1. Local Option Plan for Analysis of Student Work (ASW) 2016-2017
Participating school systems:
Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin

2. Rationale for Local ASW Plan
Standard 6 - been moved to Standards 1-5
Building level principal - best grasp of the achievement and growth of an individual teacher
Local ASW Plan - allows for more specific feedback than state’s blind review process
Teachers select an objective each quarter and reflect on the use of data to guide instructional practice

3. Participating Teachers
High school teachers whose classes are 60% in content areas:
Arts
Healthful Living
World Languages
Advancement Placement
Elementary and Middle School Arts and Healthful Living teachers regardless of amount of time with students each week

4. Exemptions from ASW
Teachers approved for extended leave for 20 or more consecutive days in a year-long calendar or 10 or more consecutive days in a semester block
Teachers retiring at the end of the school year that have signed appropriate paperwork with the human resources department

5. Student Growth Measurement Plan
Clear Connection to the Content Standards
Teachers select 4 objectives from content area (from varying grade levels/courses/classes/section from different content standards over the course of the year)
Record objectives on the “Add Goal” portion of the PDP (located at the bottom of the PDP in NCEES)

6. Example for teacher’s PDP
Goal
Activity
Expected Outcome
Resources
Timeline
List the standards or objectives selected.
Describe the task (short narrative).
What will the finished product or skill be when the task is completed?
Will the teacher measure individual growth or whole-class growth?
What is target completion of point 1 evidence to point 2 evidence?
What is the frequency/
duration of the course taught?

7. 2. Evidence Must Focus on Student Work
Focus on student work, not on teacher performance
Demonstrates achievement (a skill, product, performance)
Must have a pre-assessment/post-assessment to demonstrate growth between two points in time

8. 3. Measuring Growth
Measured between 2 points in time - must be evident to the reviewer (principal) and explained by the teacher
Based on pre-assessment results
Select 3 students (developing, proficient, accomplished)
Collect growth data on those 3 students
Complete a data review that includes a plan for differentiating instruction for 3 students

9. Measuring Growth continued
Based on post-assessment results
Complete data reflection that describes how students have shown growth
Submit completed Timelapse Artifact Template to principal with evidence of student growth
*Performing Arts teachers may choose to collect evidence on a whole class.

10. 4. Rating Process
Principals meet with ASW teachers during the beginning of the year PDP meeting to set up process, identify standards, and verify classes
Principals use the Timelapse Artifact Quality Rubric to rate and evaluate the student growth evidence ( 3 students from point 1 to point 2)
When? Semester-End and Year-End as part of PDP Conference

11. Rating Process continued
Evidence and supporting documentation must support that the individual students or whole class have grown from point 1 to point 2
Principals may elect to provide verbal feedback and/or written feedback to be recorded on the teacher’s year-end PDP review
Principals rate/review 2 objectives at end of first semester and the final 2 objectives at end of second semester
All evidence submitted and rated will be discussed between principal and teacher at the teacher’s year-end summative evaluation

12. Disclaimer
If the principal does not feel they can offer effective feedback during the summative evaluation for the teacher and/or the teacher would like additional feedback, the teacher may elect to have a committee of at least three like-subject/content reviewers evaluate and rate the evidence submitted. Where reasonably possible, the reviewers will have blind knowledge of the teacher being evaluated. Small districts may request assistance from other districts in the ASW Plan Cohort to convene a three-member content committee if necessary.

13. District Accountability
Each district in the participating ASW Plan Cohort will select 10% of all ASW documentation for a blind audit
Principals will be notified to submit all documents for required teachers including the data review plans, data reflections, and student work samples by the last working day for teachers at the end of the year
All four participating districts will meet in mid-June to blind review the randomly selected teachers, evaluate the ASW process for effectiveness and make adjustments for next year

14. 5. Results Sharing
Prescriptive feedback will be offered by principals and/or the review committee to the individual teacher and recorded/noted as part of their PDP review. *If programming is available in NCEES, principals will record growth rating for each individual teacher
Attach the Timelapse Artifact Template and the Timelapse Artifact Quality Rubric to the PDP at mid-and/or end-of year
Districts will share teacher growth results from our local option plan with NCDPI and the SBE as requested
A spreadsheet listing of all ASW teachers and their growth ratings will be kept by each district’s human resource department

15. Tiered ASW Process
High School = 1 objective per quarter/4 different classes (different grades, sections, content strands)
Middle School= 2 objectives per semester/2 different classes (different grades, sections, content strands)
Elementary School = 2 objectives per semester/2 different classes (different grades, sections, content strands)
All teachers will have a total of 4 objectives and 12 students at year-end.

16. # Students Making Growth
Summative Rating
# Students Making Growth
Teacher Rating
Below 50% (less than 6)
Does Not Meet Expected Growth
50% (6 out of 12)
Meets Expected Growth
More than 50% (more than 6)
Exceeds Expected Growth

17. Questions?