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Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative Colleen Miller, Director of Development, WSSDALarry Nyland, Consultant, WSSDA
WASA Superintendent’s ConferenceMay 6, 2014
Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative
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Session outcomes
• Why a new superintendent evaluation?
• Why superintendent evaluation matters
• Five evaluation pilots
• Tools you can use
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Turn and Talk
• How has the superintendent’s role
changed?
• Why might a new superintendent
evaluation be needed?
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Why this work ?
• Initially a response to legislators/TPEP
• Then a research effort
• WSSDA Board Oversight
• Steering Committee (WSSDA, WASA, & Partners)
• 26 Pilot districts … over the last 1-2 years
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Steering Committee
Harry Frost, WSSDA
Colleen Miller, WSSDA
Dr. Flip Herndon
Dr. Bill Keim
Pam Lesesne
Mari Taylor
Dr. Gil Mendoza
Coleen Pataansuu
Dr. Tom Rockefeller
Dr. Paul Sturm
Alex Ybarra
Dr. Mark Mansell
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Changing Role of the Superintendent
From: Buses, Budgets and Buildings
To: Instructional Focus based on …
AYP, NCLB, AMOs, TPEP, Smarter Balance, Common Core, Student Growth Percentiles, Student Growth Measures
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Characteristics of Effective Districts
• Collaborative goal setting
• Board alignment with goals
• Non-negotiable: Achievement and Instruction
• Monitoring achievement and instruction goals
• Allocating resources for achievement & instruction- Marzano and Waters
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Growing Greatness
• Excellent teachers = 20 points
• Excellent principal = 13 points
• Superintendent = 7 points– Marzano and Waters
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Growing Instructional Leadership
• Shared vision of instructional leadership
• Developing instructional leaders
• Systems that support instructional leaders– Max Silverman, UW CEL
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WSSDA Board Standards• Responsible school district governance• Clear goals and plans to meet those
expectations
• Create district-wide for student and staff success
• Hold district accountable for meeting student learning expectations
• Engage local community …
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PPil
Pilot 1 Pilot 2Pilots 4 & 5
Pilot 3
Five WSSDA Evaluation Pilots
Rubrics Goals
360 Feedback
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Pilot One – Standards-Based
• Six research standards from PESBProfessional Education Standards Board
• Based on ISLLC standards Inter-State Leaders Licensure Consortium
• Research based indicators
• Developed by Gary Cohn, Gene Sharratt, and Larry Lashaway
• Piloted in ESD 189
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Pilot Two – Outcomes-Based
• Focuses on goals and outcomes …
not rubrics
• More of a “district” evaluation
• A year-long-conversation …
not once-a-year
• Piloted by Policy Governance districts
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Pilot 3 – 360 Evaluation
• A Race To The Top requirement
• Each district is developing their own
• Could be an add on to the other four pilots
• Piloted by RTTT Road Map Consortium
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Seattle: Board and Superintendent
• Standards, indicators & 4 tiered rubric
• Board evaluation
• Superintendent evaluation
• Alignment across the system
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Pilot 4 – Five-Step Process
1. Standards – Self evaluation:
Based on four Massachusetts standards
2. Goal development - Work plan
3. Work plan implementation
4. Mid-year review
5. End of year review
• Piloted in SW Washington
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Pilot 5 – Continuous Improvement
• Job description – Based on Washington PESB standards
• Goals – Develop annual objectives• Formative mid-year review• Summative end-of-year review
• Piloted in Eastern Washington
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Current Pilot DistrictsPilot 1
Standards Pilot 2
OutcomePilot 3 Pilot 4
5-StepPilot 5
Continuous Improvement
Coupeville Bellingham Seattle Centralia Deer Park
Everett Bethel Evergreen Pullman
Granite Falls University Place Griffin Quincy
Lynden Kelso Reardan
Meridian Ridgefield Riverside
Orcas Island Soap Lake
San Juan Island Sunnyside
Sedro Woolley
Snohomish
Sultan
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Explore Pilots and Handbooks
WSSDA website:
http://www.wssda.org/Resources/WASuperintendentEvaluationInitiative.aspx
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Turn and Talk
• What sounds interesting?
• What questions do you have?
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Hands-on with Pilot 5: ContinuousImprovement
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Pages 11-16Pilot 5
Step 1: Job Description
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PESB Superintendent Standards
• Visionary Leadership
• Instructional Leadership
• Effective Management
• Inclusive Practice
• Ethical Leadership
• Socio-Political Context
How many of these are included in your current job description?
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Appendix A
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Pages 17-19Pilot 5
Step 2: Goal Setting
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Appendix A
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Goal Sample
FOCUSED, ANNUAL DISTRICT OBJECTIVES
EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS
OUTCOMES
• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) collaborate on improving instruction and student learning results
• “Focused” evaluations on developing shared goals
• Consistent processes for reviewing assessments.
• Common formative assessments K -12.
• Collection of assessment data for each grade
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Goals Aligning to the Rubric
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Goal Setting• 1000s of studies on goal setting• Goals with feedback improve performance• Base goals on “Leading Indicators”
– 3rd Grade reading– 8th Grade algebra
• Early warnings– Attendance– Behavior
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Long Term Goals Move…
FROM Random Activities
TO Coordinated Efforts
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Step 3: Goal Review
Pages 21-25Pilot 5
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Step 4: Rubric and Goals
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Holistic or Goal Focused Process
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Turn and Talk
• Which ideas resonate?
• What questions do you have?
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Status of the Initiative
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Feedback from Districts
• More training on ratings, evidence and goals
• Regular follow-up during the year
• Sharing with other districts
• Streamline the process
• Help with the summative process
• “Good conversations” … “Way too much time”
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Spring – Summer 2014
• Survey of all current pilots
• Review with the Steering Committee
• Revisions based on Steering Committee feedback
• Present plan to the WSSDA board
• Provide coaching for existing/new pilots
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Take-Aways
Use the new PESB Supt Standards to:
– Review and update job descriptions
– Add / revise long term achievement goals
– Update your superintendent evaluation
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For More Information
• Colleen Miller at WSSDA C.Miller@wssda.org
• Dr. Gary Cohn, Everett, Pilot 1cohn@everettsd.org
• Dr. Rick Maloney, Highline, Pilot 2Rick.Malone@highlineschools.org
• Dr. Larry NylandLarrynyland@gmail.com
For more information, contact Colleen Miller @ WSSDAOR find more information on the WSSDA web site.
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