District Insight on What We Are Learning SCEE webinar, June 12, 2012 Principal Effectiveness.

District Insight on What We Are Learning

SCEE webinar, June 12, 2012

Principal Effectiveness

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Welcome

Mary Canole

Consultant on Education Leadership, CCSSO Education Workforce Initiative

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Wallace Foundation

Jody Spiro

Director of Education Leadership, The Wallace Foundation

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Leader standards

High-quality

aspiring leader

training programs

Evaluation and on-the-job support

Selective hiring

The “principal” ingredients

Aligned

In support of district reform agenda

District-wide scale

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Teacher

EvaluationLeader

Evaluation

Leader and teacher evaluation

Role of Leader in Teacher Evaluation

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Presenters

Peter Winograd Director, Center for Education Policy,

University of New Mexico

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District Presenters

Tricia McManusDirector of Leadership Development, Hillsborough County Schools, Florida

Rashidah MorganDirector, Leadership Strategy, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina

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Reactors

Michael Dailey, DirectorAdministrative Leadership InstituteKentucky Department of Education

Sydnee Dickson, Teaching and LearningUtah State Office of Education

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Action Research Question

If districts hope to develop effective evaluation systems, then what kind of tools, processes, organizational structures and practices are available that can help principals effectively evaluate teachers and be strong instructional leaders?

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The System Matters!

Compelling Vision Of Evaluation

Stakeholder Collaboration

Organizational Support

Leadership Skills

Instructional Leadership

TimePLC Hierarchy of Evaluation Needs*

Promising Practices, Challenges, and Ways To Overcome Those Challenges Exist At Every Level of The System* With

Apologies And Thanks To Abraham Maslow

Three Main Challenges

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The Lack Of A Compelling Vision Of

Evaluation

The Need For Stronger Leadership Skills

Not Enough Time

Lack of clarity and distrust about the

purposes of evaluation

Some principals do not know what effective instruction looks

like

Principals have large case loads and new evaluations

are time-intensive

How to measure student growth with

validity & reliability in all grades/subjects

Inadequate time paid to instructional leadership

Principal’s time as instructional leaders is

disrupted by management responsibilities and central

office duties.

Lack of alignment between state and district evaluation

frameworks

Implementing new evaluation and common core standards are over-whelming principals

Training for principals on new forms of evaluation is

time-consuming

CCSSO Survey Findings:Strengths of the New System

Builds trust between teachers and leaders Encourages ownership Targets improvement Measures student growth Includes all stakeholders Provides Local control Strong state-level leadership Previous history with teacher evaluation system Provides a focus on effectiveness for each evaluation

standard State-wide implementation Shift from compliance-driven to professional growth model Yearly evaluations for all educators

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CCSSO Survey Findings:Challenges of the New System Weighting student growth How to measure & evaluate non-tested subject areas & teachers Cultural shift in the duties of the principals from managers to

instructional leaders Local control Need for consistency and greater direction Weak correlations between student growth and teacher

evaluation ratings Insufficient training Yearly evaluations for all educators leads to capacity issues Ensuring student growth models are accurate State-wide implementation Need for professional development and the lack of funding Timeline to implement effective evaluation system

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CCSSO Survey Findings

What are your state and your districts doing to help principals deal effectively with the new evaluations?

Training/professional development (face-to-face, online)

Redesign of principal preparation programs

Use of technology to improve efficiency

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CCSSO Survey Findings

Survey results have been positive from educators

Helpful to focus on improving teaching practices

Hesitation about percentage weighting

Need for more research Questions regarding

validity and reliability of student growth measures

Worried about high stakes nature of evaluation based on student growth

Concern that using student growth could undermine collaboration

Need for additional training Time and capacity issues

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What do teachers, principals, and superintendents think about the system?

Questions and/or Comments

Follow-up

Presentation slides from the 2012 SCEE Summit Principal Pipeline sessions are in the Summit pages on the SCEE collaboration site.

Watch the SCEE collaboration site for blogs from today’s presenters over the coming weeks

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Upcoming Webinars

July 10 — Implementing Evaluation Pilots

August 14 — Non-Tested Grades and Subjects

2:00 to 3:00 pm Webinar

3:00 to 3:30 pm Chat

(All times EDT)

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30 Minute Q&A

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Thank you