EEF SESSION #4 APRIL 2013

Reflecting on the Year and Planning for the

Future

Please have a seat and get started on the “I Used to

Think…”

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……There was an inherent challenge

creating a system that satisfies what I think are the 2 main purposes of teacher evaluation:

1-to ensure teacher quality 2- to promote professional learning.

And now I think……The profession is better served when

the requirements for these 2 purposes are embedded within the same system.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……evaluation would be a positive experience for more people once they understood the process.

And now I think……people have so much to do that they are focused on people who are struggling & ignoring the people who are doing well.

My hope for the future is……things will improve after this first year.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……evaluation was about supervising

teachers, i.e. “Do this and you’ll be great.”

And now I think……it’s about growing teacher practice in a number of ways, and working as a team

to build consensus about what is effective.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……doing evaluation well meant sacrificing

quality in other areas of an administrator’s responsibility.

And now I think……I am even more certain of this.

My hope for the future is……we find a way to take something off

administrators’ plates, and to help them manage their time.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……evaluation was a punitive process that was aimed at ridding the system of teachers.And now I think……it provides opportunities for meaningful, evidence based conversations, and for the growth of the evaluator and the teacher.

My hope for the future is……more support for teachers and evaluators.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……the emphasis on evaluation was a misguided investment of scarce resources that would further de-professionalize teachers by relying on improper measures to judge teachers unfairly.And now I think……that evaluation, as a cycle of observation, feedback, and support for growth, is key to ensuring that teachers have the necessary supports to improve their craft in partnership with other teachers and school leaders.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……that evaluation was the absolute center

of the universe.

And now I think……that it is still imperative that we

implement well, and it needed to be the first step, but there’s no power in it without real support and strong leadership.

Thoughts from OEE

I Used to think……there were a number of paths to

improving teaching & learning, and evaluation was just the trendiest.

And now I think……that evaluation - clarity of expectations, mutual accountability, and ongoing

reflection & support - is essential to making schools places where teachers can learn and grow.

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Check-ins• Gallery Walk: Reflecting on

Successes & Challenges• Immunity to Change• Closing

Norms & Community Agreements

Start and end on time.Limit technology to break time.Include everyone in conversations.Vegas Rule: Confidentiality

Defining the Scope

EEFs will:Be conduits for feedbackContribute expertise to develop resources for the districtDisseminate information and best practicesLead conversations around effective instructional practice

EEF Series Objective

EEFs will be able to identify, discuss, and cultivate effective instructional

practices within their school communities using the tools provided by

the evaluation system.

Session 4 Objectives

Today we will:Share questions, challenges, & best practicesContinue to build expertise in the evaluation systemDevelop plans for work with colleaguesExamine underlying challenges

Facilitation Moves

Keep an eye on:Shared facilitationPraxis: action with reflection & learning by doing

Session #3 Homework

Thanks for completing “Reflecting on Progress Toward a Team Goal”

Session #4 Homework

Please encourage your colleagues to complete the 20-question Evaluation Survey!Complete online by April 26Participants can win gift cards to B&N or StarbucksSchools with 100% completion can win a catered breakfast

Upcoming meetings

EEF Make-up Session: Tuesday, April 30 3-6 pm @ MPHS

Green Tile Area

Superintendent-Teacher Share Monday, May 6 4:30-6:30 @ City Year Stay tuned for info about upcoming

All-Facilitator Sessions

Checking In

I Used to think…

…And Now I think…

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Check-ins• Gallery Walk: Reflecting on Successes & Challenges

• Immunity to Change• Closing

Planning for the Future Gallery Walk

Overview: 1.Reflect on successes and challenges2.Place your reflections in the appropriate spot in the gallery.3.In groups, identify common themes and strategies.4.Tour the gallery and note take-aways and wonderings

Reflect on Successes and Challenges

Note evaluation-related successes and challenges you encountered …

Prior to the year Early in the year Middle of the year End of the year Data inquiry cycles throughout the year

Consider…reflections from your homeworkexpectations set by evaluatorsquestions from colleagues

Share your reflections

Walk around & share your reflections on the appropriate chart paper.

Feel free to read over other people’s thoughts and add more of your own.

Identify Strategies

Join one of the five groups and…1.Find common themes 2.Synthesize successful strategies3.Brainstorm solutions for addressing challenges

Feel free to write on the chart paper provided.

Gather Takeaways and Wonderings

Walk around to see each group’s work.

Note… any useful ideas that you see questions you want to pose to colleagues back at your school

Debrief

What are you taking back to your school?

How will you get it done? Who will you enlist as allies?

What impact will this have on the students and culture at your school?

Break

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Check-ins• Gallery Walk: Reflecting on

Successes & Challenges• Immunity to Change• Closing

Is change possible?

• Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution that did not last beyond Jan. 1st?

• Have you ever created a plan for a diet and by lunch time you were already off track?

• Have you ever tried to change a bad habit but could not?

Immunity to Change

• Immunity to Change: having one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake.

• It’s having a sincere desire to do something, but also having “brilliant” practices in place that keep you from your goal.

Immunity to Change: How it relates to our work

• What underlying issues might be getting in the way of change at your school?

• What are the parking lot conversations?-Personal experience

• How do we address the underlying issues keeping us from our student learning and professional practice goals?-Fears around being dismissed, not being exemplary, etc…

Immunity to Change: ActivityHumanities Department Outpatient Clinic

We have not promoted a person from the junior ranks in 11 years!

Read pages 88-93

Q. 1 What does the group want?

Q. 2 What was equally powerful and under-acknowledged?

We are soft on drug-seeking patients

Read pages 105-108

Q. 1 What is the problem?

Q. 2 Were they able to change?

Immunity to Change: ShareHumanities Department Outpatient Clinic

We have not promoted a person from the junior ranks in 11 years!

Brief overview

Q. 1 What does the group want?

Q. 2 What was equally powerful and under-acknowledged?

We are soft on drug-seeking patients

Brief overview

Q. 1 What is the problem?

Q. 2 Were they able to change?

Immunity to Change: Next Steps

Chapter 11 – Protocol for creating a collective immunity map

Chapter 9 – Diagnosing your own immunity to change

Chapter 10 – Overcoming your immunity to change

Our goal today was to share a process to surface and give language to the underlying factors that are powerful and may keep us from real change.

Immunity to Change: How it relates to our work

• What changes are you working towards at you school?

• What underlying issues might be inhibiting change at your school?

• How do we address the underlying issues?

• Do you think change is possible in your school?

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome & Check-ins• Gallery Walk: Reflecting on

Successes & Challenges• Immunity to Change• Closing

Session #4 Homework

Please encourage your colleagues to complete the Evaluation Survey!Complete by April 26 to compete for prizes

Other resources to share:Evaluation Tips: Spring 2013

Example from the Edison

Study Groups

Make the group whatever you want it to be!Potential Topics Potential

CoordinatorsFeedback conversations Leading effective meetings Janice HanrahanTeacher teaming Katie De La Rosa

Tom GouldJanice Hanrahan,

Data-driven inquiry Katie De La RosaSchool change Tom Gould

Jayson SmithOther?

Upcoming meetings

EEF Make-up Session: Tuesday, April 30 3-6 pm @ MPHS Green Tile Area Superintendent - Teacher Share Monday, May 6 4:30-6:30 @ City Year Stay tuned for info about upcoming

All-Facilitator Sessions

Feedback

Please complete the Feedback sheetDid we meet our goals? Ideas for future work together

Thank you

Thank you

Resources: on the Weebly

http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com

Office of Educator Effectiveness

Ross Wilson, Assistant Superintendent for Educator Effectiveness (rwilson@boston.k12.ma.us)

Jared Joiner, Implementation Specialist (jjoiner)Emily Kalejs Qazilbash, Implementation Specialist

(eqazilbash)Angela Rubenstein, Implementation Specialist

(arubenstein)Kris Taylor, Implementation Specialist (ktaylor2)Jenna Costin, EDFS On-line System Coordinator

(jcostin)Chason Ishino, Consultant (cishino)Shakera Walker, Senior Manager, Teacher

Leadership (swalker)

Timelines and Requirements