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School Artifacts Assignment 1

The document summarizes a school artifact, the Waynesboro Public School's Teacher Performance Plan. The plan was revised to comply with Virginia Department of Education guidelines and incorporates seven performance standards. Teachers are evaluated on a rubric and given ratings of unacceptable, needs improvement, proficient, or exemplary. The plan includes annual observations, goal setting, testing, and specific requirements depending on a teacher's experience level. Teachers must also demonstrate student growth in content, achievement goals, and 21st century skills. The document expresses that teacher evaluations are important for feedback and goals. It highlights performance standard 1 on professional knowledge as particularly important to assessing teachers.

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School Artifacts Assignment 1

The document summarizes a school artifact, the Waynesboro Public School's Teacher Performance Plan. The plan was revised to comply with Virginia Department of Education guidelines and incorporates seven performance standards. Teachers are evaluated on a rubric and given ratings of unacceptable, needs improvement, proficient, or exemplary. The plan includes annual observations, goal setting, testing, and specific requirements depending on a teacher's experience level. Teachers must also demonstrate student growth in content, achievement goals, and 21st century skills. The document expresses that teacher evaluations are important for feedback and goals. It highlights performance standard 1 on professional knowledge as particularly important to assessing teachers.

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Kaitlyn Gibson

2/10/20
Task 5
TLED 315
School Artifacts
The first school artifact I reviewed was Waynesboro Public School’s Teacher

Performance Plan. This plan was revised to comply with the guidelines written by the Virginia

Department of Education. The Waynesboro Public Schools Teacher Performance Plan

incorporates the seven performance standards through the Virginia Department of Education.

The seven performance standards refer to the expectation for the teacher’s professional

performance (Waynesboro Public Schools, 2016, pg 2).

There are four developmental levels given to the teacher for each of the seven

standards. The ratings include unacceptable, needs improvement, proficient, and exemplary.

These developmental levels are given to give an overall picture of teacher performance. The

rubric used for these observations include specific observable teacher and student behavior

that act as evidence of a teacher’s performance (WPS, 2016, pg 4)

There is a timeline in place for specific evaluation plans. Teachers will have classroom

observations, goal setting for student progress, student pre/post tests, and 21 st century skill

assessment annually. Teachers are also required to provide evidence of meeting annual goals

by collecting this information throughout the year. First-Year teachers will have two classroom

observations and two walk-through observations (WPS, 2016, pgs 6,7)

Teachers are also required to demonstrate student growth in the following areas:

Content Driven Data, Student Achievement Goals, and 21st Century Skills. To document content

driven data, teachers will give students a pre and post test. This data will allow administrators

to ensure alignment with SOL pass rates and student growth data (WPS, 2016, pg 8).
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In my opinion, teacher evaluation is a crucial part of being a teacher. Having feedback

from an administrator on areas of strengths and weaknesses can be helpful when starting out

as a teacher. A school is successful based on how well the teachers within that school teach.

These performance evaluations allow teachers to set goals for themselves. One thing I liked

about this performance plan was their inclusion of SMART goals. Personally, I am a very goal-

oriented person. I do a better job of reaching my goals if they are set out in front of me. These

SMART goals allow teachers to make goals not only for themselves, but for their students as

well.

The performance standard that stands out to me personally is Performance Standard 1:

Professional Knowledge. This standard states that the teachers demonstrates an understanding

of the curriculum, subject content, and the developmental needs of students by providing

relevant learning experiences (Virginia Department of Education, 2015, pg 10). I think this

performance standard is important when assessing a teacher because professional knowledge

is what teaching evaluations are all about. A good educator has knowledge of the curriculum

and can teach it well.

The second school artifact I reviewed is the school improvement plan for Heritage High

School. They want to achieve Division-wide Indicators of Excellence. They want their students

to have excellence in achievement, excellence in behavior, and excellence in culture. Their

written out explains how to achieve each goal and what the achievement of the goal looks like.

To implement these plans this school needs to have a well-trained teaching staff and have their

teachers focus on meeting these goals. I think allowing more funding for better professional
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development could attribute to meeting these goals as well. In order to have a successful

school, the teachers need to be prepared to guide their students into success.
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Works Cited

Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). (2015). Guidelines for Uniform Performance

Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers.

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching/performance_evaluation/guidelines_ups_eval_crite

ria_teachers.pdf

Waynesboro Public Schools (WPS). (2016) Teacher Performance Plan

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