June 18, 2014 Office of Educator Quality Update. Shift to Praxis Core for Teacher Certification –...
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June 18, 2014 Office of Educator Quality Update. Shift to Praxis Core for Teacher Certification – Beginning Jan. 1, 2014 Recognition of Juris Doctorates
Shift to Praxis Core for Teacher Certification Beginning Jan.
1, 2014 Recognition of Juris Doctorates and Masters of Fine Art
degrees on the Specialist salary scale Office of Educator
Licensure
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Reporting period for Superintendents 10 days Code of Ethics
training Please conduct annually Common Reporting offenses: Texting
Sexting Breach of Contract Inappropriate Relationships Physical
Inappropriate Relationships Non-Physical Violation of Student
Rights to Privacy and Religion. Office of Educator Misconduct
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Teacher Recruitment Changes Website Teacher Job Vacancy Report
Online www.teach.k12.ms.us Future Educators of America Support for
creating charters Tuition/Loan Reimbursement Programs Teacher
Center
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Streamlined PGGs to Domain 5 Elimination of the 20% weight in
overall evaluation score The Walkthroughs and Formal Observation
requirements have been modified 2 walkthroughs, 1 formal
observation, 1 post- conference The Formal Observation time
requirement has been reduced to a minimum of 30 minutes (rather
than bell-to-bell). The collection of artifacts beyond the lesson
plan used during the formal observation is left to the districts
discretion. Frequency words have been streamlined Educator
Evaluations
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Evaluation rubrics have been created for: Speech Language
Therapists Library/Media Specialists Guidance Counselors More to
come... Resources and videos are being updated regularly and
available on our website. Evaluation training is open to those the
district designates with authority to observe educators and not
limited to principals. Missing components (sub-group scores) of the
Principal Evaluation will receive a score of zero. Principal
Evaluation Summative Assessment Conferences have been changed to
August 31 st annually. Educator Evaluations - Continued
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Evaluation training will be offered again in July in
conjunction with the MASS Summer Conference. Registration forms are
online. The training offered in July will be recorded and available
to anyone on our website later in July. Student Learning Objective
(SLO) will begin soon. Principal webinars are scheduled for June 20
and June 23 rd. Registration is available on our website. Please
sign up for educator and principal evaluation updates on our
website. Evaluation Training
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Educator rosters were loaded into the Superintendents district
SharePoint folder. For ease, the educator identification numbers
were pre- populated. The scores for each of the standards should be
loaded onto the excel spreadsheet and posted back into the
SharePoint folder. We will import the evaluation information into
ELMS at the end of June. M-STAR is not optional but a requirement
of the states ESEA waiver. 2013-2014 Evaluation Scores Import
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Recent Attorney Generals Opinion regarding National Board
Supplements and the CALT supplement Teach MS Institute Salary
placements Reading endorsement for Elementary Educators Beginning
Sept. 2016 Critical Teacher Shortage Scholarship will phase out
next year and replaced with MS Teacher Fellows program Expert
license applications If applicant is not an expert, please dont
request the license. Miscellaneous
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Cerissa Neal, Bureau Manager, Office of Educator Quality
601-359-3631 or [email protected]@mde.k12.ms.us Amy Daniel,
Office Director, Educator Misconduct 601-359-3483 or
[email protected]@mde.k12.ms.us David Cook, ELMS
Administrator 601-359-3483 or
[email protected]@mde.k12.ms.us Tarance Hart, Director,
Educator Evaluations 601-359-3631 or
[email protected]@mde.k12.ms.us Lisa White, Educator in
Residence, Principal Evaluations 601-359-3631 or
[email protected]@mde.k12.ms.us Contact Information