Educator Evaluation Beacon

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Educator Evaluation Trainings for Teachers and Principals

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Are your new hires trained in the Educator Evaluation System? Do you have staff oncrowd board who were unable to attend the trainings we provided last year?

We are offering open enrollment trainings for administrators in two locations this summer and fall. In these trainings, we address the most important evaluation materials and strategies, all within the state-mandated hours (eleven for administrators). You can register at the CES website or by clicking on the training you need in the “Upcoming Events” column on the right side of this page.

Administrators/Evaluators:

  • August 20 and 21, 9-3, Fitchburg, MA
  • September 24 and 25, 9-3, Northampton, MA

If these dates don’t work for you, we’d be happy to arrange a training on another date. Please comment here or inquire via email (ddouglas@collaborative.org)

Meet the Educator Evaluation Beacon!

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Learning to use the Educator Evaluation System is a Journey.

We can help ease your travels by providing:snow-mtn-trek

Roadside Assistance: We answer your questions about the Educator Evaluation System and post frequently asked questions.

Travel Alerts: We keep you up-to-date about new DESE resources and expectations.

Itinerary Planning: We post tips about how to streamline the process and pitfalls to avoid. We let you know about the evaluation system trainings we’re offering.

Travel Stories: We share fruitful experiences, practices, and ideas for implementing the Evaluation System.

Travel Stories: How are folks making Ed Eval work?

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In order to make the new system of evaluating educators work– to improve instructional practices in classrooms– three ingredients are needed. These same ingredients– time, trust, and guidance– are required elements in most change initiatives. Let’s look at how they apply to implementing Massachusetts’ new system of educator evaluation.

clock_devonseaTime is needed to learn anything, and the complexity of this new system demands a lot of attention. Local districts have chosen to provide extra time to teachers in several ways. Pioneer Valley Regional Schools, with support from their teacher’s union, extended the state’s recommended due dates for submitting specific forms. The extra time made it more likely that teachers would complete a realistic assessment of their strengths  and also created opportunities for teachers to align their own SMART goals with team, school, and district goals. Another district allotted a portion of common planning time for drafting team goals together; a third devoted its extended days to crafting educator plans. Providing extra time increases the likelihood that implementation will be thoughtful and effective, and, perhaps more importantly, reduces anxiety.

In all our evaluation system trainings for administrators, we address the time issue head-on, providing models for how admin teams can build work time into their action plans.

Coming soon: The importance of trust and guidance