Educator Evaluation
The Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework, adopted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2011, is designed to promote student learning, growth, and achievement by providing educators with feedback for improvement, enhanced opportunities for professional growth, and clear structures for accountability. At Seaside, we provide professional development opportunities that support school administration in evaluating, calibrating, and enhancing their teacher evaluation system.
Becoming more efficient with the evaluation process – aligning the essential components of the teacher evaluation process – to build educator effectiveness.
Educator evaluations can become perfunctory “tasks” to be completed for administrators, and confrontational or “one more thing,” for the educators. That is one end of a continuum, at the other end, the evaluation process can be a productive thread in the fabric of a school that is a learning organization built on trust and a willingness to grow. The workshop will provide time and space to analyze the current approach toward educator evaluation, of both the school and DESE., develop strategies and plans to move toward an aligned, feasible, and meaningful approach to educator evaluation. Written and oral feedback, collection and evaluation of evidence, goal alignment, and ongoing improvement will be examined. The workshop will model communication and alignment practices and will be an interactive session with guided discussion.
Professional Development Offerings for Evaluators include training in the following:
New DESE Principal Rubric
DESE Teacher Rubric
Standards of Effective Practice
Rubrics
Three Categories of Evidence
Performance Ratings
Educator Plans
Learning Walks
Five- Step Evaluation Cycle
Delivering Effective Feedback
Having a Difficult Conversation
Development of SMARTIE goals that align with District Strategic Plans
Development of SMARTIE goals that align with School Improvement Plans.
Effective Strategies for Evaluating Teacher Performance
- Investigate best practices for gathering evidence, providing constructive feedback, and using evaluation data to inform educator assessment and professional development plans.
- Calibrating Teacher Evaluation
- Explore and identify consistent strategies that create routines around self-assessment, goal setting, observation feedback, and reflection.
- Learn techniques for aligning evaluations, addressing biases, and promoting fairness in the evaluation process.