Effective Instruction https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us The KPBSD way... Fri, 26 May 2017 16:35:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 5/25/2017 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=136 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=136#respond Fri, 26 May 2017 16:28:16 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=136 The Effective Instruction (EI) Committee met on May 25, 2017 to review data from the annual EI Process survey and identify any needs in preparation for the 2017-18 school year. Questions regarding the following information may be directed to the facilitator of the EI Committee, Dr. Christine Ermold, or any member of the committee.

  • Approximately 33% of surveyed teachers responded to this year’s survey.  Upon review of past data response rates, it was found that since the survey began in 2011, response rates have ranged between 28.5% and 40%.
  • Over 90% of respondents indicated observational feedback resulted in reflection on their practice.
  • 78% of respondents said they made changes to their practice based on observational feedback.
  • TEP Process is clearly highly regarded as a process that positively impacts student learning and professional growth.
  • There is a lack of familiarity with the Rediker guides, but those who used them generally found them helpful.
  • It was determined that no changes to the EI Process are necessary at this time.
  • Adjustments were made to the TEP form to make it easier to use.
  • Strategies to promote peer observation were discussed.
  • The benefits of TeachScape training for interested teachers, was discussed.
  • The reporting requirements to the Department of Education and Early Development were discussed.
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5/20/2016 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=133 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=133#respond Fri, 26 May 2017 16:17:49 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=133 The Effective Instruction (EI) Committee met on May 20, 2016 to review data from the annual EI Process survey and prepare for the 2016-17 school year. Questions regarding the following information may be directed to the facilitator of the EI Committee, Dr. Christine Ermold, or any member of the committee.

  • The TEP process form and training tools were created.
  • Formal process training tools were created.
  • Points for clarification and revision were identified in the EI Handbook
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3/4/16 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=129 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=129#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2016 19:14:03 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=129 The Effective Instruction (EI) Committee met on March 4, 2016 to review likely changes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 and plan for the 2016-17 school year. Questions regarding the following information may be directed to the facilitator of the EI Committee, Dr. Christine Ermold, or any member of the committee.

  • The EI Process survey was reviewed and updated. The survey will be administered using Survey Monkey in mid-May. Survey invitations will be sent out to all principals and PD Liaisons for dissemination. An additional survey will be developed for anyone who used the Rediker software to manage the paperwork and evidence related to the evaluation process. Based on the recommendation from those using it, the EI Committee agreed the use of Rediker will remain in pilot for one more year before districtwide implementation occurs.
  • The SGM process was reviewed, and the form was simplified. The decision was made to use the SGM as one of two options for tenured teachers on the Alternate Pathway Evaluation. The other option will be the Teacher Enrichment Pathway (TEP) that had been discontinued under the previous regulations. An ongoing project of the EI Committee will be to pursue development of an auto-filling Excel spreadsheet that can pull information out of PowerSchool to decrease the effort spent on data entry and increase the time available to focus on actions and reflections related to the data.
  • The evaluation summary documents were updated. Specifically, Component 3D is now explicitly evaluated within Domain 3 for both general and special education teachers. Domain 4 on the special education summary evaluation was also updated to condense some of the elements specific to special education to make room for some of the elements that are explicitly addressed on the general education rubric.
  • The EI Committee will meet again on May 20, 2016, to review the EI Process and Rediker survey results and make other adjustments in preparation for the 2016-17 school year. It is expected that they may need to meet again prior to the start of the school year if the Alaska State Board of Education adopts regulations that must be reconciled with the EI Evaluation Process.
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1/28/16 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=125 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=125#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:49:01 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=125 The Effective Instruction (EI) Committee met on January 28, 2016 to review the progress of the SGM pilot and discuss the implications of possible regulatory changes related to the December 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  Questions regarding the following information may be directed to the facilitator of the EI Committee, Dr. Christine Ermold, or any member of the committee.  Principals have been asked to share the following information with their faculty and to organize questions at their site into a single document to help direct the flow of communication through the site administrator.

  • Background: Pending the outcome of the March 2016 State Board of Education & Early Development meeting, 4 AAC 19.010(k) Purpose and Scope of Evaluations may be repealed.  This would remove the state requirement for all educators to pilot a measure of student learning data as part of the evaluation system. As stated in the 1.25.16 State Board packet Agenda Item 3A memo, “It will be necessary for the State Board of Education & Early Development to determine whether or not to maintain the use of student achievement data as part of the educator evaluation process, as well as to maintain or revise other elements of the evaluation process currently required by regulation.  The department recommends a full discussion of possible regulatory revisions as part of … a future board meeting.”
  • Issue: Should the KPBSD continue the pilot of SGM for the 2015-16 school year if the regulatory requirement to do so is repealed?
  • Discussion: Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching and her related research is the foundation upon which the KPBSD Effective Instruction System was built.  The consideration of evidence of student learning is woven throughout the Framework, and the basis for the current Student Growth Map (SGM) can be explicitly found in Components 1F: Designing Student Assessments and   3D: Using Assessment in Instruction.  Evidence of a teacher’s impact on student growth and learning is one piece of the broader picture of teacher effectiveness that the KPBSD values.  The KPBSD Board of Education is required to review and approve any changes to the certified employee evaluation system.  The current evaluation system was presented and approved by the Board on 7/6/15.  Additionally:
    • The original regulation required the use of the state’s approved test as one of multiple measures considered in a teacher’s evaluation.  The future of the state’s assessment, the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) is uncertain.  It was anticipated that eventually, educators would build one of the two to four SGMs off of AMP data.
    • The current format of SGMs has resulted in additional record keeping that has been beneficial for some teachers, redundant for some teachers, and unsuccessful for some teachers.
    • Conversations around the data presented in the SGM has proven to result in a positive change in practice for many principals and teachers.
    • In circumstances that the SGMs were reported to be too difficult or too cumbersome, it appears likely that educators’ developing skill levels with SGMs, and the challenge of determining what amount of growth is appropriate for various students with various measures were the source of the challenges.
    • Additional information is needed from KPBSD teachers after completing the current pilot to determine how best to proceed with including evidence of student learning in the KPBSD’s E.I. Evaluation System.
  • Decision: The E.I. Committee recognizes that KPBSD’s current SGM process has both benefits and drawbacks, and in an effort to continually refine and improve the KPBSD’s E.I. Evaluation System, the SGM pilot will continue this school year regardless of the State Board of Education & Early Development’s decision in March 2016.
    • In an effort to ease the burden of additional meetings and paperwork preparation, and to promote authentic conversations around student data with colleagues, all educators piloting an SGM who are being evaluated on the Standard Evaluation Plan in 15-16 may conduct their mid and end-of-SGM reviews within their collaborative teams.  The completed SGM form does not get submitted to district office; it should be kept onsite by the principal.
    • Only educators piloting an SGM under the Alternate Protocol for Tenured Teachers in 15-16 will continue to review their SGM data with their administrators and submit their final form to district office.
      • Please note that it was the intent of the committee that the reviews of SGM progress should occur during already existing meetings.  Therefore, the reviews with tenured teachers on the Alternate Protocol should occur during regularly occurring calibration meetings or informal observation discussions whenever possible.
  • Future Action: The E.I. Committee will meet again this winter to refine the E.I. Survey that is sent to all certified teachers each spring.  Data from the survey will be used along with any regulatory changes and guidance to make changes to the E.I. Evaluation System for the 16-17 school year and beyond.
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7/30/15 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=110 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=110#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:49:11 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=110 The E.I. Committee met to finalize details for the 2015-16 school year.  The committee finalized the following items:

  • The KPBSD EI Handbook 15-16
  • The procedure for determining an educator’s overall rating for the purpose of meeting state reporting requirements
  • The training modules that will be used to train all KPBSD educators in what SGMs are, how to create and review them, and where to find supportive resources.
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5/29/15 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=82 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=82#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:27:56 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=82 The E.I. Committee met on 5/29/15. During the meeting, the committee:

  • Analyzed data and survey results from SGM pilot participants and the annual E.I. process survey.
  • Reviewed the state requirements for educator evaluation systems.
  • Reviewed a draft of the E.I. System handbook.
  • Discussed the professional development needs related to the E.I. System for the 15-16 school year.
  • Planned meeting dates for the 15-16 school year.

 

A summary of the committee’s decisions and findings is as follows:

  • Survey responses included many comments about goal setting and collaboration. PD needs include a focus on goal setting, target setting, assessment literacy, using adopted assessments for target setting, and how to collaborate around assessments and assessment data.
  • The performance bands for the student learning data domain in pilot next year will remain the same as the performance bands used during the 2014-15 pilot.  The performance band is:
Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Exemplary
Less than 64% of students met the target. 65-79% of students met the target. 80%-89% of students met the target. 90% of students met the goal.
  • The issue of whether or not to continue the Teacher Enrichment Pathway (TEP) option was discussed at length.  Since the TEP does not fulfill any of the state’s requirements and involves additional paperwork and meetings for both teachers and administrators, it was determined that continuing the TEP in addition to the new evaluation requirements was going to be overly burdensome in a time when extra time and energy are in short supply.
  • In accordance with AS 14.20.149 b(4), a tenured teacher who has exceeded the district’s performance standards for tenured teachers may be evaluated with a formal observation once every two school years.  A tenured teacher exceeds the district’s performance standard by achieving overall proficiency in all domains with at least one exemplary rating in any area.  Tenured teachers meeting this criteria may be designated by his or her site administrator for the alternate evaluation process, which allows the teacher to focus deeply on an SGM.
  • A team of teachers who are experienced in evaluating SGMs will be invited to receive an added duty stipend to evaluate SGMs from the 14-15 pilot and make any needed refinements to make an SGM an exemplar so teachers in the district will have a good bank of exemplars to draw from.

 

Questions regarding the information above may be directed to any member of the E.I. Committee or to Christine Ermold, the facilitator of the committee.

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4/29/15 Year-End Pilot SGM Session https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=71 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=71#respond Mon, 11 May 2015 20:10:39 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=71 The following information was provided to all Student Growth Map (SGM) pilot participants during the 4/29/15 session.  It outlines the information that participants need to complete by May 21 to close out the pilot project.

 

1. Save finalized SGM(s) in the Districtwide Staff Shared folder < 2014-15 Eval Docs for Pilot in the following format: Grade.Content.Assessment (For example: PreK.SelfHelp.Observation, 3.Reading.CBM, 7.Math.PerfSeries, 10.Foods.TeacherMade)

2. Once SGMs are saved, send a confirmation email to Doug Hayman and Christine Ermold stating the step was completed and providing the name the SGM was saved under. If supporting documents are related to the SGM (like a teacher made test or separate data chart,) send them with the email.

3. Complete two end of year surveys.

 

The powerpoint from the 4.29.15 session is also inserted for review.

 

Questions regarding this information may be directed to:

Christine Ermold, Ed.D.

Director of Elementary Education & Professional Development

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Alaska

 

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2/19/15 Notes https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=65 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=65#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:05:59 +0000 http://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=65 The Effective Instruction (EI) Committee met on February 19, 2015 to continue the development and revision of tools and processes related to the Student Growth Maps.  Questions regarding the following information may be directed to the facilitator of the EI Committee, Dr. Christine Ermold, or any member of the committee.

  • The possible regulatory changes related to Alaska’s ESEA waiver were discussed, as were plans for expanding the SGM pilot into the 2015-16 school year.  Training at a district level versus site level was discussed at length, and the members of the EI committee concluded that regional, job alike, and on-site training would likely be the most helpful, and that ongoing learning during in-service or collaboration time will need to be required and scheduled at each site.
  • A guide outlining when to exclude student data from an SGM was drafted.  Exclusion Criteria 3.10.15
  • A guide for evaluating the quality of an assessment for the purpose of an SGM was drafted.  Assessment Quality Assurance 3.10.15
  • The Continuous Growth System Map was revised.  3.10.15 Teacher Evaluation Continuous Growth System v5
  • Extensive discussion regarding the Teacher Enrichment Pathway (TEP) occurred.  The TEP continues to be recognized as a powerful agent of growth for educators, however, concern continues to exist over whether requiring an additional evaluation process within the Continuous Growth System is essential.  Members of the E.I. Committee agreed to talk with colleagues about the idea of the continuing the TEP opportunity as it currently exists versus the TEP becoming an opportunity for professional development facilitated through the Professional Development Department that is unrelated to a teacher’s evaluation status.  This topic will be revisited during the next EI Committee meeting on 5.29.15.
  • The agenda and activities for the final SGM Pilot Project meeting on 4.29.15 was outlined.
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Useful Links https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=51 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=51#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:04:56 +0000 http://e01264.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=51 The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AKDEED) has an accountability webpage that contains a variety of useful resources and information about the AK regulations.  You can find it at http://education.alaska.gov/akaccountability/

Additionally, the presentations and trainings provided by AKDEED are available online at http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/view/127588

Finally, an additional source of information and training tools can be found at the website for the non-profit group National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment http://www.nciea.org/

 

 

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Documents for SGM Pilot https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=29 https://EffectiveInstruction.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/?p=29#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:16:25 +0000 http://e01264.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/?p=29 A fillable copy of the Student/School Growth Map (SGM) document is not able to be posted via WordPress.  Therefore, only a pdf version is posted below.  Fillable documents related to the SGM pilot can be found in the KPBSD’s Shared (‘S:’) drive<Districtwide Staff Shared< 2014-15 Eval Docs for Pilot folder, and copies of SGM samples can be found in the folder titled District wide SGM examples that is also within the Districtwide Staff Shared file.

15.16 Student Growth Map Form in PDF

2014-15 Student Growth Map Review Tool in PDF

SGM Checklist For KPBSD Educators

2014-15 Calibration Conversation Guide in PDF

 

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