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Word Generation and Massachusetts Model System
for Educator Evaluation
August 5, 2013
Presenter: Sophia Boyer
Documents 1 and 2 adopted from Catherine Carney Boston Public Schools
Agenda:
• Assessing prior knowledge of Teacher Evaluation
• Standards and Indicators for Effective Practice
• Word Generation models that support evaluation criteria
• Group practice
• Wrap-Up – Questions/Answers
Why We Are Doing What We Are Doing?
Changing Conditions
The work of schools has never been more complex and demanding and the challenges teachers face to improve student achievement have never been greater.
Greater Expectations
As a result expectations from the District have moved a key function of teacher performance to teacher self-reporting. This change hopes to improve teaching and learning and to significantly improve student achievement.
FeedbackReflection
Student Learning
Student Learning
Capturing Rigorous and Relevant Instruction in our Evaluation
ExpectedStudent
Performance
Rigor/Relevance
Instruction
Assessment
ActualStudent
Performance
Rigor/Relevance
What are the Standards and Indicators for Effective Teaching
Practice?
Hint:
There are 4; they highlight the focus of the work.
Turn and Talk
What are the Standards and Indicators for Effective Teaching
Practice?
I. Curriculum, Planning & Assessment
II. Teaching All Students
III. Family & Community Engagement
IV. Professional Culture
I. Curriculum, Planning &Assessment
o I-A. Curriculum and Planning o I-B. Assessment o I-C. Analysis
• What does this look like in your work? How can teachers promote student learning through quality
instruction?
Standards Defined (Bold bullets are outcomes that Word Generation curriculum and/or coaching best supports)
Standard 1: Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment as a teacher’s ability to:
• Promote student learning through quality instruction
• Design and administer meaningful assessments• Give valuable feedback to students on their
learning progress• Use student performance data to improve his or
her instruction and assessment capabilities
II. Teaching All Students
o II-A. Instruction o II-B. Learning Environment o II-C. Cultural Proficiency
• What does this look like in your work?
Standards Defined (Bold bullets are outcomes that Word Generation curriculum and/or coaching best supports)
Standard 2: Teaching All Students defines a teacher’s ability to:
• Promote learning in growth for all students through instruction that holds students to high standards
• Create a safe classroom space for all students• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity
III. Family & Community Engagement
o III-A. Engagement o III-B. Collaboration o III-C. Communication
• What does this look like in your work?
IV. Professional Culture
o IV-A. Reflection o IV-B. Professional Growtho IV-C. Collaboration o IV-D. Decision-making o IV-E. Shared Responsibilityo IV-F. Professional Responsibilities
• What does this look like in your work?
Standards Defined (Bold bullets are outcomes that Word Generation curriculum
and/or coaching best supports)
Standard 4*: Professional Culture as how teachers use culturally proficient, skilled, collaborative, and ethical practices to promote learning for all students.
• Reflection of practice• Professional growth of practice• Collaboration that improves practice *Standard 4 differs from the other standards of effective teaching
because it focuses on teacher growth and learning opportunities as opposed to practices that directly impact students.
What is Evidence of Practice
Focus on students and student performance
- Word Generation activities
- Word Generation standards
- Word Generation teacher developed scaffold supports
The Rationale: Why You Do What You Do
Do I/Have I:Connect class work
to performance standards
Teach all Students?Work collaboratively
with other teachers?
Developed lessons that reflect high expectations for student achievement?
Included an assessment component in my lesson plans?
Use performance data to improve instruction?
The criteria most important in the teacher evaluation process is aligning objectives, practices, and assessments, to proficiency of standards. These indicators identify, with clarity, the intentionality of your instructional practices.
Rationale for Element I-A-2If I were submitting a Word
Generation 5.10 lesson plan that I thought connected to element I-A-2 (Child and Adolescent Development) my rationale might read…
• (First) Evidence of
proficiency of element I-A-2 can be found in the Newscaster/Reader’s Theatre Day 1 activity of the Word Generation lesson plan.
• (Second) The Word Generation lesson plan includes a variety of activities for effective engagement of a range of collaborative discussion CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1. Students are viewing, listening, reading, writing, speaking, discussing and listening. These activities address the developmental level of my students and, while providing a variety of ways to reach the same end, introduction to a controversial academic topic and exposure to targeted words.
Ticket Out the Door
Using your responses to the Standards draft an evaluation rationale that demonstrates your ability to connect evidence to the proficiency standards of the teacher rubric.
Next Steps
1. Walk through the self-assessment and create a draft for yourself.
2. If practical, work with a small group with the model or models suggested today or one customized for your school’s needs.
3. Present the information you received today to those in your district who will be involved in preparing their own evaluation.