The Oregon System for Teacher and Administrator Professional Growth and Support System

1. The Oregon System for Teacher and Administrator Professional Growth and Support System Focus on Student Learning and Growth Goals October 2013 1

2. Essential Question: • What is the purpose of an Educator Professional Growth (Evaluation) and Support System? • Individually record your thoughts • Sort/Discuss commonalities • Create a group poster, be ready to share out

3. Your thoughts:

4. The purpose of an evaluation system is to… • Improve instructional, professional and leadership practices informed by standards (CCSS, content, professional practice) • Improve student growth and prepare students for College, Careers and Citizenship • Engage every educator as an active participant in their evaluation • Ensure the process promotes collaboration and continuous learning

5. Intended Outcomes At the end of this session, participants will: • Define the purpose of a professional growth and support system • Identify components of an effective standards-based Student Learning and Growth (SLG) Goal process using the S.M.A.R.T structure • Review and revise S.M.A.R.T SLG Goals • Examine a sample Goal Setting Template

6. Five Components of the Professional Growth Cycle Every educator conducts an assessment of practice against Performance Standards. Continuous Learning Every educator prepares to strategically identify professional practice and student learning goals.

7. Goal Setting • Establish S.M.A.R.T Student Learning and Growth and Professional Practice Goals informed by • Teacher/Administrator standards • Student standards (CCSS, content)

8. Goal Setting • Use Goal Setting Template for planning • Key Strategies • Progress Monitoring/Mid-Year review

9. All Goals Derive from Student Needs and are Developed Collaboratively Teacher Goals Team Goals School Goals

10. All Goals Derive from Student Needs and are Developed Collaboratively Teacher Goals Team Goals Scientific reading and writing Scientific reading and writing School Goals Teaching content literacy

11. Formula for Goal Setting Cycle S.M.A.R.T. Goal Statement + Key Strategies + Progress Monitoring/Mid-Year Review = Strategy Modification

12. Goal Setting Template • http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3904

15. Key Strategies • Identify the strategies you will use to meet your goal and the timeline by which it will be completed • What am I going to try? By when? • What are my students going to do? • How will I know if progress is being made? What is the evidence I will collect? • How will I modify my strategies?

16. Achievement Goals vs. SLG Goals Start with baseline data Includes ALL students regardless of ability level Students can show various levels of growth –students may have individualized finish lines.

17. Goal Sorting Activity • Table Groups will: • Sort the slips into two groups by Achievement Goals and Student Learning and Growth Goals • Discuss reasoning of their group selection

18. Goal Sorting

19. Goal Sorting

20. Goal Sorting

22. Achievement Goals vs. SLG Goals

23. Identifying S.M.A.R.T. SLG Goals • Work with a partner. • Take 4 post-it notes and number from 1 to 4 • Determine if each of the four statements on Handout 2 are S.M.A.R.T. SLG goals or if they need revision and record Yes or No on post-its • On the post-it notes list the part of S.M.A.R.T. that isn’t present in the statement • Place the post-it notes on the chart in the Yes/No column • Take a 15 minute break after making your determinations! 

24. Revising SLG Goals Looking at each of the four statements… • What revisions would need to be made? • Specific? • Measurable? Has an appropriate instrument been selected? • Standards based? • Rigorous but attainable? • Bound by a definitive timeline?

25. Administrator SLG Goal • By the end of the 13-14 school year, the all junior student reading OAKS scores will improve by at least 3% (85 to 88%), all junior student writing scores will improve by at least 3% (64 to 67%), and all junior math student scores will improve by at least 3% (73 to 76%) as measured by OAKS. • Is it a Growth Goal? • Is it S.M.A.R.T.?

26. OAKs Goal for Teacher Team • The students in Algebra I who did not meet or nearly met on the 7th grade OAKS assessment will gain of 5 points on their OAKS testing score by May of 2014. • The students in Algebra I who met on the 7th grade OAKS assessment will gain 3 points on their OAKS testing score by May of 2014. • The students in Algebra I who exceeded on the 7th grade OAKS assessment will gain 2 points on their OAKS testing score by May of 2014.

27. Now It Is Your Turn • Now we will revise an actual goal received from someone in the audience (teacher goal and admin goal) • With a partner, revise the goal to make it a S.M.A.R.T. SLG goal • Share out

28. Apply What You Have Learned • Examine your Student Learning and Growth Goal • See where there are areas for improvement • Modify or create a new goal

29. Intended Outcomes At the end of this session, participants will: • Define the purpose of a professional growth and support system • Identify components of an effective standards-based Student Learning and Growth (SLG) Goal process using the S.M.A.R.T structure • Review and revise S.M.A.R.T SLG Goals • Examine a sample Goal Setting Template

30. Final Thoughts • Take a minute with your team and discuss how you will use this workshop in your school/district • Jot down any lingering questions and we will answer questions during lunch

31. ODE Contacts Educator Effectiveness Team: • Tanya Frisendahl tanya.frisendahl@state.or.us • Sarah Martin sarah.martin@state.or.us • Sarah Phillips sarah.phillips@state.or.us • Brian Putnam brian.putnam@state.or.us • Theresa Richards theresa.richards@state.or.us Common Core State Standards Team: • Nicole Dalton nicole.dalton@state.or.us • Mark Freed mark.freed@state.or.us • Karin Moscon karin.moscon@state.or.us • Kim Patterson kim.patterson@state.or.us