Measuring Educator Effectiveness for Music Teachers

1. Measuring Educator Effectiveness for Music Teachers A PennsylvaniaPerspective Created by O David Deitz for 2012-2013 PMEA Mentoring Program Webinar Series

2. (there are still a lot of questions to be asked and answered!) ?

3. Big Idea: • An effective teacher in every classroom.

4. House Bill 1901 • (B) FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES AND TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL • EMPLOYES WHO SERVE AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY: • (1) BEGINNING IN THE 2013-201 4 SCHOOL YEAR, THE EVALUATIO N • OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES AND TEMPORARY • PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYES SERVING AS CLASSROOM TEACHERS SHALL GIVE • DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE FOLLOWING: • (I) CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE MODELS THAT ARE • RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS: • (A) PLANNING AND PREPARATION. • (B) CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT. • (C) INSTRUCTION. • (D) PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. • (II) STUDENT PERFORMANCE, WHICH SHALL COMPRISE FIFTY PER • CENTUM (50%) OF THE OVERALL RATING OF THE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE • OR TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYE SERVING AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER • AND SHALL BE BASED UPON MULTIPLE MEASURES OF • STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. Race to the Top

7. Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching Four Domains 22 Components 50% Observation/Evidence Danielson Framework Domains • Planning and Preparation • Classroom Environment • Instruction • Professional Responsibilities

8. Domain Focus— Adapted from Danielson’s Framework for Teaching Planning and Preparation Professional Responsibilities Classroom Environment Instruction Professional responsibilities and behavior in and out of the classroom. What a teacher knows and does in preparation for teaching. All aspects of teaching that lead to a culture for learning in the classroom. What a teacher does to engage students in learning. 8

9. Multiple Measures of Teacher Effectiveness – Observation/Evidence and the Danielson Framework • Classroom observations by Principal/supervisor, including evidence that demonstrates behaviors associated with improving student achievement: • Planning and preparation, including selecting standards-based lesson goals and designing effective instruction and assessment; • Classroom environment, including establishing a culture for learning and appropriate classroom management techniques that maximize instructional time; • Instruction, including the use of research-based strategies which engage students in meaningful learning and utilize assessment results to make decisions abut student needs; and • Professional responsibilities, including using systems for managing student data and communicating with student families

10. The Framework for Teaching The Framework for Teaching Charlotte Danielson 10

11. Danielson Framework, Domain 3: Instruction

12. Building Level Data • Building Level Data • PSSA Achievement • PVAAS Growth • Graduation Rate • Promotion Rate • Attendance Rate • AP Course Participation • SAT/PSAT 15 % Building Level Data PSSA Achievement PVAAS Growth Graduation Rate Promotion Rate Attendance Rate AP Course Participation SAT/PSAT

13. Teacher Specific/Elective Data Teacher Specific Data PSSA Achievement PVAAS Growth IEP Growth Locally Developed District Rubrics 15% Elective Data/SLOs District Designed Measures and Examinations Nationally Recognized Standardized Tests Industry Certification Examinations Student Projects Pursuant to Local Requirements Student Portfolios Pursuant to Local Requirements 20% For MUSIC: Elective 35%

14. What are some ways to develop evidence of student achievement in non-tested grades and subjects?

15. Student Learning Objectives Three Approaches to the Challenge • Other Assessments • Measures of Collective Performance

16. Measures of Collective Performance • School-wide growth measures (like the PA Report Card) • Standardized assessments used to measure the performance of groups of teachers (like program evaluation)

18. Student Learning Objectives • Content- and grade/course-specific measurable learning objectives that can be used to document student learning over a defined period of time • Can be written to measure growth or mastery

19. Student Learning Objectives • NY, IN, MA, GA, UT, RI, NH, New Haven CT, Austin TX What are other states/schools using for non-tested grades and subjects? • Other Assessments • FL, DE, Pittsburgh PA • Measures of Collective Performance • KY, Pittsburgh PA

20. What is PA planning to do? Student Learning Objectives with Model Assessments

21. Why this approach? The “other assessment” approach causes narrowing of curriculum and is not financially sustainable. The “measures of collective performance” are already included in the formula (required by Race to the Top) and do not offer NTGS teachers an opportunity to be evaluated on what they actually teach. SLOs that don’t describe the assessment protocol tend to lack a true learning focus.

22. SLO Concepts • Student achievement can be measured in ways that reflect authentic learning of content standards. • Educatoreffectiveness can be measured through use of student achievement measures.

23. Educator Effectiveness: SLO Standards Based Education Measurement of Student Achievement Measurement of Educator Effectiveness www.education.state.pa.us >

24. What knowledge and skills might be needed to develop an SLO?

25. Know and understand the Standards • PA Standards • Common Core Standards • Professional/Technical Standards 2. Assessment Tasks • Authentic to the grade or course • Aligned to Standards 3. Assessment Scoring • Can describe levels of student achievement toward standards based learning objectives

26. THE PA SLO TEMPLATE & PROCESS What it is supposed to be: What it is not supposed to be: More paperwork for teachers that has no meaning or purpose More testing for students A weak substitute for PVAAS or other standardized testing data • A format to inform strong instructional practice and strong student achievement • A way to measure teacher effectiveness based on student achievement • An opportunity for teachers to define, describe and present data on student achievement in the content area that they teach • More paperwork for teachers that has no meaning or purpose • More testing for students • A weak substitute for PVAAS or other standardized testing data

27. PA Educator Challenge Educator Effectiveness: SLO To develop and implement an appropriately rigorous measure of teacher effectiveness based on student achievement in your content area through the use of the PA SLO Template. www.education.state.pa.us >

28. The Approach • Provide a method for teachers to write SLOs. • Provide a method for teachers to design assessments appropriate to the SLO. • Provide piloted and peer-reviewed models on the PDE SAS website. • Provide professional development appropriate to SLO development. The Methodology: AN SLO TEMPLATE

29. Educator Effectiveness: SLO STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVE TEMPLATE A format to provide a measure of teacher effectiveness based on student achievement of content standards, as applicable to the “Elective Data” portion of the Teacher Effectiveness System in Act 82 (HB 1901). www.education.state.pa.us >

30. Looking at the Components of PA’s SLO Template • Teacher Information • Content Area • Student Learning Objective • Data and Targets Used to Establish the SLO • Assessment/Performance Task • Administration of the Assessment/Performance Task • Evidence of Individual Student Achievement • Strategies/Actions to Achieve the SLO • Implementation Timeline Teacher Effectiveness Measure (Rating)

31. …one piece at a time.

36. Statements from this section should be cut and pasted from: PA Standards Common Core Standards Professional/Industry Standards

41. Educator Effectiveness: SLO www.education.state.pa.us >

44. All Classes: IEP and 504 accommodations will be implemented.

45. Most Classes: The assessments can be administered by an equivalent peer. Some Classes: Student use of equipment needed to complete the authentic assessment could be monitored by an equivalent peer, but should probably be monitored by the class instructor (i.e. athletic, career tech, chemistry, biology equipment).