the final Principal Network Meeting) Finco 23

Billie Finco Sherri Torkelson Finco 24 We’re here to help!