Utah Effective Teaching
Standards-based Jordan
Performance Appraisal
System
Orientation
(UETS-based JPAS)
Requirements in Rule and Code
(R277-531 and 53A-8a)
• The Utah Effective Teaching Standards (UETS) will
serve as the basis for district educator evaluation
systems throughout the state of Utah.
• The focus is on the improvement of high quality
instruction and improved student achievement.
• The standards describe what effective teachers
must know and be able to do.
• It is expected that educators will use the Utah
Effective Teaching Standards to improve practice.
Utah Effective Teaching Standards
http://www.schools.utah.gov/cert/Educator-Effectiveness-Project/Teaching-and-Leadership-Standards.aspx
1) Learner Development
2) Learning Differences
3) Learning Environments
4) Content Knowledge
5) Assessment
6) Instructional Planning
7) Instructional Strategies
8) Reflection and Continuous Growth
9) Leadership and Collaboration
10) Professional and Ethical Behavior
Utah Effective Teaching
Standards (UETS)
• Are broken into 3 parts:
• Standard
• Indicator
• Rubric which indicates the level of
effectiveness:
• Not Effective
• Emerging Effective (Provisional)/Minimally
Effective (Career)
• Effective
• Highly Effective
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STUDENT GROWTH
& LEARNING
OBSERVATIONS
*
CONFERENCES
*
DOCUMENTS &
EVIDENCE
*
OTHER DATA
*
PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH PLAN
%
+
SUPERVISOR
EVALUATION
PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE
FOR HIGH
QUALITY
INSTRUCTION &
LEADERSHIP
%
+
SELF
ASSESSMENT
PERFORMANCE
GOALS
PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING PLAN
AND OTHER DISTRICT
REQUIREMENTS
STAKEHOLDER
INPUT, (PARENTS,
TEACHERS, AND
STUDENTS)
100%
%
UETS-based JPAS
• The Jordan Performance Assessment System
(JPAS) Summative Evaluation Is:
- Objective
- Valid
- Reliable
- Research-based
UETS-based JPAS
(continued)
• The observation portion of the JPAS was
already aligned to the UETS and has
remained the same.
• The interview portion has been aligned to
the UETS rubric and no longer calls for a
simple yes or no response.
Who Will Be Evaluated and How?
• This is your orientation and notification
of evaluation this school year.
• The UETS-based JPAS will be the
summative evaluation tool used to
measure educator professional
performance.
Who Will Be Evaluated and How?
(continued)
• Provisional and probationary educators will
be evaluated at least twice a year using the
UETS-based JPAS.
• Career educators will be evaluated annually.
(Administrators
may choose to conduct full evaluations at any time)
• A UETS-based JPAS will be done at least
once every third year for career educators.
• Formative Evaluations will be conducted on
an ongoing basis.
UETS-based JPAS Timeline
Educators oriented to the evaluation process
Pre-Observation Notification –
Administrators will notify educators of
evaluation at least 15 working days prior to
their first observation
First Unscheduled Observation – Data
collected and recorded for Domains I – III
UETS-Based JPAS Timeline
(continued)
Second Unscheduled Observation –
Data collected and recorded for Domains I – III
(First & Second Observations to be completed
within 15 working days, but not on the same day)
Interview – Data recorded for Domains IV – V
(within 5 working days of the second observation)
Note: Teachers will no longer have 24 hours after
the interview to provide data
UETS-Based JPAS Timeline
(continued)
Data on Domains I – V is scored and a JPAS
Feedback Report is produced
Professional Development Meeting – Feedback
report interpreted and discussed within 15
working days of receiving the report
Professional Growth Plan – Goals and the plan for
achieving them are developed
If Total Score is in the minimally effective,
effective, or highly effective range, the evaluation
is complete
What happens if your total score
from an evaluation is in the
NOT EFFECTIVE Range?
Educator Professional Growth
Plan Overview
1. Instructional Effectiveness Self-Evaluation
• Educator completes on OnTrack
2. Professional Learning Plan
• Educator reviews JPAS Feedback Report and Instructional
Effectiveness Self-Evaluation to set goals
3. Evaluator Approval
• Evaluator reviews and approves plan
Educator Professional Growth
Plan Overview (continued)
4.
Professional Learning Plan Review and
Reflection
• Educator reflects on their goals
5.
Evaluator and Educator Meeting and Sign
Off
Reading the Domains Document
• Indicator Column:
• Indicator
• Utah Effective Teaching Standards it supports
(UETS)
• Portion of the State Evaluation System it
supports (UMIE)
• Decision Rule For Interviewers (the rubric an
evaluator will use to determine ratings)
• Examples & Instructions (examples of practices for
each level of effectiveness)
• References (research-based documentation)