TCRP Teacher Advisory Panel Meeting

TCRP Teacher Advisory Panel Meeting September 2011 Derrick Chau, VP Instruction Diane Fiello, TCRP Coach http://TCRPalliance.wordpress.com/

Agenda • Introductions • Teacher Advisory Panel Objectives and Plan • Into Activity • Review of Alliance TCRP Initiative • Examine Revised Framework for Teacher Effectiveness • Planning for October Teacher Advisory Panel Meeting

Introductions • Find a teacher from another school • Be prepared to share out the following information about the other teacher: • Name • School • Subject/Grade level • Recent favorite book/TV show

Teacher Advisory Panel Purpose • Opportunity to learn more about TCRP • Conduit of information to school staffs • Opportunity to shape TCRP systems • Leadership and growth opportunity • Provide critical feedback from many different perspectives (schools, grades, content areas)

Into Activity • Use post-it notes to write comments/feedback/questions about the following: • What do you know about TCRP? • What do you want to know about TCRP? • Positive experiences of the TCRP teacher evaluation process • Challenging experiences of the TCRP teacher evaluation process

TCRP Overview • Mission to graduate all students—especially low-income and minority students—college-ready • Coalition of four CMOs • Alliance • Aspire Public Schools • Green Dot Public Schools • Partnerships to Uplift Communities • Inner City Education Foundation (ended 2011) • Decision-making is now mostly independent for each CMO DRAFT

TCRP Theoretical Framework • Effective Principals • Support • Evaluate • Effective Teachers • Recruit • Support • Evaluate • Compensate • Increase Student Achievement • Data Systems

TCRP Initiatives • Funding from the Gates Foundation (through 2014) was received for nine specific initiatives: • Teacher Evaluation • Teacher Supports • Teacher Residency • Principal Leadership • Career Path • Differentiated Compensation • CMO Implementation Team • TCRP Hub • Data Systems DRAFT

1. Teacher Evaluation - Overview

Evidence-Based Teacher Evaluation: Multiple Measures of Effectiveness

College Ready Teaching Framework Priorities College-Ready Instruction Cognitive Engagement Constructivism College Success

TCRP Priorities • Constructivism means student construct new knowledge from their experiences and prior understandings. The learner does the learning; for example, through thinking, talking, writing or making. • Cognitive Engagementmeans student give sustained, engaged attention to a task requiring mental effort and that are within the zone of proximal development of the learners • College Readiness means students have the knowledge, skills and attributes to succeed in college (Conley defines as: Key cognitive strategies, Key content, Academic behaviors, or Contextual skills and awareness.)

Levels of Performance and Student Achievement “A year’s worth of growth” 9thgrade 10thgrade 13

Levels of Performance and Student Achievement LEVEL IV LEVEL III LEVEL II LEVEL I 14

Teacher Evaluation Progress to Date

Targeted & Timely Teacher Support Already in Place… Coming Soon… • Professional development aligned to the CRT Framework • Online observation data collection and reporting of performance data • Online, single-sign-on teacher portal with resources and videos to support practice • Teacher leadership pathways to build coaching capacity at every site

2. Teacher Supports Overview • Differentiated professional development systems • Identification of teacher leaders using new evaluation system • Teacher leadership academy development

3. Teacher Residency • Partnership with Loyola Marymount University Center for Math and Science Teaching (CMAST) • Designed with partner, Urban Teacher Residency United (UTRU) • Teacher “residents” spend one year with a “mentor” teacher on-site while earning their preliminary teaching credential and Master’s degree • Focused on mathematics and science teachers • 2010-11 was first year with three residents, 2011-12 has six residents

4. Principal Leadership • Rater training and calibration for teacher evaluation process • Principal training from TCRP Leadership Coaches • Principal residency program • Principal support and evaluation • Based on SGP, teacher effectiveness, 360 degree teacher feedback, accountability metrics, observation/evaluation conferences

5. Career Path (Purpose) • Compensate teachers for effective performance • Includes warning-to-exit processes for underperformers and a mechanism for non-renewal of ineffective teachers • Places highly effective teachers in front of the highest-need students • Attracts highly effective/high-potential teachers because of its transparency and growth opportunities • Supports teachers in increasing their effectiveness through differentiated professional development opportunities

Other new teachers Residency Career Path Description Entry Experienced new teachers (provisional score) Emerging Achieving Highly Effective (Score achieved and maintained) Master Teacher Coach Administrator Ex: Assistant Principal Principal Intern Ex: Mentor (residency) Lab classroom Ex: Curriculum Specialist Director of Instruction

6. Differentiated Compensation • Highly effective teachers will earn more than other teachers and have the potential to earn significantly more upon selection of a leadership career path • Initial differentiated compensation based on individual teacher effectiveness will be in 2013-14 • Draft proposal for differentiated compensation will be completed in 2011-12

7. CMO Implementation Team • 100% FTE TCRP Grant: TCRP Leadership Coaches, Implementation Lead, TCRP Assistant, Tech Lead, Systems Analyst, Database Administrator, Data Analyst • Partial % FTE TCRP Grant: CEO, CAO, Senior Performance Analyst

8. TCRP Hub • Project support • Review of teacher performance measures • Coordinating annual rubric revisions • Seeking technical assistance from vendors • Advocacy and communications • Best practice sharing • Knowledge management • Identifying new, relevant research to apply to TCRP

9. Data Systems • Develop the required technical capabilities to support accurate data collection, infrastructure, and system linkages • Most current data systems are not linked and do not have complete data sets

Data System Overview

Data Systems Description • Evaluation and performance management system • Compensation management • Professional development and learning management system • Instructional support system • Content and document management system • Collaboration platform

Framework for Effective Teaching Domain 1 Data-Driven Planning and Preparation Standard 1.1 Establish standards-based learning objectives for instructional plans Indicators A) Selection of objectives B) Measurability of objectives 4 Domains 17 Standards 38 Indicators, 4 levels of performance

Four Domains of Teacher Effectiveness Relationships & Responsibilities Instructional Practice 4 Professional Responsibilities 1 Data-Driven Planning 2 Learning Environment 3 Instruction

Teacher Evaluation Process Experience • Purpose: To give TCRP Teacher Advisory Panel representatives an opportunity to learn the Framework for Effective Teaching through the lens of an administrator • Read through the Framework • Collect evidence for each domain (today and October) • Rate a teacher using the evidence

Exit Ticket • Please complete the four square session feedback form • Sign out and leave your form next to the sign out sheet

TCRP Teacher Advisory Panel Meeting