NYSUT’s TED: An Integrated System For Advancing Teacher Growth and Student Learning, Developed by Labor/Management Team

1. NYSUT’s TED: An Integrated System For Advancing Teacher Growth and Student Learning, Developed by Labor/Management Teams Great Lakes TURN Forum May 3-4, 2012 Larry Waite, Manager, Educational Services 88909

2. This Session will focus on…. • Background information on NYSUT’s Innovation Initiative • An overview of NYSUT’s Teacher Evaluation and Development (TED) System • Set a context for the break out Sessions.

3. NYSUT’s Innovation Initiative (2009-Present) • NYSUT’s Innovation Initiative involves six NYS school district labor/management design teams comprised of teachers, principals and superintendents who worked together to develop the Teacher Evaluation and Development System (TED). • NYSUT’s Innovation Initiative is supported by innovation grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the American Federation of Teachers. www.nysut.org/TED North Syracuse (10,271 student; 760 teachers) Plattsburgh (1,861 students; 184 teachers) Albany (8,400 students; 640 teachers) Hempstead (6, 384 students; 506 teachers) Marlboro (2,181 students; 212 teachers) Poughkeepsie (4,606 students; 350 teachers)

4. NYSUT’s Teacher Evaluation Principles • “Only quality teachers should teach New York learners. Quality teachers must be well prepared, supported with adequate resources, justly compensated and fairly evaluated.” • Principle is supported by research: “…the key to improving public education in America is placing highly skilled and effective teachers in all classrooms.” (Hammond 2010) • Practitioners (teachers and administrators) share the responsibility for the development and implementation of an integrated evaluation system. 4

5. The Innovation Initiative’s Vision • Break new ground in the next generation of teacher evaluations. • Foster a shared responsibility by having practitioners (teacher/administrators) take the lead in designing an evaluation system. • Empower practitioners to take an active role in their professional evaluation. • Focus on professional growth throughout the educator’s career. • Demonstrate the strength of collaboration. • Use Collective Bargaining as an essential tool in the development and implementation of a successful evaluation system.

6. A New Vision For Teacher Evaluation:

7. The Innovation Initiative’s Vision http://www.youtube.com/embed/z4TN6a66XWg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://youtu.be/z4TN6a66XWg

8. TED Goals • Transform teacher evaluation into a coherent, integrated and comprehensive system supporting teacher growth & development and student achievement. • Establish teachers as participants and not recipients of their own evaluations. Overarching Goals: Critical Goals:

9. NYSUT’s TED system is built on components that research indicates are essential to a high quality evaluation system:

10. NYS Teaching Standards Define what teachers should know and be able to doAdopted January 2011 I. Knowledge of Students and Student Learning II. Knowledge of Content and Instructional Planning III. Instructional Practice IV. Learning Environment V. Assessment for Student Learning VI. Professional Responsibilities and Collaboration VII. Professional Growth

11. Components of the Teacher Practice Rubric Standards Summary statements Knowledge of Students & Student Learning Element 1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of child and adolescent development including cognitive, language, social, emotional, and physical developmental levels. A) Describes developmental characteristics of students Elements “ the what” Indicators With rubrics “the how”

12. Integrated Initiatives NYS Teaching Standards (what teachers should know and be able to do) Standards for Students (what students should know and be able to do) Assessment Data from Multiple Measures: Student growth and achievement 20% / 20% Teacher/professional practice 60%

13. An Integrated Teacher Evaluation and Development (TED) System

14. TED System: Evaluation process hasfour “moving parts.”

15. Measures are integrated to inform the entire assessment of teaching practice

16. The TED Evaluation Process

17. Targeted Professional Development: Evaluation Results and Professional Support • Evaluation results inform Learning Plans or Improvements Plans • Summative evaluations should use the same description of teaching practices for evaluation that are used to describe standards for professional practice. • Summative evaluation and Goal-setting ties together what is being evaluated, what the rating is, and where to move forward. • When evaluation and professional learning are linked, powerful and practical connections can be made between individual, building and district goals and result in greater coherence across the system. Facilitative Professional Learning Plans Effective Highly Effective Teacher Improvement Plans Developing Ineffective Supportive

18. TED System Support for Educators and Evaluators Evaluator Development: Support and Training Evaluator Academy Intensive training session to develop skills sets in evidence collection and rating practice. Evaluator Coaching Coaching and support program to build skills and structure to ensure successful implementation in the field. Certification Assessment for Inter-rater reliability Administered at pre-selected intervals throughout the school year to ensure quality assurance for accuracy of evaluation Educator Development: Support and Training Stakeholder Training Designed to train selected district personnel to provide important details of the evaluation system to teachers in the district Educator Academy Presents a series of workshops so participants gain experience in the components of the integrated evaluation process. Professional Learning Plans Learns skill sets in differentiated professional learning, matching evaluation outcomes with the appropriate professional learning designs. 18

19. TED Data Resources for Evaluation, Interpretation and Improvement 19 The TED evaluation structure generates real-time data. Schools can manage teacher observations using a third-party Web-based application, MyLearningPlan/OASYS , adapted specifically for TED system. • Analytical reports summarizing results by grade level, school building, standard or performance indicator can be customized and generated to provide multiple views of performance. • MLP/OASYS links professional development support with evaluation outcomes. District PDP planning is informed by data on learning needs of students and teachers. Investments in professional development can be tracked for impact. • MLP/OASYS upload to NYS TEACH for reporting professional development requirements and create a digital portfolio to track data.

20. NYSUT’s TELL Innovation Teaching and Learning Conditions • Understanding the impact of the teaching and learning conditions is a key component of the TED System: “What factors in the school climate or community context are likely to influence or play a role in my teaching and professional performance year?” • New Teacher Center is working with the six Innovation Initiative schools in collecting data on these conditions. • Data will be used to inform school improvement, policy and practice changes in schools- not for individual or administrator evaluation.

21. TED Peer Assistance & Review Districts implementing PAR built strong foundations of labor-management Partnerships. PAR enabled union and management together to make high-stakes decisions about teacher practice and evaluation. • PAR is an optional component of the TED system • PAR model of TED is jointly developed through collective bargaining. • The PAR Framework provides recommendations regarding the essential elements of PAR and local decision-making.

22. American Institute for Research AFT’s i3 project (2012-2014) is supporting an Independent evaluator charged with collecting data on implementation and outcomes. Research Questions • To what extent are the teacher evaluator and stakeholder trainings implemented with fidelity to the teacher evaluation model? • To what extent does training reflect best practices in training adults for a professional role? • To what extent do the participants perceive that the training has met their needs? • To what extent is the new teacher evaluation system being implemented with fidelity (to the framework) across all study districts? • To what extent do districts implement all features of the evaluation system? • Do teacher evaluators demonstrate increased accuracy in identifying effective practice and effective teachers? • Do teachers in participating districts improve their practices? • Does student achievement in participating districts improve?

23. TED Implementation Resources • Implementation Framework • A Technical Assistance document to guide the design and implementation of comprehensive teacher evaluation system. Includes goals and action steps school district teams can use to implement a teacher evaluation and development system. • Web Resources • Teacher Practice Rubric aligned with the NYS Teaching Standards • TED Handbook that describes how the evaluation process works and outlines the purpose and nature of the activities that occur • TED Workbook that provides templates for the evaluation process: analysis of teaching artifacts, examination of student work, goal-setting, professional development planning • Web resources of videos, exemplars and other resources www.nysut.org

24. Concluding Comments • Teachers Driving the Process • NYSUT’s Innovation Initiative influences the state’s education system

25. Break Out Sessions

26. Thank you! Larry Waite, Manager Education Services lwaite@nysutmail.org 518.213.6000 ex 6644 88909