Working PortfoliosFor Non Classroom Teachers

AgendaDetermine Working Portfolio rubric

Understand the performance levels and scoring

Brainstorm possible evidence

Understand process and requirements

Resources available

Who does a Working Portfolio?

Bargaining Unit 5 employees classified as school or non-school level NCT (non-classroom teacher)

Administrator decides whether classroom observation or working portfolio will be used

Usually observation are not possible because a teacher’s primary job responsibilities do not involve the delivery of instruction.

Will you be doing a Working Portfolio?

What are working portfolios?

A measure of teacher practice that replace classroom observations for BU5 employees

A vehicle for purposefully collecting and presenting evidence of meeting performance expectations.

Consist of 5 components (Hawaii Adapted Framework for Teaching) clearly aligned to rubrics

A purposeful, ongoing collection of evidence (artifacts and observations) that shows progress or achievement

Compiled in physical or electronic formats

Collaborative and reflective under the guidance of your administrator

What working portfolio are NOT:

Collections of miscellaneous pieces of information

Components and Rubrics?Will focus on different components and use different Framework rubrics depending on your individual role

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Danielson book pages School counselor-pages Instructional Specialist-pages Library/Media Specialist-pages

Which component and rubric will you be using?

ResourcesComponents

Rubrics

Guidance Document

Evidence Submission Form

Evaluated at the component level (5)

Unsatisfactory 0 points

Basic 2 points

Proficient 3 points

Distinguished 4 points

Final rating is produced by averaging the scores from all five component ratings

ACTIVITY-

ProcessBeginning Conference (20-30 minutes) NOW-

January 31st

Evidence Collection-NOW-End of March

Progress Check Conference Optional (20-30 minutes) February-March

Ending Conference (April and May)

Finalize in May

Share responsibility for compiling and documenting evidence

Beginning ConferenceAdministrators should set clear expectations for the

types and sources of evidence that will be considered high quality

Quality of the evidence is determined by if it relates to the NCT job responsibility and clearly aligns with a specific component within the rubric

QUALITY over QUANTITY

Evidence of performance over the course of the year (not isolation)

Collaboratively work with your administrator to avoid surprises at the end of the process

Possible EvidenceCan be gathered through structured observations

(24 hours notice*) of performance as opposed to collecting artifacts Verbatim scripting of teacher or student comments statements of observed teacher or student behavior Numeric information Description of the environment

*offer pre-observation questions to provide context for the observation-Admin provided feedback within 2 weeks

Levels of performance will not be assigned for a single observation or piece of evidence….determined as a whole of all evidence at the end of the year

PDE3Working portfolio tab will/can house all the

evidence

Progress Check Conference OPTIONAL

Usually if work priorities and responsibilities change significantly after beginning conferences

Teachers are responsible for scheduling with administrator

Mimics the process of beginning conference

Talk through the 5 components with administrator

Possible to retain some evidence already collected

Enter in new responses below previous responses in PDE3

Ending ConferencePresent the working portfolio to the

administrator and participate in analyzing all evidence against the component level rubrics.

Discuss areas of strength and weakness for each component

Administrator assigns a final performance level rating for each component

FinalizationComplete the Ending Conference Summary form

in PDE3 within a few days of the ending conference

Administrator reviews the summary form and provides comments as needed

PDE3 siteAdministrator completes

Beginning conference date/timeProgress check date/time (optional)NCT role (drop down box)Comments for each NCT field questionsEnding conference date/time

NCT in PDE3 What are your most critical roles and

responsibilities?

What is the population that your work impacts directly?

How do you plan to collect multiple types of sources of evidence aligned to (1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th ) working portfolio component?

What, if anything, would you like your administrator to specifically observe or collect evidence on throughout the year?

Teacher reflection in PDE3What strengths have the working portfolio

process helped you identify?

What areas for growth have the working portfolio process helped you identify?

Reflecting on what you’ve learned, what are some changes in practice that would improve the work you perform?

Evidence Submission FormUsed for each artifact collected (not

observation)

Email form to principal prior to the ending conference (actual artifacts do not have to be emailed or uploaded in PDE3)

Questions

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