1. ADEPT www.scteachers.org 1 SAFE-T Judgments

2. SAFE-T 2 What are the stages of SAFE-T?  Stage I: Preparation  Stage II: Collection of evidence  Stage III: ___________________  Stage IV: ___________________ Deliberation Judgments

3. SAFE-T 3 SAFE-T Evaluator Roles  Detective (i.e. a collector of evidence)  Judge (i.e., a decision-maker about the evidence)

4. SAFE-T 4 The Role of Detective  As a collector of evidence, the evaluator is responsible for gathering evidence that is as objective as possible.

5. SAFE-T 5 The Role of Judge  As a judge, the evaluator is responsible for making informed professional judgments.

6. SAFE-T 6 What is an “informed professional judgment?”  “Informed” means that the judgment is based on factual evidence.

7. SAFE-T 7 What is an “informed professional judgment?”  “Professional” means that the judgment  is made by a trained expert in the field,  is consistent with ethical guidelines,  is made on a case-by-case basis, and  is maximally free from bias.

8. SAFE-T 8 Where is the evidence located?  All evidence is contained in the dossier.  The dossier is maintained by the chair of the evaluation team.

9. SAFE-T 9 What’s in the dossier? At this point, the dossier should contain the following completed documents:  TT1: teacher’s LRP and reflections  TT2: teacher’s UWS and reflections  ET1s: evaluators’ observation records  TT3s: teacher’s reflection on each observed lesson  ET2: professional review completed by the principal  TT4: teacher’s self-assessment

10. SAFE-T 10 The Judgment Process  At the end of each evaluation period, the team chair must ensure that each member of the evaluation team has access to the entire contents of the dossier.

11. SAFE-T 11 The Judgment Process  Each evaluator independently reviews all of the evidence in the dossier.

12. SAFE-T 12 The Judgment Process  Each evaluator analyzes the evidence and completes a working copy of a SAFE-T Summary (ET3) to reflect his or her own independent judgments.

13. SAFE-T 13 What is ET3?  ET3 is the SAFE-T Summary template.  ET3 is the only required template.

14. SAFE-T 14 What is ET3?  ET3 is not a form of evidence. ET3 is used to describe the judgments that are based on the evidence.  In addition to the judgments, ET3 includes the rationales for the judgments.

15. SAFE-T 15 ET3: Levels of Judgments 1.Judgment for each key element (34) 2.Judgment for each domain (4) 3.An overall judgment (1)

16. SAFE-T 16 The Judgment Process  Following completion of the independent reviews, all members of the evaluation team must participate in a consensus meeting.

17. SAFE-T 17 The Consensus Meeting  Each evaluator must bring his or her working copy of the SAFE-T Summary (ET3) that he or she has prepared independently.

18. SAFE-T 18 Consensus Meeting At the consensus meeting, the evaluators 1.present their independent reviews, 2.arrive at consensus regarding each judgment (i.e., met or not met), 3.provide a rationale for each judgment, and 4.complete a consensus-based ET3 (SAFE-T Summary) that will serve as the evaluation report.

19. SAFE-T 19 Consensus Process 1.Quick polling for each key element. The chair tallies each individual evaluator’s judgment for each key element. 2.Reach consensus on the judgment (met or not met) for each key element.

20. SAFE-T 20 Consensus Process 3.Write a detailed rationale for each key element judged not met. 4.Write a brief summary rationale for each key element judged met.

21. SAFE-T 21 ET3 Writing Rubric  be sufficiently unique in order to avoid double jeopardy;  present a clear summary of substantive evidence; and  be sufficiently detailed. The rationale must...

22. SAFE-T 22 ET3 Writing Rubric  be based on valid evidence; and  be based on the preponderance of evidence. The judgment must...

23. SAFE-T 23 Who’s got the rationale?

24. SAFE-T 24 Consensus Process 5.determine the domain ratings by calculating the number of key elements judged as met in each domain. After consensus has been reached for the key element judgments and rationales,

25. SAFE-T 25 Domain Ratings Domain # of Key Elements Needed to Pass Planning Instruction Environment Professionalism 10 or 11 11 or 12 5 or 6 4 or 5

26. SAFE-T 26 In simpler terms, A teacher can miss one key element and still “pass” a domain. If a teacher misses two or more key elements in a particular domain, he or she “fails” the domain.

27. SAFE-T 27 Consensus Process 6.determine the overall rating. After the domain ratings have been calculated,

28. SAFE-T 28 Overall Rating  To pass SAFE-T, a teacher must pass all four domains at the time of the final evaluation.  Key elements that are not met automatically become areas for improvement.

29. SAFE-T 29 Consensus Process 7.If this is the preliminary evaluation period, determine the need for another LRP, UWS, and/or self-assessment. 8.Reach consensus on the teacher’s Professional Growth & Development Plan.

30. SAFE-T 30 Putting it all together Judgment = Making Sense of the Evidence

31. SAFE-T 31 Written Reports  A consensus-based ET3 must be completed after each evaluation period. This document serves as the official report.  At the conclusion of each consensus meeting, the independently prepared working copies of the evaluators’ ET3s are destroyed.

32. SAFE-T 32 Written reports  The Preliminary Evaluation ET3 serves as a sort of progress report to the teacher.  The findings reported on the Final Evaluation ET3 serve as the teacher’s official ADEPT results for the year. Districts must report these results to the SCDE.

33. SAFE-T 33 Teacher Conferences  At least one evaluation team member must meet in person with the teacher following each consensus meeting but prior to the end of each evaluation cycle.  The purpose of the conference is to provide the teacher with an explanation and a written copy of the consensus-based ET3.

34. SAFE-T 34  The teacher must sign and date the consensus-based ET3 at the conclusion of the meeting to indicate that he or she has reviewed the information contained on the consensus-based ET3.  The teacher must receive a copy of the consensus-based ET3. Teacher Conferences

35. SAFE-T 35 What is ET4?  ET4 is the SAFE-T Log.  ET4 is not a form of evidence.  ET4 is an optional template that evaluators may use to plan and document the completion of each step of the evaluation process.

36. SAFE-T 36 SAFE-T Records  Each teacher’s dossier (including preliminary and final evaluation evidence) must be maintained at least until the teacher’s deadline for filing an appeal has expired.  The consensus-based SAFE-T Summary (ET3) must be maintained indefinitely as part of the teacher’s personnel record.

37. SAFE-T 37 Responsibilities of the Team Chair  Maintain the dossier.  Ensure that copies of all correspondences are included in the dossier.  If any required teacher evidence is missing from the dossier, note the reason and include copies of reminders to the teacher.

38. SAFE-T 38 Responsibilities of the Team Chair  Organize and disseminate the entire contents of the dossier to each evaluator.  Schedule and facilitate the consensus meeting.  Schedule the teacher conference and ensure that it is conducted appropriately.  Submit all required documentation to the district office

39. SAFE-T 39 SAFE-T Exercises Let’s get moving!

40. SAFE-T 40 Homework

41. SAFE-T 41 SAFE-T Exam  attend all SAFE-T NET sessions in their entirety;  contribute to all session activities; and  successfully complete all assignments. In order to be given access to the SAFE-T Exam, you must

42. SAFE-T 42 SAFE-T Certification  successfully complete the SAFE-T exam. In order to become a certified SAFE-T evaluator, you must

43. ADEPT www.scteachers.org 43 SAFE-T Take-Away