EA 2012 TRAINING JULY 10 - 12, 24 - 26, 31, 2012
Alabama State Department of Education (SDE) Office of Teaching and Leading Director - Dr. Jayne Meyer EDUCATE/LEAD Alabama Section Program Coordinator - Dr. John Bell EDUCATEAlabama (EA) Contact Ms. Chris Wilson LEADAlabama (LEAD) Contact Dr. Christopher Blair Contact Information 334-353-8924 educatealabama@asc.edu leadalabama@asc.edu
2012-2013 SDE Plan LEA Implementation August 1, 2012 Position Type Central Office, Principal, Assistant Principal, Specialty Administrators, formerly evaluated by PEPE Contact: Dr. Christopher Blair leadalabama@asc.edu 334-353-8924
Where may instructional leaders, teachers, and educators find answers to EDUCATEAlabama questions?
For EDUCATEAlabama (EA) Information and all EA 2012 Training Materials Go to: http://www.alex.state.al.us/leadership Select: EDUCATEAlabama
How can implementing EA help me as a system or school instructional leader? As a teacher and educator how can I benefit from implementing EA?
What is Dr. Bice’s message to you? What key points did you hear?
Who should use EA? All central office staff ( Reviewers ), school-based leaders ( Evaluators ), and teachers/educators ( Evaluatees ) are required to use EDUCATEAlabama (EA) annually. Adopted by the Alabama State Board of Education in May 2009, EA is Alabama’s formative system designed to provide information about an educator’s current level of practice within the Alabama Continuum for Teacher Development, which is based on the Alabama Quality Teaching Standards (AQTS), Alabama Administrative Code §290-3-3-.04.
Why ?
How are you going to grow and learn, so that you will inspire these students to do likewise?
What are the SDE’s plans for EDUCATEAlabama?
2012-2013 SDE Plan August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2013 Year 3 EDUCATEAlabama (EA) Focus Importance of EA for every user Moving past “process” Understanding “heart and soul” Providing ongoing support
Self- Collaborative Professional Supporting Assessment Dialogue Learning Plan Evidence FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Alabama State Board of Education Plan 2020 for Professionals Objectives 1. Every child is taught by a well-prepared, resourced, supported, and effective teacher. 2. Every school is led by a well-prepared, resourced, supported, and effective leader. 3. Every school system is led by a prepared and supported visionary instructional leader.
Plan 2020 for Professionals Student Student Professional 360° Professionalism Growth Achievement Growth Feedback Summative Evaluation Strategies Include: Develop and implement a professional growth evaluation system for teachers and leaders that includes multiple measures of student growth and achievement .
EDUCATEAlabama Formative Assessment Formative - to Develop Summative - to Attach a Value Goal - Measures the level of Goal - Gather feedback success or proficiency obtained to be used by the instructional by an educator at the end of leader and educator to guide the school year professional growth, favorably impacting student Comparison to a standard achievement or benchmark Reflective process May assign a rating to an Describes multiple dimensions educator of educator practice Assessment of educator after Two-way communication teaching has occurred Improvement during teaching
Your Role In EDUCATEAlabama (EA) Understanding the: Importance of effective/quality implementation by all EA Users Transparency of the current EA online process Implications of less than effective implementation for your system, school, and you in your respective EA role Importance of communicating possible implications with fellow practitioners, as directed by your local Superintendent
EDUCATEAlabama (EA) Terminology REVIEWERS May access all System/School/Individual EA Data Responsible for ensuring all Evaluators and Evaluatees are implementing EA each year, regardless of evaluation cycle Superintendents Selected Central Office Staff Assistant Superintendents Evaluation Coordinators Technology Coordinators Special Education Coordinators Other
EA Terminology continued EVALUATORS Access to the specific school/educator EA data for which they have responsibility for evaluating Responsible for evaluating all Evaluatees assigned to them each year, regardless of evaluation cycle Principals Assistant Principals Career Technical Education Directors Selected Central Office Staff May be responsible for evaluating itinerate educators
EA Terminology continued EVALUATEES Access to their personal EA data Responsible for fully implementing EA each year, regardless of evaluation cycle Teachers (General Classroom/Special Educators) Educators School Counselors School Librarians Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI) Coaches Psychometrists/Psychologists Pre-K Special Education Speech-Language Pathologists AAA Special Educators
The following five (5) slides reflect estimated data provided by the SDE Information Systems section and Alabama Supercomputer Authority as of late spring 2012.
ED DIR Accounts Door to EDUCATEAlabama 3,187 993 Registered Educators 50, 540 Registered Instructional Leaders Unregistered Combined Almost 1,000 Professionals Not Registered
ED DIR Accounts Educators = Evaluatees 488 Registered Unregistered 50,540 Almost 500 Educators Not Registered
ED DIR Accounts School Instructional Leaders Evaluators 177 Registered 2,771 Unregistered Almost 200 Evaluators Not Registered
ED DIR Accounts Central Office Instructional Leaders Reviewers 328 Registered 416 Unregistered Over 300 Reviewers Not Registered
EDUCATEAlabama Implementation 60,000 51,028 50,000 41,984 40,000 Possible 30,000 Actual 20,000 10,000 3,692 2,529 0 Educators Logged In COS/School Leaders Logged In Estimated 10,207 Professionals Not Implementing EDUCATEAlabama in late spring 2012.
EDUCATEAlabama Implementation 2011-2012 Progress as of late spring 2012 35000 30000 40,748 25000 20000 15000 28,645 TBA 10000 5000 0 Completed Self- Completed PLP Supporting Evidence in Assessment Progress
Transparency of EA Data Educator Self-Assessment Complete 9/27/2011 10:17:11 AM Professional Learning Plan (PLP) Complete Evaluatee Signature: XXXX 12/14/2011 9:50:40 AM Evaluator Signature: XXXX 12/14/2011 9:28:23 AM Supporting Evidence No evidence of instructional practice has been entered. 4/25/12
Example One Evaluatee’s Current EA Status Late spring 2012 Not Started Not Started Not Started
EDUCATEAlabama Anticipated Improvements 2012-2013
EA Data 2011 -2012 Reports Anticipated Availability August 2012 Existing Reports • User Participation Reports • New! • Total “Potential” Users • Total Supporting Evidence entries • “Tentative” monthly update availability • Assessed Practice Level • No change • Indicators added to Professional Learning Plans (PLPs) • No change
EA Data 2011 -2012 Reports continued New! • Educator Observations by Evaluators/Reviewers • Total # • Evaluatees • Full cycle Evaluatees • All observations • Full evaluation cycle observations • Completion rate • Rate of observations completed per Evaluatee, regardless of cycle
EA Data 2011 -2012 Reports continued New! • Supporting Evidence (SE) Excluding Observations • Total # • Evaluatees on full evaluation cycle • Evaluatees and Evaluators adding SE • SE entries EXCLUDING observations • All Evaluatees • SE entries EXCLUDING observations • Evaluatees on full evaluation cycle • Average • SE entry totals • SE entries per Evaluatee on full evaluation cycle
Anticipated August 2012 All reports available by Alabama State Board of Education Districts
Anticipated August 2012 All reports available by Alabama Regional Inservice Center areas
iPad (latest version) will work ! Delete warning now available Co-signatures included on printable PLP Method for viewing latest Supporting Entry date No need to open each Evaluatee’s profile and view Supporting Evidence to determine latest entry Dual Reviewer/Evaluator role privileges for selected instructional leaders Example: Some special education coordinators need both Reviewer and Evaluator roles EA archives available via the SDE for Evaluatees no longer employed in an Alabama school system
EVERYONE Read FAQS & Watch Training Videos EA Users must be identified as follows: Reviewers Superintendent or Central Office Staff Evaluators Principal or Asst. Principal or Career Technical Ed. Director Evaluatees Teacher or Counselor or Librarian Individual ED DIR Accounts must be ACCURATELY updated annually.
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