1. APPR Overview 3012c Draft Revision March 2012
Erie 2
Regional Curriculum Council
March 14, 2012

2. Recent developments
Governor Cuomo set a deadline for SED and teachers’ unions to settle their APPR differences by January 2012
Just before the deadline, the governor, SED and union officials announced their agreement to amendments to 3012-c, APPR legislation
The revisions to APPR will become law if the governor’s budget is approved as early as April 1.
SED recently issued guidance on the revisions.

3. Other Measures of Teacher/Principal Effectiveness
Teacher Composite Effectiveness Score
Student growth percentile score on State assessments in ELA and/or Math in Grades 4-8
Growth using comparable measures for all other classroom teachers (aka Student Learning Objectives)
State Assessments (20 Points)
(25 if value added approved)
Locally selected measures of student achievement or growth that are determined to be rigorous and comparable across classrooms
Locally Selected Measures
(20 Points)
(15 if value added approved)
Classroom observations
One or more options from multiple measures
Must address ALL NYS Teaching Standards once per year
Other Measures of Teacher/Principal Effectiveness
(60 Points)

4. Locally Selected Measures of Student Achievement
“Locally selected and points assigned to teachers and principals in manner determined locally, through collective bargaining, using regulatory standards and scoring bands.”

5. Options for Locally Selected Measures
State assessments, Regents exams, and/or Regents equivalents as long as measure used is different from Growth from SED or SLO
State approved list of 3rd party assessments
District, regional or BOCES-developed assessments
School-wide growth or achievement
SLO’s (as long as different from first 20)

6. Other Measures of Teacher Effectiveness
Classroom Observations
Minimum 2 observations, one must be unannounced.
At least 31 points
May be done in person or by video
Multiple observations by principal or other trained administrator
Additional observations conducted by trained evaluators independent of the school, or in school trained evaluator
Surveys and/or feedback from students and/or parents using SED approved survey tools
Structured review of lesson plans, student portfolios and/or other teacher artifacts

7. 2012-13 Principal Composite Effectiveness Score
Student growth percentile score on State assessments in ELA and/or Math in Grades 4-8 , student growth/Value Added measure as applied to State assessments and/or graduation rates.
Other comparable measures if principal is not covered by State provided growth or value added measure
State Assessments (20 Points)
(25 if value added approved)
Locally selected measures of student achievement that are determined through collective bargaining that are to be rigorous and comparable across classrooms
All options must be different from any measures used for growth sub components.
Locally Selected Measures
(20 Points)
(15 if value added approved
31 points from supervisor’s broad assessment of the principal based on rubric
Multiple visits by supervisor/trained evaluator
Remaining points from results of goals mutually set by supervisor and principal
All leadership standards must be assessed at least once per year.
Other Measures of Principal Effectiveness
(60 Points)

8. Other Measures of Principal Effectiveness
“broad assessment of leadership & management actions”
At least 31 points
Multiple visits, at least one by supervisor, others can come from other trained administrators or trained independent evaluator
Results of school improvement goals set collaboratively by the superintendent and principal
One goal must address principal’s contribution to teacher effectiveness
Other goals shall address improvements in academic results or school’s learning environment.

9. Additional APPR Highlights
Scoring bands established in legislation
Ineffective on growth and local leads to ineffective overall
Timely and expeditious appeals provision
APPRs, in prescribed form, must be approved by Commissioner for rigorous adherence to law and regulation
Preserves district discretion around probationary teachers and tenure

10. What is the Process for the Statute and the Regulations?
Step 1
Agreement between NYSED and Teachers’ Unions
Step 2
Statute to be presented as part of the Governor’s budget and approved by April 1
Step 3
Regulations presented to the State Regents for the April 23 & 24 meetings
Step 4
Implementation of the law
September 1?

11. What does the Statute Endorse?*
Multiple visits- one unannounced- by various observers
Ambitious and measurable goals which drive student growth
Quantifiable and verifiable goals which measure academic achievement and or school climate
*NYSED, March 12, 2012 at NTI Training in Albany

12. APPR Plans APPR for ALL teachers/principals applies in 2012-13
Plans must be submitted to SED for the approval of the commissioner. A template is expected from SED shortly.
Filing APPR plan with all elements before September 1, 2012 makes a district eligible to compete for additional funding.
Filing APPR plan by January 2013 is a requirement. Failure to do so will result in districts losing increases in school aid.

13. What’s in the Memo from SED
Details on all required components for teachers and principals
Language and numbers for scoring bands
What’s negotiated and what SED determines
Required APPR plan elements
A disclaimer at the bottom of every page regarding the possibility of changes to regulations