Online System
The Employee Development & Feedback System (EDFS) is an online platform supporting the new educator performance evaluation system in Boston. The purpose of the EDFS is to serve as a vehicle for educators and administrators to view and record every step of the evaluation process and facilitate communicate with between educator and evaluator about opportunities for development. By housing performance and development information in one place, the district can facilitate more timely feedback and easier access to resources that educators will be able to access consistently throughout and beyond the evaluation cycle.
Requirements
All aspects of educators’ performance evaluation will be stored electronically in the EDFS. This will ensure that documentation of evaluations and feedback is maintained securely and consistently for all educators in the district. These components include:
- Self-assessment
and goal proposal
- Educators must complete their self-assessment of and proposal for at
least one professional practice and one student learning goal (team or
individual) in the EDFS by October 1. Following the
submission of proposed goals, evaluators will approve or return goals to
the educator.
- Action
Steps -
Following the approval of goals, each educator will develop action plans
with the assistance of the evaluator to accomplish their professional
practice and student learning goals. The EDFS will capture specific
action steps for each individual or team goal, supports and resources for
each step, and a timeline or frequency for completing each step.
- Collection
of Artifacts and Observations - Educators and evaluators both are responsible for
the submission of artifacts of practice to the online system. These
artifacts should be robust representations of educators’ proficiency
across the rubric. Evaluators are responsible for inputting evidence
from observation to the system. Feedback on an observation should be
returned to the teacher in five days.
- Formative and Summative Assessment/Evaluation - At the Formative Assessment/Evaluation stage and the Summative Evaluation stage of performance evaluation, the EDFS will capture ratings for educators on each of the four standards and ratings on progress towards achieving professional practice and student learning goals. Educators will also receive an overall rating in the system. Educators will be notified via email when reports are complete, and they will have five days to comment on the content of the evaluation.
- Formative and Summative Assessment/Evaluation - At the Formative Assessment/Evaluation stage and the Summative Evaluation stage of performance evaluation, the EDFS will capture ratings for educators on each of the four standards and ratings on progress towards achieving professional practice and student learning goals. Educators will also receive an overall rating in the system. Educators will be notified via email when reports are complete, and they will have five days to comment on the content of the evaluation.
Best Practices
The EDFS is not intended to replace the need and value of conversations between evaluators, individuals, and teams of teachers. As a result, goal-setting, post-observation, and post-evaluations conversations are still essential to the development of educators, even though the system will facilitate electronic delivery of feedback.
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Web Browser Updates
The EDFS works most smoothly and quickly with the current version of Firefox and Chrome web browsers. Following the directions on the document below will ensure that your web browser is updated to the latest version.
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