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Overview of Virginia’s Professional Growth System Manual for Teacher Evaluation

The SCPS Professional Growth System (PGS) Manual provides comprehensive guidelines for teacher evaluation in Virginia. It includes documentation logs for performance standards, formal observations, student surveys, and goal-setting practices. The manual emphasizes the importance of gathering data beyond observations to improve instructional practices. It details the evaluation cycle, from formative feedback to summative evaluation, focusing on student progress and SMART goals. The PGS is designed to enhance teacher performance and foster continuous improvement in educational settings.

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Overview of Virginia’s Professional Growth System Manual for Teacher Evaluation

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  1. The SCPS Professional Growth System OVERVIEW OF THE PGS MANUAL 8.20.12

  2. Virginia’s Uniform Performance Standards

  3. Data Collection PGS Manual: page 13

  4. Documentation Logs • Collection of work for each performance standard • The items included provide evaluators with information they likely would not see during an observation • Property of teacher; reviewed by evaluator • For probationary teachers, contains items for a single year • For continuing contract teacher, contains items for a three year period PGS Manual: pages 64-66

  5. Formal Observations and Evaluation Cycle PGS Manual: pages 56-58

  6. Student Surveys • Provide students’ perceptions of how teacher is performing -- direct knowledge of classroom practices • Assist teacher in setting goals for continuous improvement (formative evaluation) • Age considerations for survey • Surveys are anonymous • Actual responses seen only by individual teacher • Survey summary form included in documentation log PGS Manual: pages 69-72, 73

  7. Student Progress Goal Setting and SMART goals • Focus on student results • Explicitly connect teaching and learning • Improve instructional practices and teacher / education specialist performance • Tool for school improvement PGS Manual: pages 53-55, 91-92

  8. Summative Evaluation • Comes at end of evaluation cycle (1 or 3 years) • Four point rating scale ranges from “Exemplary” to “Unacceptable” • Teachers who are rated “Exemplary” on a specific standard would be those that serve as role models or experts in that area of teaching practice and/or serves as teacher leaders in a PLC. In addition, these teachers should demonstrate high student achievement growth. PGS Manual: pages 74-82

  9. Matching Performance Standards & Data Sources

  10. When will SGP’s be used to rate Standard 7?

  11. The SCPS Professional Growth System END

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