The Epiphany Learning PGP has early adopters that are using the platform to
support educator effectiveness, including the Norris Academy, a progressive 6 - 12 district in Wisconsin that opted to use the Epiphany Learning PGP over a leading provider of educator professional growth.
To focus improvement efforts on the need of students, the association is also recommending a well - rounded approach to education that supports the whole child, safe and effective conditions for learning, and ongoing professional development to
support educator effectiveness.
• End federally mandated educator evaluations (imposed by NCLB waivers) and
support educator effectiveness with more options for professional development.
Not exact matches
The program will provide close to $ 400 million to
support locally developed plans to personalize and deepen student learning, directly improve student achievement and
educator effectiveness, close achievement gaps, and prepare every student for success in college and careers.
So a federal incentive grant for districts to adopt better practices related to
educator effectiveness is fine by me... as long as the program's features
support state laws.
Without providing
educators with
support to improve their practice, however, the ultimate goal of increased
educator effectiveness will be difficult to meet.
Throughout her 40 - year career in education, she has been a classroom practitioner, at the elementary level, Coordinator of Mentoring and Induction, chaired the New Jersey Professional Teaching Standards Board, and worked at the Department of Education to
support teachers and leaders in the implementation phase of new teacher induction, professional learning and
educator effectiveness.
Colorado lists «professional development» as a necessary
support to its
educator -
effectiveness system, and the District of Columbia includes
educator evaluation and professional development and
supports on its webpage titled «Ensuring Teacher Success.»
IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and
educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and
support systems to recruit, prepare, develop,
support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased
educator capacity and
effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent
educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50
By providing
educators with performance - based compensation, including robust career ladder opportunities and a range of related
educator supports — such as peer - to - peer coaching and job - embedded professional development — the TIF program aims to improve student outcomes by increasing
educators»
effectiveness.
As I like to say, this is not a recipe, it is a framework that
supports transforming professional learning that improves
educator effectiveness and learning for ALL students.
Engaging Schools works with school and program leaders and
educators to
support students in developing and strengthening social - emotional learning competencies and qualities of character that increase interpersonal
effectiveness, reduce aggressive and antisocial behavior and intolerance, and enhance academic achievement.
Galileo provides
educators with continuous efficiency and
effectiveness data in
support of enhanced student learning.
Actionable Galileo reports
support educators in maximizing instructional
effectiveness to elevate student learning.
Basis Policy Research and ATI have built a partnership
supporting the fair evaluation of
educator effectiveness by implementing mathematical models that include multiple measures of student growth and which evaluate
educator effectiveness using techniques that take into account a variety of factors that may impact student learning but over which the teacher has no influence.
After watching this video, read more about the why transition matters, the
effectiveness of WEB as the structure you need to
support your incoming 6th graders and what
educators are saying about WEB and the success it has created in their schools.
The Student Performance and Improvement team provides schools with unparalleled levels of service to ensure that the district effectively and efficiently implements continuous improvement systems that
support, measure, and inform the district's work in the areas of teaching and learning, professional development, and
educator effectiveness.
The Student
Support Team Association for Georgia
Educators provides leadership through collaboration, learning, and advocacy to enhance
educator effectiveness and student success.
Furthermore, the new
educator effectiveness system that was overwhelmingly
supported and is just now starting to go into effect, could be crippled by the DougCo bill.
Create a perpetual teaching license (except in cases of misconduct) and continue
support for a robust
educator effectiveness system that provides schools and teachers with regular performance data.
Introduced and passed comprehensive new laws addressing
educator effectiveness to ensure Maine's
educators are evaluated regularly, given the training and
support they need to improve, and are held accountable for student achievement and growth.
AACTE's more than 800 member institutions are dedicated to high - quality preparation that ensures the
effectiveness, diversity, and readiness of professional
educators,
supporting the priorities of the American public surveyed in the 47th annual PDK / Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.
The report has three sections: 1) Setting the Context, which discusses the need for effective systems of evaluation and
support for school leaders; 2) Sharing Key Lessons Learned, which highlights how states and districts can work together to agree upon and communicate expectations for school leaders and implement standards - based systems of leadership
support and evaluation, thereby increasing teacher
effectiveness and improving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and
supporting effective
educators.
We also applaud Congress for maintaining the Title II funding that
supports the professional development of
educators and rejecting the administration's efforts to eliminate the only funding dedicated to enhance the
effectiveness of teachers and school leaders.
While no tool of this kind is perfect, it provides important signals to
educators about where students are doing well and where they need more
support, and to families about the
effectiveness of schools.
District administrators ensure that labor contracts
support, not detract, from a good working environment by enabling principals to make critical personnel decisions based on
educator effectiveness and other school contextual factors.
As a system,
educators are able to identify students who are struggling (academic and behavior), diagnose the best course of
support (targeted intervention and instruction) and measure their
effectiveness with the student.
A new report (PDF) from the Congressional Research Service, Congress's nonpartisan investigative arm, explores these changes in six areas: accountability for student achievement; distribution of Title I grants; fiscal accountability;
educator quality, equity, and
effectiveness; grants to
support teachers and school leaders; and targeted
support versus block grants.
Tennessee's new multiple - measures teacher and principal
effectiveness evaluation system will enhance our current ability to identify performance levels of
educators and be a much more strategic tool for
supporting them.
In an online letter to members, Association of California School Administrators executive director Wes Smith hints that his organization will be lobbying for a legislative solution in the current session, saying ACSA is committed to working on a meaningful «
educator effectiveness» bill — so named, he points out, because principals and superintendents have a responsibility to
support teachers in delivering a high - quality education for all students.
This work includes assisting states and their statewide systems of
support in the areas of teacher quality and
effectiveness, college career and readiness,
educator preparation, and technology - based instructional resources for teachers.
Understanding how individuals and organizations respond to change and how various personal, cognitive, and work environment factors affect those experiencing change gives those leading, facilitating, or participating in professional learning the ability to differentiate
support, tap
educators» strengths and talents, and increase
educator effectiveness and student learning.
enhancing
educator effectiveness (e.g., world language courses for those working with students for whom English is a second language, or coursework that
supports understanding and use of data).
SREB
supported the development and implementation of Oklahoma's
educator effectiveness strategy by funding leadership development trainings and the convening of five regional advisory groups.
Findings will provide direction for school violence prevention and intervention efforts, with the greater goal of enhancing the
effectiveness of
educator support and school protection policies.
BetterLesson's Try - Measure - Learn methodology
supports educators to try new strategies, measure their
effectiveness, and learn from the results through inquiry - based coaching sessions and asynchronous feedback loops.
Implementation: Professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains
support for implementation of professional learning for long - term change.
The system
supports an array of assessment, instruction,
educator effectiveness, and reporting tools
supporting both the integration of Common Core State Standards and the fulfillment of
educator effectiveness responsibilities.
In that role she was responsible for
supporting the implementation of
educator effectiveness systems including partnership
support, external school reviews, grant writing and coordination, instructional design and authoring, management of training and resource portals, development of online professional development modules, and development of a core training curriculum for national implementation.
Implemented in districts nationwide, the
Supporting Teacher
Effectiveness Project (STEP) framework guides
educators in identifying the bright spots — assets — that can be leveraged and scaled toward greater improvement and replication.
Educator to
Educator feedback on teaching and learning is an effective tool for increasing
educator effectiveness, for both the peer
educator and observed
educator, and
supports educator leadership through the identification of peer
educators.
It is «evaluating and
supporting teacher and principal
effectiveness» with a process that includes
educator input.
The state has also endorsed the use of performance assessments by providing
support to schools as they develop assessments for use in determining
educator effectiveness and by helping teachers integrate performance assessments into sample curriculum units spanning all grade levels and subjects.
Developing Leaders — Each month, IDRA works with more than 10,000 parents,
educators, principals and school board members to expand educational leadership and
effectiveness, and to increase community and institutional
support for quality teaching.
Leadership: Professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results for all students requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create
support systems for professional learning.
Implementation: Professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results for all students applies research on change and sustains
support for implementation of professional learning for long term change.
NWCC and ODE also collaborated with other partners to develop an
educator effectiveness system that
supports pre-K — 20
educators across their careers.
To achieve this goal, PARCC will develop «assessments to help
educators improve teacher, school, and system
effectiveness by providing a wider variety of data that is useful for the purposes of analyzing
effectiveness, calibrating interventions, holding school professionals accountable for student outcomes,
supporting strategic management of human resources, and identifying mid-year professional development and
support needs for
educators.
WEAC provides extensive professional resources for its members, including
support for implementing the Educator
Effectiveness project in your local, providing quality courses through the WEA Academy, and compiling notices of upcoming events, professional development opportunities and new classroom resources in our
Educators» Bulletin Board.
These fellowships are designed to strengthen the principal pipeline and build principals»
effectiveness in
supporting implementation of curriculum standards and
supporting administrators» efficacy in the
educator evaluation standards of effective administrative leadership.