2015 READY Fall Principals Meeting

Empowering Environments to GROW – Oh the Places You Will GO!

November 10, 2015 in Asheville

Facilitator:Dr. James C. Ellerbe

Agenda

Introductions

Purpose

360 Degree Feedback Process Initial Support Meeting

The 5 A’s: Acclamation, Appeal, Arrangement, Action and Advisement

Wrap-Up

Introductions

1st – Find a partner and share with them your full name.

2nd – Tell them why your parents gave you your middle name. If you do not, have a middle name, then share with them why you were named your first name.

3rd – Share what you expect to learn from the Empowering Environments to GROW – Oh the Places You Will GO!

Purpose

The 5 A’s for growing teachers toward instructional excellence: The quality of classroom teachers is a crucial component for students' success. To guarantee quality, administrators need to cultivate the educational environment to ensure strong and sustained teacher growth. In this session, principals, administrators and aspiring educational leaders will receive tools to enhance their practice for assuring the best performance from their teachers. Through Acclamation, Appeal, Arrangement, Action and Advisement, educators are equipped to grow and retain their most valuable asset in the educational process – the teacher.

Empowering an Environment to Grow 360 Degree Feedback Process

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

AppealArrange

ment

Action

Advisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES:

• Begin with the End in Mind – Student Achievement!• Ensure teachers understand the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (NCTEP). {Self

Assessment, PDP, SMART goals, Evaluation Timeline, etc.} • Support teachers by outlining your expectations for teaching and learning. {Hire and Retain Like-Minded Teachers who Align with you.}• Find out what are the teacher’s expectations for teaching and learning. {Coach teachers to set standards with equity in mind. For example, grading practices.}• Ensure the curriculum, instructional design and assessments practices align to support teacher

effectiveness and student learning. {Be Involved.} • Analyze data to develop and implement targeted professional learning. {Design PLCs with specific tasks and like courses/classes/teams.} • Ask questions to provoke critical thinking skills. {Have all needed materials available and ready.} • Identify and develop resources for continuous educator growth and improvement. {No Overnight Wonders.}

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES:

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Initial Support Meeting STRATEGIES:

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

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ObservationDate

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Principal Pre-Conference Date

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Assistant Principal #1

BT1 Finch, Jean Career Butler, Rhett

BT1 Prior, Tris Career Carraway, Nick

BT1 Radley, Arthur Career Clark, John

BT2 Cage, Penn Career Cross, Alex

BT2 Everdeen, Katniss Career Duncan, Eve

BT2 Granger, Hermione Career Gatsby, Jay

Lateral Entry Effie, Trinket Career Langdon, Robert

Lateral Entry Williams, Abigail

Career Scarpetta, Kay

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Assistant Principal #2 Pre-Conference Date

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Post-ConferenceDate

Peer Observer

Career Proctor, John BT4 Brigance, Jake

Career Prynne, Hester BT4 Chillingsworth, R

Career Rigsbee, Mattie BT4 Potter, Harry

Career Spade, Sam

BT3 Clark, Abilieen

BT3 Ryan, Jack

2015 – 2016 North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (NCTEP) for Bonniesville High SchoolRound #1 [ September 4 – October 12]

Acclamation STRATEGIES:

• What are 3 notable things about my teacher? List and Rehearse them.• Use data to back up your acclamation. For example, student surveys,

growth/proficiency increases on common assessments, etc.• Leave a note during the classroom walkthrough process.• Video and share expected teaching and learning outcomes with the

staff. • Allow opportunities for the teacher to share and practice with

colleagues.• Organize and showcase a celebratory program.

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Acclamation STRATEGIES:

• Now it’s your turn, share with a partner ways you show acclamation with a teacher one-on-one and as a whole.

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Appeal STRATEGIES:

• Identify and use data sources that appeal to a teacher’s need to grow.

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

DISTRICT PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE 76%

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE 36.50%

SCHOOL EVAAS GROWTH STATUS Not Met

Status Teacher Content AreaPercent

Proficient Teacher Effectiveness

NCTEP Summary

RatingAction Status (PDP/Return) College Attended Highest Degree

EVAAS

English II

Career Carraway, Nick English II 8.0% Meets Expected Growth Accomplished Individual PDP Clemson, UNCW Bachelors

Certified Probationary ( 2 of 4 BT) Cage, Penn English II 65.7% Exceeds Expected Growth Proficient Individual PDP University of Phoenix Masters

Math I

Lateral Entry Williams, Abigail Math I 16.5% Meets Expected Growth Proficient ResignationSt. Paul's College, Virginia State University Bachelors

Career Cross, Alex Math I 40.1% Does Not Meet Expected Growth Accompliahed Monitored PDP NC A&T Bachelors

Biology

Career Scarpetta, Kay Biology 45.1% Meets Expected Growth Proficient Individual PDP North Carolina Central Bachelors

Bonniesville High School 2013-2014 Performance Data Sheet

Arrangement STRATEGIES:

• Ensure alignment of the curriculum, lesson plan and assessment.• Coach the teacher in using the lesson plan template effectively.• Coach teachers to be intentional about their action steps by stating them clearly and

concisely before moving to practice. • Have the teacher to list the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy questions for students to ensure

consistency. • Ensure teachers have adequate time to script and plan activities for learning.• Assist the teacher in anticipating what students could say/do incorrectly during the

planning process.• Teach teachers to always provide students with an exemplar. • Identify the method that will be used to determine whether or not the students “got it!”

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Arrangement STRATEGIES:

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Action STRATEGIES:

• Practice makes Perfect!• What are the most important actions you model and take/want to see

in the students?• Use both quantitative and qualitative data to notate actions. For

example, when you asked all students to identify the theme in the story, 11 out of 15 where able….In the cooperative learning groups, 4 out of the 5 students observed were able to articulate how the math word problem was setup to find the mean.

• Go for Evidence and Not Opinion!!!

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Action STRATEGIES:

It’s time to do the Evidence or Opinion Activity

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Advisement STRATEGIES:

• Are you using data from multiple assessments of student learning and

examination of profession practices to monitor and adjust instruction?• Support teachers in developing a systematic review process. • Re-evaluate whether or not the lesson plan was aligned to the

curriculum.• Allow wait time for the teacher to do his/her own analysis. • Keep your tone neutral, calm and positive while analyzing data and

allow the teachers to share finding with your guidance.• Acknowledge the teacher’s data analysis contributions.• Identify next steps.

Initial Support Meeting

Acclamation

Appeal

Arrangement

Action

Advisement

Wrap-Up

Closing thoughts

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