Phase II Kick-off Introduction by Commissioner Virginia M. Barry, Ph.D.

Phase II Kick-offPhase II Kick-off

Introduction byCommissionerVirginia M. Barry, Ph.D.

We Know

YouHave

Questions

We Know

YouHave

Questions Here are

someanswers…

Here are someanswers…

What have we been What have we been doing?doing?In the fall of

2010 a group was selected to study the changing national scene focusing on teacher performance and student achievement…

Who was involved?Who was involved?

The Task Force was comprised of approximately 60 representatives from a wide range of stakeholder groups…

Stakeholder GroupsStakeholder Groups Professional

Standards Board Legislators Technical

assistance/research consultants– NECC– REL-NEI

NH DOE

Educators in the field– Teachers– Principals– Superintendent

s Higher Education

– Teacher Prep Programs

Parents School Board

Members

Why?Why? To provide a common definition

of effective teaching for all schools; Identify different teaching frameworks

that are research-based and are critical components to a fair and equitable teaching evaluation process;

Develop a system of preparation, professional development, and continuous advancement of teachers to impact student learning (amended to “develop a framework”); and

Develop a set of recommendations that will lead to a recommended framework focused on teacher effectiveness and student achievement…

How was it done?How was it done?

Meet with experts in the field studying teacher effectiveness and student achievement.

Review the research literature in detail to determine the validity of studies and identify how other states are viewing teacher effectiveness.

Build consensus through stakeholder participation. Develop a New Hampshire Blueprint for identifying

the critical elements of effective teaching. Identify teacher effectiveness and evaluation

models from NH schools and districts that can be replicated.

Utilize national experts and technical assistance providers in strategic and focused ways…

Strategies

Standards and Competencies for Students and

Teachers P-K-16

STATE AND LOCAL

LEADERSHIP AND

GOVERNANCEEnabling Policies

Assessment Systems

Internal Collaborative Cultures

External Partnerships

TeacherPrepara

tion

Induction-

with-Mentor

ing

Professional

Development

Teacher

Evaluation

New New Hampshire Hampshire Blueprint Blueprint for for Effective Effective TeachingTeaching

What was What was the the outcome?outcome?

PILOT PHASE(Framework for

Teachers)

Process Bi-monthly meetings — November 2010 -

May 2011. Sub-committee work in four key areas:– Teacher preparation,– Induction/mentoring,– Professional development, and– Teacher evaluation.

Task Force planning team tracked progress and designed meeting agendas.

How was it planned?How was it planned?

What was done?What was done? NH “models of practice”

in the area of teacher effectiveness

Research on teacher effectiveness and teacher evaluation — REL-NEI, NECC, AACC, TQ Center

National experts — Laura Goe, Charlotte Danielson, Stanley Rabinowitz

What’s in place?What’s in place?Current Status:Effective Teaching definedRecommendations and Questions to consider developed in concert with the “Blueprint”Draft report developedReviewed by the National Teacher Quality CenterReport finalized.Phase II team formedDistribution to New Hampshire Educators (October 7, 2011)

New Hampshire New Hampshire StrategiesStrategies

Pilot Program with SIG schools

Non-SIG school participation

Research methodology developed

Connect teacher effectiveness system to new Accountability System

Work with Accountability Task Force to Identify measures schools are using to measure student growth

Connect student growth to “Growth Model”

Continue identifying effective teacher evaluation strategies in N.H.

Phase II – that’s Phase II – that’s you.you. Task Force Members led

by the State Consortium on Education Effectiveness (SCEE) group and the Task Force Planning Committee

Additional input from Leader Effectiveness Task

Force Accountability Task Force Council for Teacher

Education Professional Standards

Board Institutes of Higher

Education Group Learning Forward Professional Development

Centers Next Generation Learning NH ASCD Data Modeling Group DOE

Further Refinement ofStudent Measures

Implementationof Pilot

Monthly Task ForceWork Sessions

Phase IIPhase IIChallengesChallenges

Professional Development and

Training of Teachers and Evaluators

NH S.I.G. SchoolsOther Districts

NH Task ForceOn Effective Teaching

CHARGE:Pilot NH Blueprint

For Effective Teaching

2011

CHARGE:Identify Student

Measuresof Teaching

Effectiveness

2012

From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editorChapter 8: Measuring Instruction for Teacher Learningby Mary Kay Stein and Lindsay Clare Matsumura

From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editorChapter 7: Mapping the Terrain of Teacher Quality by Arturo Pacheco

From “Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality, Drew H. Gitomer, editorChapter 6: Approximations of Teacher Quality and Effectivenessby Mitchell D. Chester and Susan Tave Zelman

An Example: