APS Teacher Evaluation A SMART Process for Student and Teacher Growth

APS Teacher EvaluationA SMART Process for Student and Teacher Growth

Connecting Teacher Performance to

Academic Progress via SMART Goal Setting

Agenda1. An Overview of Student Achievement Goal

Setting and Creating SMART Goals

2. Developing Strategies and Monitoring Progress

3. Determining Goal Attainment

APS Revised Teacher Evaluation Process

Proposed APS Teacher Evaluation ProcessOverview

Teacher Lesson Plans

Writes

SMART Goal

Document Log Observations Mid-Year Evaluation

Evaluator Monitors

Lesson Plans

Writes Compiles Participates Participates Participates

Approves Reviews Conducts Facilitates Facilitates

Part 2 What is a SMART Goal?

What is student achievement goal setting?

Step 1:

Determine needs

Step 2:

Create specific

learning goals based on pre-assessment

Step 4: Monitor student progress

through on-going

formative assessment

Step 3: Create and implement

teaching and learning

strategies

Step 5:

Determine whether the

students achieved the

goal

Focus on student/learner/program results

Explicitly connect teaching and learning

Improve instructional practices and teacher/education specialist performance

Tool for school improvement

What are the purposes ofStudent Achievement Goal Setting?

The goal is within the teacher’s control to effect change.

The goal is feasible for the teacher.

The goal is contained within a single school year.

Realistic

Time limited

Appropriate

Measurable

Specific

An appropriate instrument/measure is selected to assess the goal.

The goal is focused on learner needs.

Sample SMART Goal

Specific: Focused on two-dimensional landscape

Measurable: Rubric used to assess performance

Appropriate: The teacher teaches the content and skills contained in middle school art

Realistic: The goal of increasing student performance by at least six points is realistic

Time-bound: Goal attainment can be addressed by the end of the year with a performance task scored by a division-developed rubric

In the current school year, using a 24-point division-developed rubric to measure texture, form, space, color, tone, and line (in which 20 points is considered proficient) students scoring a level 20 or higher will advance their skills by learning another artistic style, such as still life.

A minimum of 90% of all students; 66% SPED and 75% ELL students will answer more than 25/50 questions correctly on posttest (using released Biology SOL questions) and/or pass the EOC Biology SOL. Students who answer greater than 25/50 have a very high likelihood of passing the EOC Biology SOL.

Example APS Smart Goals

Secondary Science

For the current school year, all of my grade 1 students will make measurable growth on PALS by increasing their scores on the word list and spelling subtests by 5 points. In the spring 2013, 90% of my students will meet the spring benchmark (35).

Example APS Smart Goals

Elementary Reading

Applying a Goal Setting Rubric

Goal Setting Rubric for FeedbackCANNOT MOVE

FORWARDCANNOT MOVE

FORWARD MOVE FORWARD

The student learning and academic achievement goals are unrelated to identified student needs.

The student achievement goal is related to identified student needs, but does not reflect acceptable growth through the course of the year. Sufficient rigor is lacking.

The student learning and academic achievement goal is rigorous and attainable, and reflects acceptable growth during the course or school year

SMART Goal Guide

Progress (Growth) vs. Achievement Goals

PROGRESSStudents will score X%greater on thepost-test than on thepre-test.

ORStudents will increasetheir performance by Xperformance level onthe rubric.

ACHIEVEMENTX% of students willachieve a score of X orhigher.

Examples

Teacher G– Second Grade

During this school year, my students will improve on word knowledge and oral reading

fluency.

Teacher G

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Teacher G’s Baseline Data



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Teacher G’s Goal


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Goal Statement: During this school year, 100% of my students will improve in instructional reading level. Each student will move up at least a grade level in oral reading from fall to spring. Furthermore, students who are below grade level will increase their instructional reading level by 1.5 years.

Better goal for Teacher G?

Teacher H– Government TeacherFor the current school year, my students will

have the knowledge and skills to be productive members of their society because they will be able to analyze primary and secondary source

documents.

Teacher H

Government



FORWARDCANNOT MOVE





Teacher H’s Goal


FORWARDCANNOT MOVE





Better goal for Teacher H?

Goal Statement:

During this school year, 100% of my students will improve in analyzing primary and secondary source documents. Each student will increase his/her ability to analyze documents by one level on the rating rubric. Furthermore, 75% of students will score at “proficient” or above.

Teacher E

Grade 5

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Teacher E’s Goal

Goal Statement:

In current school year, each student will make measurable progress on the STAR assessment. Each student will gain at least one year’s growth in grade level equivalency.

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Applying a Goal Setting Rubric- Teacher E


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Applying a Goal Setting Rubric- Teacher E


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Agenda



What is student achievement goal setting?

Step 1:

Determine needs

Step 2:

Create specific

learning goals based on pre-assessment

Step 4: Monitor student progress

through on-going

formative assessment

Step 3: Create and implement

teaching and learning

strategies

Step 5:

Determine whether the

students achieved the

goal

Goal … a statement of an intended outcome of your work:

Student Learning

Distinct from StrategiesStrategies = Means

Goal = End

What is a student achievement goal?

Agenda



• Monitor progress • Adjust as needed

Determining Goal Attainment

What data sources would be appropriate for …

• Establishing baseline data and determining goal attainment?

• Progress monitoring goal progress throughout the year?

• TOOL: APS Assessment Inventory

http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Domain/25/APS%20Comprehensive%20Assessment%20Inventory%20FINAL%206-2012.pdf

Benefits

Based on what you have learned, what do you see as the benefits and challenges of student achievement goal setting?

Challenges

1. Data access & analysis– Robustness of data system

– Teacher & administrator skills

2. Sufficient & appropriate assessments

3. Writing SMART goals

4. Clarifying the acceptable amount of progress

5. Developing instructionally-based strategies – See Marzano et al., Schmoker, Collins, Blankstein, Fullan, etc., etc….

Common Challenges

Focuses on student results

Connects teaching with learning

Improved instruction in the classroom

Contributes to school improvement

Setting student achievement goals…

Agenda1. An Overview of Student Achievement Goal

Setting and Creating SMART Goals




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