Professional Educator Compensation and Support Committee. October 14, HISD Becoming #GreatAllOver HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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1 Professional Educator Compensation and Support Committee October 14, 2014 HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

2 The PECAS Committee s Charge As a PECAS committee member, you will play a key role in helping HISD refine the way we support and reward each of our teachers. This includes: Understanding where we are now our teacher evaluation, development, and compensation systems and policies Thinking critically about where we need to go working in small groups to provide thoughtful feedback on evaluation and development.

3 Objectives Dream big what would like to see as it relates to: - Teacher Evaluation - Teacher Development - Improving Instructional Practice Rewarding & Retaining Top Teachers Begin to think critically about the guiding principles that should drive HISD s implementation of the teacher appraisal and development system. Define the name of the this sub-committee

4 Dream Big! Independently jot down your thoughts to the three questions below. Share your reflections with your tablemates. Are there any common themes? How can an appraisal & development system best help grow teachers instructional practice? How can an appraisal & development system best make sure teachers are impacting student learning? How can an appraisal & development system best support efforts to establish communities of professionals at school campuses?

5 Teacher Appraisal and Development System Components Instructional Practice Instructional Practice Teacher s skills and knowledge that help promote student learning Professional Expectations Professional Expectations Teacher s efforts to meet objective, measurable standards of professionalism Student Performance Teacher s impact on student learning Student Performance 5

6 HISD Teacher Appraisal and Development System Calculation of Final Summative Ratings 30% Student Performance 50% Instructional Practice 20% Professional Expectations

7 Instructional Practice 7

8 Professional Expectations 8

9 Student Performance Measures Value-Added Measure student growth by: identifying the difference between expected levels of growth of groups of students at beginning of the year, based on past performance, and their actual levels of growth at the end of the year. Comparative Growth Measure student growth by: measuring the progress of a teacher s students on a given assessment compared to only those students in the district who start at the same test-score level and take the test in the same language over two years. Student Progress Measure student growth by: using assessments, performance tasks, or work products to see how much content and skill students learned, based on where they started a subject or course. Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) is the type of value-added analysis used in HISD. Student Progress includes: District-Wide Assessments, Pre- Approved District Assessments, and 9 Appraiser-Approved Assessments

10 Weights for Student Performance Measures VA + CG VA + CG + Student Progress CG + Student Progress CG Only VA + Student Progress Student Progress Only Value-Added 20% 15% 20% Comparative Growth Student Progress 10% 10% 20% 30% 5% 10% 10% 30% Student Performance Subtotal 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% Notes: Teachers without Student Performance measures have IP weigh 70% and PE weigh 30%. Because all other measures have a 4-point scale, Research and Accountability makes an adjustment in the weights for the 5-point value-added scale. 10

11 Summative Appraisal Ratings for SY Summative Appraisal Rating Score Range Highly Effective (HE) Effective (E) Needs Improvement (NI) Ineffective (IE)

12 Exploring Teacher Evaluation and Development: The World Café Move into small groups: - Teachers - Principals - Central Office Staff With your group, spend fifteen (15) minutes responding to the question on your chart paper. You may use the Gallery Walk responses for inspiration, but feel free to generate new ideas, especially given what you just heard about the HISD Teacher and Appraisal Development System.

13 Exploring TADS: The World Café Move into small groups: - Teachers - Principals - Central Office Staff With your group, spend fifteen (15) minutes responding to the following question on your chart paper; you will rotate to answer each question. Teachers: How can an appraisal & development system best help grow teachers instructional practice? Principals: How can an appraisal & development system best make sure teachers are impacting student learning? Central Office Staff: How can an appraisal & development system best support efforts to establish communities of professionals at school campuses? You may use your earlier reflections for inspiration, but feel free to generate new ideas, especially given what you just heard about TADS.

14 Share with group Step 1: Briefly summarize your World Café group s responses to each question. Step 2: Drawing from those reflections, work with your table group to identify 1-2 guiding principles each for instructional practice, student learning, and professional expectations. Step 3: Write these guiding principals on a piece of paper make sure to turn it in before you leave.

15 Naming this subcommittee Now that you have had the opportunity to dream big about teacher development and teacher evaluation we want to name this subcommittee. Reflect the values you lifted up earlier Reflect teaching as a profession

16 Next Steps Gathering Peer Feedback Ask your peers the following questions & get feedback. Teachers: How can an appraisal & development system best help grow teachers instructional practice? Principals: How can an appraisal & development system best make sure teachers are impacting student learning? Central Office Staff: How can an appraisal & development system best support efforts to establish communities of professionals at school campuses? Be ready to share that feedback at the next meeting.

17 Thank You Next Meeting: Date, Time, Location: October 28 th, 4-6 PM (HMWESC) Objective: Building on what we discussed tonight, define how you would like to see professional development and feedback connected to TADS evolve over the coming years. For More Information: Websites: PECAS page of the ETI website; TADS tool landing page or