Buffalo City School District’s APPREBONY E. BULLOCK, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST I I I - APPR

LAURA SAMULSKI-PETTERS, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST I I I -APPR

CRYSTAL BENTON, STAFF DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR

BCSD’s APPR

Original plan negotiated in 2010- 2011APPR relationship with Truenorthlogic began in 2011 Every teacher must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in seven teaching standards as set by the New York State Department of EducationEvery leader must be evaluated, yearly, on their effectiveness in 8 leadership standards as set by the New York State Education Department

BCSD APPR Components

1. Observation of Instructional Practices & Teacher Artifacts

2. State Provided Growth Score or Teacher Created Student Learning Objectives

3. Local Measures

BCSD APPR Components

60 points other

State Growth

Local Measures

CES

Professional Growth System featuresPlatform for teacher entry of student data

Platform for teacher entry of teacher artifacts

Platform for administrator evaluation of teacher documents and student data

Platform for administrator entry and evaluation of teacher observational data

Stores current APPR documents, student performance data and scores

Archives teacher APPR documents, data and scores

Provides reporting features to drive teacher and leader professional learning opportunities

Provides calibration platform to help enhance administrator observation inter-rater reliability and practice

Benefits Teachers

•Immediate feedback

Principals

•Quick capture of notes during observation

•Principal dashboard

District

•Visibility

•Reporting