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- 1. Aligning Teacher Evaluations, School Goals, and Student Growth into a School-wide Model Jason Siko, Grand Valley State University Tina Chambers, Brandon Middle School
- 2. Brandon Middle School ● 427 students (Grades 7-8) ● 40% free and reduced ● School of Choice district ● Rural area - small community ● Diversity of school ● Generally low MEAP scores ● Large gaps between groups o Borderline FOCUS School
- 4. Target Group and PGP School identified reading as target area due to SES gap 90% of staff used the following PGP: Students in the target group, who are at-risk in the area of reading, will maintain or improve reading comprehension skills in areas of making inferences and synthesizing information as evidenced, in part, by maintaining or improving their score on the CORE MAZE Reading Comprehension assessment by 5% by April 30, 2014.
- 6. Determine Strategies & Interventions Hi-Class/Mi-Class Thinking Routines (CoT) Interventions were basis for Teacher Evaluation process ● Danielson Model ● Domain 3 (Analyzing Teaching & Learning Through Multiple Lenses)
- 7. Set timelines for data collection “Effective” rating - Provides evidence of monthly progress monitoring and show regular evidence (7-10 times per year) of reflection on student data. In reality: 5-7X ● Process didn’t start in September ● Polar vortex ● Evaluation meetings in May (last month to collect data was in April)
- 9. Data analysis Option of collecting data manually PD on collecting and analyzing data using Google Drive (Spreadsheet, Forms)
- 10. Example
- 11. Evaluation - Student Growth Progress monitoring and reflections on student progress Provides evidence of less than quarterly progress monitoring and shows little evidence of reflection on student data Provides evidence of progress monitoring at least quarterly and shows occasional evidence (at least 4-6 times per year) of reflection on student data Provides evidence of monthly progress monitoring and shows regular evidence (7-10 times per year) of reflection on student data Provides evidence of progress monitoring 2-3 times per month and shows ongoing evidence of reflection on student data Monitoring and adjustment of instructional practice Little proof of the use of instructional practices/strategie s Proof of application of instructional practices/strategie s and the impact they had on student growth Proof of application of the instructional practices/strategie s and the impact they had on student growth/able to identify the changes made Proof of application and effective use of instructional practices/strategie s and evidence of learning for all students.
- 12. Reflective Narrative Data collection ended in April; meetings with admin in May Teachers reflected on where they felt they were highly effective and areas to work on for the following year; needed to provide evidence in order to receive HE rating in this category ID areas for growth in following year
- 13. Administer Summative Assessment Reading scores increased School rating went from 47th percentile to 62nd percentile in statewide top-to-bottom rankings
- 14. Lessons Learned ● Focus on one goal ● Technology can be a friend OR foe o lack of data warehouse, PD, etc. ● Expect frustration ● Emphasize process over scores for eval ● Wide range of abilities in understanding and using (particularly with technology, data analysis, developing activities) ● Try to limit staff comparisons ● Consider a third-party (~mentor/support)
- 15. Changes for this year ● Focus on SPECIFIC strategies (that work for their situation) ● More frequent use of strategies as formative assessment ● Shift toward using technology to store/analyze data (Google or Excel) ● More staff collaboration (How do I…?) ● Staff started earlier ● More staff developing own goals ● Testing change
- 17. Questions?
- 18. Exit Slip 3-2-1 ● Three things you learned in this presentation ● Two things you wish to incorporate at your school ● One question you would like us to answer Please include name and email address
- 19. Thanks for coming Jason Siko Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Grand Valley State University [email protected] @jasonsiko jasonsiko.com Tina Chambers Principal, Brandon Middle School [email protected]