The SCPS Professional Growth System

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