Facilitated by

Sydnee Dickson, Ed.D.Utah State Office of Education

The Shifting Landscape of Educator Evaluation: A Conversation About

Systemic Improvement

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Utah Educator Effectiveness Project

High Quality

Instruction

Preparation Programs

Effective Educator

Evaluation

Human Capital

Professional Learning

Performance Standards

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Building a culture of feedback

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A System of FeedbackSystemic Improvements

• Learning communities are more common as part of teachers’ workday

• Formative elements added to educator evaluation

• Evaluation systems built around teacher owning, analyzing and using data

Systemic Challenges

• Learning communities are not as effective as they could be

• Supervisors struggle to understand role of formative evaluation for adults in schools

• Turning multiple measures into teacher effectiveness rating

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Measuring Performance with Confidence

• Observations of practice

– Leaders vs. teachers

– Nonteaching professionals

• Methods for ensuring reliability

– Certification

– Consistent practice

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Student Growth (SG)

• Use of Common Core Assessments in Educator Evaluation

• The Variability of Student Learning Objectives

• SG Percentage in overall effectiveness rating

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Stakeholder Input

Rating

or

Reflection?

What does the future hold for Educator Evaluation?

– ESEA Reauthorization

– Local Control

– Research and Analysis