Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative Colleen Miller, Director of Development, WSSDA Larry Nyland, Consultant, WSSDA WASA Superintendent’s Conference

Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative Colleen Miller, Director of Development, WSSDALarry Nyland, Consultant, WSSDA

WASA Superintendent’s ConferenceMay 6, 2014

Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative

INVEST IN OUR FUTURE THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION

Session outcomes

• Why a new superintendent evaluation?

• Why superintendent evaluation matters

• Five evaluation pilots

• Tools you can use


Turn and Talk

• How has the superintendent’s role

changed?

• Why might a new superintendent

evaluation be needed?


Why this work ?

• Initially a response to legislators/TPEP

• Then a research effort

• WSSDA Board Oversight

• Steering Committee (WSSDA, WASA, & Partners)

• 26 Pilot districts … over the last 1-2 years


Steering Committee

Harry Frost, WSSDA

Colleen Miller, WSSDA

Dr. Flip Herndon

Dr. Bill Keim

Pam Lesesne

Mari Taylor

Dr. Gil Mendoza

Coleen Pataansuu

Dr. Tom Rockefeller

Dr. Paul Sturm

Alex Ybarra

Dr. Mark Mansell


Changing Role of the Superintendent

From: Buses, Budgets and Buildings

To: Instructional Focus based on …

AYP, NCLB, AMOs, TPEP, Smarter Balance, Common Core, Student Growth Percentiles, Student Growth Measures


Characteristics of Effective Districts

• Collaborative goal setting

• Board alignment with goals

• Non-negotiable: Achievement and Instruction

• Monitoring achievement and instruction goals

• Allocating resources for achievement & instruction- Marzano and Waters


Growing Greatness

• Excellent teachers = 20 points

• Excellent principal = 13 points

• Superintendent = 7 points– Marzano and Waters


Growing Instructional Leadership

• Shared vision of instructional leadership

• Developing instructional leaders

• Systems that support instructional leaders– Max Silverman, UW CEL


WSSDA Board Standards• Responsible school district governance• Clear goals and plans to meet those

expectations

• Create district-wide for student and staff success

• Hold district accountable for meeting student learning expectations

• Engage local community …


PPil

Pilot 1 Pilot 2Pilots 4 & 5

Pilot 3

Five WSSDA Evaluation Pilots

Rubrics Goals

360 Feedback


Pilot One – Standards-Based

• Six research standards from PESBProfessional Education Standards Board

• Based on ISLLC standards Inter-State Leaders Licensure Consortium

• Research based indicators

• Developed by Gary Cohn, Gene Sharratt, and Larry Lashaway

• Piloted in ESD 189


Pilot Two – Outcomes-Based

• Focuses on goals and outcomes …

not rubrics

• More of a “district” evaluation

• A year-long-conversation …

not once-a-year

• Piloted by Policy Governance districts


Pilot 3 – 360 Evaluation

• A Race To The Top requirement

• Each district is developing their own

• Could be an add on to the other four pilots

• Piloted by RTTT Road Map Consortium


Seattle: Board and Superintendent

• Standards, indicators & 4 tiered rubric

• Board evaluation

• Superintendent evaluation

• Alignment across the system


Pilot 4 – Five-Step Process

1. Standards – Self evaluation:

Based on four Massachusetts standards

2. Goal development - Work plan

3. Work plan implementation

4. Mid-year review

5. End of year review

• Piloted in SW Washington


Pilot 5 – Continuous Improvement

• Job description – Based on Washington PESB standards

• Goals – Develop annual objectives• Formative mid-year review• Summative end-of-year review

• Piloted in Eastern Washington


Current Pilot DistrictsPilot 1

Standards Pilot 2

OutcomePilot 3 Pilot 4

5-StepPilot 5

Continuous Improvement

Coupeville Bellingham Seattle Centralia Deer Park

Everett Bethel Evergreen Pullman

Granite Falls University Place Griffin Quincy

Lynden Kelso Reardan

Meridian Ridgefield Riverside

Orcas Island Soap Lake

San Juan Island Sunnyside

Sedro Woolley

Snohomish

Sultan


Explore Pilots and Handbooks

WSSDA website:

http://www.wssda.org/Resources/WASuperintendentEvaluationInitiative.aspx


Turn and Talk

• What sounds interesting?

• What questions do you have?


Hands-on with Pilot 5: ContinuousImprovement


Pages 11-16Pilot 5

Step 1: Job Description


PESB Superintendent Standards

• Visionary Leadership

• Instructional Leadership

• Effective Management

• Inclusive Practice

• Ethical Leadership

• Socio-Political Context

How many of these are included in your current job description?


Appendix A


Pages 17-19Pilot 5

Step 2: Goal Setting


Appendix A


Goal Sample

FOCUSED, ANNUAL DISTRICT OBJECTIVES

EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS

OUTCOMES

• Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) collaborate on improving instruction and student learning results

• “Focused” evaluations on developing shared goals

• Consistent processes for reviewing assessments.

• Common formative assessments K -12.

• Collection of assessment data for each grade


Goals Aligning to the Rubric


Goal Setting• 1000s of studies on goal setting• Goals with feedback improve performance• Base goals on “Leading Indicators”

– 3rd Grade reading– 8th Grade algebra

• Early warnings– Attendance– Behavior


Long Term Goals Move…

FROM Random Activities

TO Coordinated Efforts


Step 3: Goal Review

Pages 21-25Pilot 5


Step 4: Rubric and Goals




Holistic or Goal Focused Process


Turn and Talk

• Which ideas resonate?

• What questions do you have?


Status of the Initiative


Feedback from Districts

• More training on ratings, evidence and goals

• Regular follow-up during the year

• Sharing with other districts

• Streamline the process

• Help with the summative process

• “Good conversations” … “Way too much time”


Spring – Summer 2014

• Survey of all current pilots

• Review with the Steering Committee

• Revisions based on Steering Committee feedback

• Present plan to the WSSDA board

• Provide coaching for existing/new pilots


Take-Aways

Use the new PESB Supt Standards to:

– Review and update job descriptions

– Add / revise long term achievement goals

– Update your superintendent evaluation


For More Information

• Colleen Miller at WSSDA [email protected]

• Dr. Gary Cohn, Everett, Pilot [email protected]

• Dr. Rick Maloney, Highline, Pilot [email protected]

• Dr. Larry [email protected]

For more information, contact Colleen Miller @ WSSDAOR find more information on the WSSDA web site.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

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Washington Superintendent Evaluation Initiative Colleen Miller, Director of Development, WSSDA Larry Nyland, Consultant, WSSDA WASA Superintendent’s Conference