1. Buffalo City School District’s APPR EBONY E. BULLOCK, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST III- APPR LAURA SAMULSKI-PETTERS, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST III-APPR CRYSTAL BENTON, STAFF DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR

2. BCSD’s APPR  Original plan negotiated in 2010- 2011  APPR relationship with Truenorthlogic began in 2011  Every teacher must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in seven teaching standards as set by the New York State Department of Education  Every leader must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in 8 leadership standards as set by the New York State Education Department

4. BCSD APPR Components 1.Observation of Instructional Practices & Teacher Artifacts 2.State Provided Growth Score or Teacher Created Student Learning Objectives 3.Local Measures

5. BCSD APPR Components 60 points other State Growth Local Measures CES

6. Professional Growth System features  Platform for teacher entry of student data  Platform for teacher entry of teacher artifacts  Platform for administrator evaluation of teacher documents and student data  Platform for administrator entry and evaluation of teacher observational data  Stores current APPR documents, student performance data and scores  Archives teacher APPR documents, data and scores  Provides reporting features to drive teacher and leader professional learning opportunities  Provides calibration platform to help enhance administrator observation inter-rater reliability and practice

7. Benefits Teachers Immediate feedback Principals Quick capture of notes during observation Principal dashboard District Visibility Reporting