Gearing Up Presentation NASBE 2011 Annual Conference

Gearing Up: Creating a Systemic Approach to Teacher Effectiveness: 

Gearing Up: Creating a Systemic Approach to Teacher Effectiveness Findings from the NASBE Teacher Preparation, Retention and Evaluation Study Group Theresa Hopkins-Staten, Chair ( CT) Angelika Schroeder, Member (CO)

The Need to Reexamine and Enhance the Teacher Workforce: 

Minimal student growth on PISA & NAEP 40 % of graduating students are ready for college and/or the workforce Adoption of Common Core State Standards, InTASC standards, Model Leader Standards and Standards for Professional Learning Many states are revising their teacher workforce policies The Need to Reexamine and Enhance the Teacher Workforce

Shifting Educator Demographics: 

The baby boom generation, who make up half the teaching workforce, is eligible to retire in 10 years. 1 million new teachers in the next 10 years. The “revolving door effect” requires state education leaders to reconsider hiring and retention policies Shifting Educator Demographics

Study Group Members: 

Colorado Connecticut Georgia Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Michigan Mississippi North Carolina Rhode Island Pennsylvania Utah Vermont Washington (16 states) Study Group Members

Core Beliefs of the Study Group: 

Teachers are the most important in-school factor for student success . Continuous improvement and growth of educators is vital to a high-quality workforce . Ensuring a high-quality teacher workforce is a systems opportunity—there are many components at the state, district, and school levels that must effectively work and interact together to ensure success for individual teachers. Practitioners and other stakeholders must be engaged in the process if major changes to the teacher workforce system are to be successful. State boards of education are central to the development and improvement of each state’s teacher workforce system. Core Beliefs of the Study Group

Speakers and Panelists: 

Speakers and Panelists The study group committee heard from the following stakeholders: State Education Leaders State Boards of Education State Superintendents of Education NASBE Experts National Education Leaders U.S. Department of Education AFT/NEA Representatives National Experts on Evaluation and Professional Development The Practitioners Teachers Principals District Leaders Deans from Colleges of Education and Continuing Studies

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Recommendations and Findings

Recommendations: Preparation: 

Recommendations: Preparation

Recommendations: Retention: 

Recommendations: Retention

Recommendations: Evaluation: 

Recommendations: Evaluation

Recommendations: Evaluation: 

Evaluation systems should include multiple measures of evidence of a teacher’s effectiveness and instructional practice. Recommended elements of the evaluation system: Measures of student growth; Measures of educators content knowledge; Multiple formal and informal observations; Personal and peer assessments/reflection; Student evaluations; and Teachers ’ perceptions of working conditions and support . Recommendations: Evaluation

Suggested Topics for Further Study: 

Teacher Compensation Principal and Administrative Leadership Strategic Abandonment of Policies and Procedures Suggested Topics for Further Study

Responses to the Report:: 

Responses to the Report: Dr. Sharon Robinson Executive Director Patte Barth Center for Public Education Director