1. Tie regional summits 3rd of 5 Setting direction and leading the way
By: Dr. Pam Lange
Melanie Hurley
Jennifer Tschetter

2. Agenda Morning: 8:00 - 11:45 Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30
Welcome
World Café (Sharing Ideas)
Where are you now, where are you headed?
DOE Updates
Readiness Tool: SLO
Lunch: 11:45 – 12:30
Afternoon: 12:30 - 4:00
Readiness Tool: SLO Continued
Action Planning/Work Time
Exit Card
Closure

3. Resources Binders Handout Packets (Insert into binder)
Chart Paper/Markers

4. outcomes
To continue dialogue about the South Dakota Accountability/ Waiver System and how it aligns with current major shifts in education.
To analyze the progress of district’s Common Core State Standards implementation and accountability of action planning items.
To continue analyzing a readiness tool aligned to all components of the South Dakota Teacher Effectiveness project – specifically SLO.
To continue development of an action planning tool for the school year and beyond.

5. wikispace http://regionalsummits.tie.wikispaces.net/
Readiness Tools and Action Planning Document were ed last night

6. World cafe
Let’s share some of our thoughts and ideas around our CCSS implementation
Please find a poster where you are with people from other schools
Each poster group should have roughly the same amount of people
At your poster, identify a “poster host” (Person to write and make sure everyone has had a chance to share)
Also identify a time keeper- you will only have 4 minutes per poster! Talk fast!
When the time begins, share your thoughts around the poster question- everyone should have a chance to share.
Once the 4 minutes is complete, the whole group should move to the next poster and repeat the process. (Same host and time keeper)
After 4 rotations, your group should be back to it’s starting poster.

7. World cafe You will have 5 minutes to complete the following:
Identify a “spokesperson”: This person, with the help of the group, will synthesize the thoughts that were shared by all groups on that poster.
Each group spokesperson will then share their groups’ synthesis to the whole group.
At the conclusion of the poster group share-outs, all participants will return to their district group and share what they learned and heard in their poster group discussions. (5 minutes)
Did your district hear anything that interested you?
Is there anything from these poster group discussions that you want to add to your own planning or discussion?
This may be discussion that you will want to carry on to the afternoon planning time, as well.

8. Major Shifts in South Dakota
Accountability System: Waiver to
The Foundation
Common Core State Standards
Since 2011
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Many changes in the works including a new report card look (which isn’t part of this graphic.
SD-STARS
2013
Educator Effectiveness

9. DOE updates All DOE Trainings Refer to DOE website http://doe.sd.gov/
Click on calendar of events (left hand corner)
New registration system – need to create an account

10. DOE updates

11. DOE updates Teacher Effectiveness: Administrator Trainings
March 18, Pierre; April 1, Sioux Falls; April 2, Aberdeen; April 9, Rapid City
Free Coaching Day
Stoplight Survey Data
Teacher Effectiveness: Plan or Implement
Student Learning Objectives
Part of TE – summer trainings (Handout)

12. DOE updates Free Professional Development Days
The 111 small districts are provided 7 days
Medium districts are provided 14 days:
Belle Fourche,  Beresford,  Canton,  Chamberlain,  Custer,  Dakota Valley Dell Rapids,  Elk Point Jefferson,  Flandreau,  Hamlin,  Hot Springs LeadDeadwood,  Lennox,  Madison Central, Milbank, Mobridge, Redfield Shannon County,  Sisseton,  Tea Area,  TriValley,  Vermillion,  Wagner,  West Central,  Winner 
Medium/Large districts are provided 21 days:                                
Aberdeen, Brandon Valley, Brookings, Douglas, Harrisburg, Huron, Meade, Mitchell, Pierre , Spearfish, Todd County, Watertown, Yankton
Large districts are provided 28 days:
Rapid City and Sioux Falls

13. DOE updates Free Professional Development Days Refer to Handout
Regional Trainings
Does not count against days
Onsite Trainings
You have the choice of days and agencies to provide trainings

14. DOE updates Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia
Still waiting for waiver approval – no DakotaSTEP
SNE Team (creating units of study)
SLT Team (creating formative and interim assessments)
To be ready by May (timeline)
Cycle of Standards Revisions
View Handout

15. DOE updates Waiver Changes SPI Changes
Take out Teacher Effectiveness
Take out Climate
Changes to focus and priority designations
Changes to dates in accountability reporting
Changes to attendance calculations
Change to college and career readiness tracks

16. DOE updates DOE Supported Trainings Standards Based Report Cards
Registration now open:
Science Academies
Dates Set
Math Academies
Dates to be determined

17. Where are you now? Where are you headed?

18. Where are you now?

19. Revisit CCSS Readiness Tool
Quickly re-analyze the readiness level (Right Column of Readiness Tool)
Where are you now?
Where have you improved?
Star no more than 3 areas that are the priority focus areas between now and the fall? (Think about implementation planning this afternoon)
15 Minutes

20. Where are you now?

21. Revisit Teacher Effectiveness Readiness Tool
Quickly re-analyze the readiness level (Right Column of Readiness Tool)
Where are you now?
Where have you improved?
Star no more than 3 areas that are the priority focus areas between now and the fall? (Think about implementation planning this afternoon)
15 Minutes

22. Teacher Effectiveness Focus on Slo component

24. Determining Teacher Effectiveness
Using multiple measures of professional practice and student learning
South Dakota Framework for Teaching
Student Growth
Domain 1
Planning and Preparation
Classroom Environment
Instruction
Professional Responsibilities
Classroom Observations and Evidence of Effective Practice
Components from Each of the 4 Domains
At Least 8 Components Chosen Based on District or School Priorities
SLOs
State Assessments
(as one measure if available)
District Assessments
Evaluator-Approved Assessments
Professional Practice Rating
Growth Rating
Review with teachers the Teacher Effectiveness System. This slide takes you through the 2 parts of the system – piece by piece.
Summative Rating Matrix
Professional Oversight: Is the rating fair and accurate based on the evidence
and data shared by the teacher
Below Expectations
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
Differentiated Performance Categories

26. A minimum of One SLO per teacher
is required
(a)  Provides instruction to any grade, kindergarten through grade twelve, or ungraded class or who teaches in an environment other than a classroom setting;
(b)  Maintains daily student records;
(c)  Has completed an approved teacher education program at an accredited institution or completed an alternative certification program;
(d)  Has been issued a South Dakota certificate; and
(e)  Is not serving as a principal, assistant principal, superintendent, or assistant superintendent.

27. SLO Process Guide

28. SLO Quality Checklist

29. The Big Picture Flexible Timeline, amount of growth, type, assessment
Between Teacher and Evaluator
Collaborative
Reflect Best Practice
Focused

30. Process Timeline SLO Development Aug.-Oct SLO Approval Fall
Progress Update
End of SLO year/semester mtg with evaluator
Remember – “End of SLO” doesn’t have to be before April (personnel decision)

31. The SLO Process SLO Development SLO Approval Ongoing Communication
SLO Process Guide
Prioritize Learning Content
What do I want my students to be able to know and do?
SLO Approval
Analyze data and develop baselines
Where are my students starting?
Ongoing Communication
Select or develop an assessment
What assessments are available?
This shows the SLO development has multiple steps that we’re going to walk through in a bit. This graphic gives you an overview of the steps.
The next slides break down each one of the steps. The SLO development answers 4 questions –and we address those in chunk #3.
Write growth goal
What can I expect my students to achieve?
Prepare for Summative

32. Summative Scoring Matrix
You can see in this grid that both parts of your evaluation come together to determine one score. (Go through a scenario – Proficient in professional practice and expected in student growth rating and where that falls into meets expectation.
Summative Teacher Effectiveness Rating Categories
Judgment
Rating Subject
to Review ✪
Below Expectations
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations

33. Determining Teacher Effectiveness
Using multiple measures of professional practice and student learning
Domain 1
Domain 2
Domain 3
Domain 4
Planning and Preparation
Classroom Environment
Instruction
Professional Responsibilities
Classroom Observations and Evidence of Effective Practice
Components from Each of the 4 Domains
At Least 8 Components Chosen Based on District or School Priorities
South Dakota Framework for Teaching
Professional Practice Rating
Student Growth
SLOs
Growth Rating
State Assessments
(as one measure if available)
District Assessments
Evaluator-Approved Assessments
This slide singles out the SLO (Student Growth) process that we’ll be talking about today.
Summative Rating Matrix
Professional Oversight: Is the rating fair and accurate based on the evidence
and data shared by the teacher
Differentiated Performance Categories
Below Expectations
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations

34. Teacher Student Growth Rating
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
Low Less than 65% goal attainment
Expected 65% to 85% goal attainment
High 86% to 100% percent attainment

35. Readiness Tool: student learning Objectives

36. Readiness Tool: student learning Objectives
As a team complete all three sections of the Student Learning Outcomes Readiness Tool
At least one person should complete electronically
Read each statement and come to a consensus about:
Level of Importance
Readiness Level of Staff
Readiness Level of Admin/Evaluator

37. Readiness Tool: Teacher effectiveness
What big “ah-ha’s” surfaced?
What conversations need to happen back “home”?

38. Action planning

39. Action planning Refer to completed Readiness Tool documents
Both CCSS and Teacher Effectiveness
What needs to happen between now and May of 2014
What needs to happen during the summer of 2014
Where does your district need to be by August 2014?

40. Action planning

41. Exit card The most valuable part of today …
One topic I suggest for the spring summit is ….
I would really like to see ….