Designing Student Learning Objectives Michigan Department of Education Student Learning Objectives Workgroup Great Lakes Comprehensive Center March 25,

Designing Student Learning ObjectivesMichigan Department of EducationStudent Learning Objectives Workgroup

Great Lakes Comprehensive CenterMarch 25, 2015

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MDE RecommendationThe SLO Evaluation Cycle

The SLO Evaluation Cycle

Source: Lachlan-Haché, L., Cushing, E., & Bivona, L. (2012). Student learning objectives as measures of educator effectiveness: The basics. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://educatortalent.org/inc/docs/SLOs_Measures_of_Educator_Effectiveness.pdf

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MDE will: Use the SLO evaluation cycle graphic as the framework for

SLO implementation guidance, incorporating language from the School Improvement (SI) cycle and process.

MDE Recommendation: The SLO Evaluation Cycle

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MDE RecommendationSLO Approaches

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SLO Approaches

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Image adapted from: Lachlan-Haché, L., Matlach, L., Reese, K., Cushing, E., & Mean, M. (2013). Student learning objectives: Early lessons from the Teacher Incentive Fund. Washington, DC: Teacher Incentive Fund Technical Assistance Network.

MDE will: Share the ‘SLO Approaches’ spectrum with local districts. Provide districts with information on the benefits and

challenges of each approach. Recommend a Type 3 approach to SLOs.

MDE Recommendation: SLO Approaches

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MDE RecommendationSLO Template and Checklist

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The SLO Workgroup has developed an SLO template and an SLO checklist that can be used by districts.

Update: SLO Templates

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MDE RecommendationWho Will Write SLOs?

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MDE will: Recommend that teachers, principals, and other certified

staff members write or have input into the writing of SLOs in accordance with state law requiring the use of student growth measures in educator evaluations.

MDE Recommendation: Who Will Write SLOs?

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MDE RecommendationWho Will Review and Approve SLOs?

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MDE will: Recommend that the SLO approval process be

a collaborative effort:

MDE Recommendation: Who Will Review and Approve SLOs?

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The administrator signs-off on the SLO

A teacher or teacher team will draft the SLO.

The building-level SLO team reviews the SLO to ensure that

it meets the criteria outlined the SLO checklist and ties to student achievement in the

Knowledge and Skills

MDE RecommendationWhat Type of SLOs Will Teachers Write?

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Individual

Team with shared accountability

Team with individual accountability

What Type of SLOs WillTeachers Write?

MDE will:

Provide descriptions and examples of each type of SLO.

Recommend that teachers write team SLOs with individual accountability and provide sufficient rationale for this recommendation.

Provide guidance that outlines situations in which the use of a particular type of SLO might be most appropriate.

MDE Recommendation: What Type of SLOs Will Teachers Write?

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MDE RecommendationWhat will be the scope of SLOs?

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MDE will: Provide detailed information about class, course, targeted,

and tiered SLOs, including the strengths and challenges of each type of SLO.

Provide samples of each type of SLO. Recommend that teachers of particular subjects and grade

levels write a specific type of SLO along with the rationale for the recommendation.

What will be the scope of SLOs?

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Questions?

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