CHeck out BPS' Own Carla Zils' Huffington Post reflections on Evaluations
Preparing for Summative Evaluations
Summative evaluations for all educators on 1-year plans are due May 15, 2013. Below are some tools that can help educators and evaluators prepare.
Educators can use this worksheet to summarize progress made over the course of the evaluation cycle toward student learning and professional practice goals. This summary could be submitted as an artifact.
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Evaluators can use this document to organize the evidence that they have available to inform the summative evaluation.
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Evaluators can use this template to draft summative evaluations.
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take the office of educator effectiveness survey!
Educators, the Office of Educator Effectiveness needs your help! We are conducting a brief 20-question survey about the new evaluation process and EDFS and want your feedback to help us make it better for you. Plus, you can win gift cards and a breakfast delivered to your school for completing it! Please click the appropriate link below:
Teachers - http://bit.ly/bpsteachers
Principals and Headmasters - http://bit.ly/bpsHMPs
Non-principal evaluators - http://bit.ly/bpsevals
Your feedback is very valuable – thank you for your time!
The deadline for completing the survey is Friday, April 26th.
Teachers - http://bit.ly/bpsteachers
Principals and Headmasters - http://bit.ly/bpsHMPs
Non-principal evaluators - http://bit.ly/bpsevals
Your feedback is very valuable – thank you for your time!
The deadline for completing the survey is Friday, April 26th.
Superintendent share may 6, 2013
Last year, over 300 teachers weighed in on PD, teacher leadership, and special education during the Superintendent + Teacher Share Series -- and the district is implementing recommendations you made.
Join Teach Plus and Superintendent Carol Johnson Monday, May 6th as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with a discussion about supporting teachers on the Common Core/MA Curriculum Frameworks and evaluation. Dr. Johnson and fellow district leaders are eager to hear from you.
Click here to RSVP
Location:
City Year
287 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(Nearest T stop: Back Bay Station)
Free parking available for teachers at the 100 Clarendon Garage
4:15pm Registration
4:30-5:00pm Networking Reception
5:00-6:30pm Program
The Superintendent + Teacher Share event is co-sponsored by Boston Public Schools and Teach Plus.
Join Teach Plus and Superintendent Carol Johnson Monday, May 6th as we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with a discussion about supporting teachers on the Common Core/MA Curriculum Frameworks and evaluation. Dr. Johnson and fellow district leaders are eager to hear from you.
Click here to RSVP
Location:
City Year
287 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(Nearest T stop: Back Bay Station)
Free parking available for teachers at the 100 Clarendon Garage
4:15pm Registration
4:30-5:00pm Networking Reception
5:00-6:30pm Program
The Superintendent + Teacher Share event is co-sponsored by Boston Public Schools and Teach Plus.
Leadership and Mentoring Opportunities for BPS School Leaders
The Office of Educator Effectiveness seeks to identify BPS's most reflective, effective principals and headmasters to help develop the skills of the next generation of BPS school leaders. OEE is please to offer three different oppotunities for current Boston principals and headmasters to mentor aspiring and early-career school leaders. These opportunities also involve participation in professional development in order to build skills in identifying strengths and areas for growth of the new school leaders, feedback conversations, etc. If you have questions about any of the these programs, please contact Ross Wilson. To apply, complete this brief application form.
NEw SChool Leadership PReparation Programs in the BPS
The Office of Educator Effectiveness is excited to announce two new programs to prepare educators to be principals / headmasters in Boston. For questions about either of them, please contact Ross Wilson, Assistant Superintendent of Educator Effectiveness,[email protected], or 617-635-6976.
THE ASPIRING PRINCIPALS PROGRAM:
FOR EDUCATORS WHO ALREADY HAVE THEIR PRINCIPAL LICENSE AND WANT TO BE PRINCIPALS / HEADMASTERS DURING SY 2013-2014
Learn content and skills specific to becoming a principal during seven after-school seminars, engaging with district and school leaders through the lens of the new Standards for Effective Leadership. Sessions in spring 2013 will include panel discussions, group problem-solving activities, and a school site visit. The outcome of this program is the development of a portfolio used to demonstrate proficiency in the four standards; these work samples will help prepare candidates for interviews for principal/headmaster positions in BPS. This program has a capacity of 25 participants. Apply here. For more information, please see the flyer.
THE BPS-LYNCH PRINCIPAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM:
FOR EDUCATORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN AN INTENSIVE YEAR-LONG FELLOWSHIP TO PREPARE THEM TO BE PRINCIPALS / HEADMASTERS FOR SY 2014-2015
This joint effort between the Boston Public Schools and Boston College's Lynch Leadership Academy is an innovative year-long fellowship that is an intensive, district-based principal training and certification program. This program provides Fellows with a salary for one year, residency in a high-quality school, mentoring by a highly-effective principal, and professional development led by national experts in both the education and business sectors. This program has a capacity of 5 participants. Apply here by March 26th, 2013 and download a flyer here.
IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES
On June 28, 2011, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education approved new regulations governing the evaluation of educators. Boston Public Schools' adoption of the new regulations will allow the district to fulfill the BPS theory of action:
If the district delivers effective instruction that is both rigorous and relevant and develops the infrastructure necessary to increase the knowledge and skills to support and implement that instruction, then instructional practices will improve in every school and the quality of student work will increase.
BPS' approach for Supporting Effective Teaching focuses on identifying and supporting highly effective instruction across the district and developing teams of highly effective teachers in every school. These activities support the achievement of the targets of the district's strategic plan, the Acceleration Agenda. Over time, the system for Supporting Effective Teaching will help BPS further develop and refine its definition of effective teaching by learning from those teachers and practices that yield the greatest improvement for students.
This webpage is a resource to help the public to engage in our work to improve teaching practice: the conversations that must occur in between and among teachers, evaluators, and families about what effective teaching is, and how we can work to support it across the city of Boston.
If the district delivers effective instruction that is both rigorous and relevant and develops the infrastructure necessary to increase the knowledge and skills to support and implement that instruction, then instructional practices will improve in every school and the quality of student work will increase.
BPS' approach for Supporting Effective Teaching focuses on identifying and supporting highly effective instruction across the district and developing teams of highly effective teachers in every school. These activities support the achievement of the targets of the district's strategic plan, the Acceleration Agenda. Over time, the system for Supporting Effective Teaching will help BPS further develop and refine its definition of effective teaching by learning from those teachers and practices that yield the greatest improvement for students.
This webpage is a resource to help the public to engage in our work to improve teaching practice: the conversations that must occur in between and among teachers, evaluators, and families about what effective teaching is, and how we can work to support it across the city of Boston.
Boston Public Schools Academic Priorities
The Boston Public Schools have identified elements within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Rubric of Effective Teaching and the Rubric of Effective Administrative Leadership Practice which support the district's academic priorities:
District Priority |
Element of teacher rubric |
Element of admin rubric |
Professional Growth and Evaluation |
Goal Setting (IV-A-2) |
Educator Goals (I-D-1 ) Observation & Feedback (I-D-2) |
Using Data to Differentiate Instruction |
Adjustments to Practice (I-B-2) Access to Knowledge (II-D-3) |
Adjustments to Practice (I-C-2) Diverse Learners’ Needs (I-B-3) |
Increasing Academic Rigor |
Well-Structured Lessons (I-A-4) |
Lesson Development Support (I-A-2) |
Engaging Families, Community and Partners |
Parent/Family Engagement (III-A-1) Two-Way Communication (III-C-1) |
Parent/Family Engagement (III-A-1) Two-Way Communication (III-C-1) |
For more information about the Boston Public Schools, visit http://www.bostonpublicschools.org