Freehold Borough Teacher Evaluation System

1. Freehold BoroughTeacher Evaluation System Freehold Intermediate School Friday – February 15, 2013 Rich Pepe Director of Curriculum & Instruction

2. Background: DEAC Accomplishments • Marzano Model & iObservation Data Management Tool • Category Weights for Summative Rating Calculation • Student Growth Objective (SGO) rubric-based model for measuring student academic growth • Communication Plan • Teacher Evaluation Webpage on District Website • Email Correspondences (DEAC Minutes, other updates) • Marzano Element of the Week • Presentations – faculty meetings, BOE meetings • Training Session Follow Up Surveys

3. Background: DEAC – In Progress • Develop assessments to be used for SGO’s in Non Tested Grades & Subjects (NTGS) • Design long range training plan for teachers and administrators • Marzano Elements • iObservation Data Management Tool • Writing SGO’s

4. Background: DEAC – Next Steps • Develop teacher evaluation procedures, forms, and protocols • Provide recommendations and guidance to the Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) regarding future Marzano and iObservation professional development • Schedule practice observations • Collect feedback from teachers and administrators involved with practice observations • Select focus elements for first year of implementation

5. NJDOE Guidance: Teacher Practice- Already Provided • Approved instruments • Approved vendors • Implementation timelines • Method for measuring student performance • Parameters for summative rating categories • General Responsibilities of the School Improvement Panel (ScIP) • Oversee mentoring • Conduct Evaluations • Identify Professional Development Opportunities

6. NJDOE Guidance: Teacher Practice- Still to Come • Required # and duration of classroom observations • Specific responsibilities of the School Improvement Panel (ScIP) members • Requirements for summative rating calculation • Measures of student achievment • Mentoring • Individualized professional development • Corrective action plans NOTE: Proposed regulations will be publicized on March 6, 2013 – Final regulations are expected to go into effect in October

7. Snapshot of New SystemMeasures of Student Achievement • Tested Grades/Subjects • 35% = mSGP (median Student Growth Percentile) • 15 % = SGO (Student Growth Objective) • Non-Tested Grades/Subjects (NTGS) • 50% = SGO’s (1-2)

8. NTGS 101: Student Growth Objective Overview Different types of Student Growth Objectives: Student Growth Objectives can take many different forms 8

9. NTGS 101: Specific Student Growth Objective Specific Objective: Examples The word “specific objective” would likely be used to identify anything that does not cover your general population or is not a cumulative test 9

10. NTGS 101: Pilot Districts Student Achievement Goals (SAGs): Pilot Districts were given the recommendation to use SAGs for the 2012 – 2013 school year

11. NTGS 101: Pilot Districts Student Achievement Goals (SAGs): Pilot Districts were given the recommendation to use SAGs for the 2012 – 2013 school year

12. General EPAC Growth Objective (EGO) • Increase meeting participant satisfaction rate over the course of one meeting

13. Where We’ve Been We provided an example of how to set an SGO… Teacher: Carl Blanchard Subject: Lab Biology Grade: 11 Sections: 4 Number of students: 82

14. Where We’ve Been …and how to score an SGO at the end of the year 4 3 2 Score 3

15. Snapshot of New SystemMeasures of Teacher Practice • 50% = summative evaluation ratings based on Marzano Model scales • Innovating (4) • Applying (3) • Developing (2) • Beginning (1) • Not Using (0) • NOTE: “Not Using” refers to strategies that are expected and not present. This is not the same as “Not Observed” which means the strategy is not being rated in a given observation.

16. Teacher Practices: Observation Recommendations