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WELCOME BACK GREAT TEACHERS and LEADERS LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 The Al Lawson Center Florida A&M University

WELCOME BACK GREAT TEACHERS and LEADERS LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 The Al Lawson Center Florida A&M University August 17, 2011. Agenda Welcome/Introductions Dr. Marvin Henderson, Deputy Superintendent Great Teachers and Leaders Jackie Pons, Superintendent Special Remarks

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WELCOME BACK GREAT TEACHERS and LEADERS LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 The Al Lawson Center Florida A&M University

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  1. WELCOME BACK GREAT TEACHERSand LEADERS LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2011-2012 The Al Lawson Center Florida A&M University August 17, 2011

  2. Agenda • Welcome/Introductions • Dr. Marvin Henderson, Deputy Superintendent • Great Teachers and Leaders • Jackie Pons, Superintendent • Special Remarks • Dr. James Ammons, President Florida A&M University • LEON LEADS • David Clark, LCS RTTT Project Coordinator • Professional Partners • David Worrell, President LCTA • Video /Adjournment • Dr. Marvin Henderson

  3. Leon County Schools “Race To The Top” AREAS OF FOCUS Standards and Assessments Data Systems to Support Instruction Great Teachers and Leaders Turning Around the Lowest- Achieving Schools

  4. Leon Schools awarded $3.4M” January 2011, TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT It’s going to be dollars that we’ll be able to use in some of the most difficult times we have gone through in terms of funding” “We want our system to stay high-performing” Jackie Pons LCS Superintendent

  5. LEON LEADS The RTTT initiative has guided us in creating a new LCS Teacher Evaluation Our efforts have matured into a full blown research-based, consistent, statutorily compliant and DOE approved model We believe it has earned it’s own name The Leon Educator Assessment and Development System or…

  6. LEON LEADS LEON EDUCATOR ASSESSMENT and DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM SUPPORTING TEACHING … IMPROVING LEARNING Leon County Schools

  7. Teacher Evaluation should……

  8. Teacher evaluation, for many teachers, has not always been about opportunities to discuss how to improve their teaching

  9. Teacher evaluation in most school districts is not the catalyst for professional growth. It is time for that to change.

  10. Our students are changing • Our understanding of learning has changed • Our workplaces are changing Why?

  11. Accelerating the Change Teacher as the Predominant Factor Impacting Student Achievement Race to the Top Senate Bill 736 Pending Reauthorization of NCLB

  12. Our goals • A Rigorous, transparent and fair evaluation • system that differentiates teacher • effectiveness • with data on student growth • and includes timely and constructive feedback

  13. OUR LCS TEAMWorking together to move forward

  14. LCS Teacher Evaluation Revision Committee Jo Marie Olk Dir. Staff Development Bev Owens Dir. Charter Schools Randy Pridgeon Dir. Secondary Schools Anicia Robinson Teacher /Elementary Kathleen Rodgers Dir. Equity & Support Rebecca Shultz Teacher/High School Nancy Stokely Principal/ Elementary David Worrell President/Leon CTA Peggy Youngblood Dir. Elementary Schools Charter School Representatives Inez Henry Debo Powers/Julie Fredrickson, A. Samet Kul, Suezan Turknett Trish Thompson Parent Representative Amy Bradbury Grant Writer • Shelly Bell Principal /Middle School • David Clark LCS RTTT Coordinator • Scotty Crowe Dir. School Improvement • Paul Felsch Dir. Testing /Evaluation • Jane Floyd Principal/ ESE Everhart • Michelle Gayle Principal/High School • Andrea Goddard Teacher /Elementary • Gwen Graham Labor/Employee Relations • Jennifer Helbig Teacher /High School • Linda Johnson Teacher /Middle School • Yvonne Jones Guidance /Middle School • Shannon Lynch Assistant Superintendent • Scott Mazur Teacher/Elementary • Bobe McBride Teacher /High School • Sandra Meador Teacher/ Elementary

  15. ProcessandProgress

  16. Our process began in the fall of 2010 • We have strong stakeholder involvement • with representatives from elementary, middle and high school perspectives. • We solicit input from non classroom educators • Our core values are inclusiveness, • fairness and transparency • We work collaboratively and built consensus

  17. Our TERC meetings are scheduled • to maximize participation. • The LCTA (union) leadership and membership • has been involved from the beginning. • Our work is in compliance with “Race to the Top” requirements and State (SB 736) statutes • We have participated in all Department of Education developmental workshops.

  18. Leon County has hosted 6 regional “Academies” facilitating interaction with other districts • Various models and frameworks were researched • LEADS is based on the research • Of Dr. Robert Marzano and his book • “The Art and Science of Teaching” • Principals, Assistant Principals and at least one Teacher Leader per school have been trained on LEADS and the Marzano frameworks

  19. Big Ideas About Our Leon County and State Approved Teacher Evaluation Model • Common Language • Reflects Complexity of Teaching • Tied directly to Student Achievement • Deliberate Practice: Focused Practice and Focused Feedback • Transparency • Mutual Accountability • Professional Learning and Growth

  20. Marzano’s Art and Science of TeachingTeacher Evaluation Framework STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Domain 1: Classroom Strategies and Behaviors (41 Elements) • Domain 4: Collegiality and Professionalism (6 Elements) Domain 4: Collegiality and Professionalism (6 Elements) Domain 2: Planning and Preparing (8 Elements) Domain 3: Reflecting on Teaching (5 Elements)

  21. Correlation of FEAPS to Evaluation System The Educator Accomplished Practices are set forth in rule as Florida’s core standards for effective educators. The Accomplished Practices form the foundation for the state’s teacher preparation programs, educator certification requirements, and school district instructional personnel appraisal systems

  22. FEAPs and our Leon County Model Alignment

  23. All teachers will be evaluated at least annually State Law requires that teachers be rated in one of four categories: Highly Effective Effective Needs Improvement or *Developing (*Teachers in their first three years of teaching) Unsatisfactory

  24. A word about “iObservation” To assist Teachers and Principals and to comply with paper reduction goals, LCS has contracted with “iObservation “ a digitized web-based system of collecting data iObservation also offers best practices support LCS Principals and Assistant Principals have been trained in the use of the iObservation technology

  25. The Annual Teacher Evaluation Instructional Practice measured using Florida’s Model, which is based on the Art and Science of Teaching Evaluation Framework

  26. Next Steps Using an instructive PowerPoint Principals will present a detailed look at LEADS to their faculty A complete LEADS handbook with sample evaluation worksheets will be made available on the LCS website By September 30, LCS will have the student growth/value added model in place representing the other 40% of a teacher’s evaluation

  27. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

  28. GREAT TEACHERS AND LEADERS My mother said to me, “ If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope .’’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. - PABLO PICASSO

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