Overview of the Teacher
Professional Growth and
Effectiveness System
KY Council of Administrators of Special Education
Summer Conference
July 9th, 2013
Christine Boatwright
Program Consultant , Teacher & Leader Effectiveness Branch
Kentucky Department of Education
Questions?
• Please write questions on sticky
notes provided at your table
• Place on the large papers on the
wall at any time during the
presentation today.
• Our goal is to answer as many
questions as we can today and
provide you with answers we
don’t know as soon as possible.
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PGES GOALS
• Every child in every classroom will be taught by a highly
effective teacher.
• Every school in every district will be led by a highly
effective principal.
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Why a new system now?
USED ESEA Flexibility TLE Requirements
Used for continual improvement of instruction/student
achievement
 Differentiate performance using at least three performance
levels
 Use multiple valid measures, including a significant factor of
student growth
 Evaluate educators on a regular basis
 Provide clear, timely, and useful feedback to guide professional
development
 Inform personnel decisions
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Current System
Proposed System
Development of local plans by district and approval of local plans by
KDE
Common statewide system; district plan option available
Frequency of evaluations of certified personnel
Non-tenured – annually
Tenured – at least every three years
Annual evaluations for all certified personnel
Non-tenured (formative and summative)
Tenured (formative specific to professional
growth targets that impact student outcomes)
Training for evaluators
Annual certification and recertification
Training for evaluators
Significant changes to components of training based on components
of evaluation system
National support in development of validity and reliability studies
Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDE
Annual review and approval of district plans
Monitoring of evaluation plans by KDE
Surveys, site visits, validity and reliability
testing
Annual reporting of teacher and principal
effectiveness (federal requirement)
Equitable distribution reporting (federal
requirement)
Relationship of evaluation to employment status
Due process procedure for tenure and/or
dismissal
Relationship of evaluation to employment status
Due process procedure for tenure
and/or dismissal
Career pathway opportunities
Possible differentiated incentives
based on demonstrated effectiveness
Table Talk
What are your thoughts or questions :
• concerning the goals of the PGES?
• when comparing the old system of
evaluation to the new system of
driving effectiveness?
• regarding HQ vs. Highly Effective?
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How Do
We Know
Domain 1: Planning & Preparation
Domain 2: Classroom Environment
Domain 3: Instruction
Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities
Domain 5: Student Growth
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Proposed Multiple Measures
Observation
Teacher Professional Growth
and Effectiveness System
All measures are
supported through
evidence.
Peer Observation
formative
Professional
Growth
Self-Reflection
Student Voice
Student Growth
State Contribution:
Student Growth %
Local Contribution: 12
Student Growth Goals
Table Talk
Please discuss with your table the
two topics:
1. KY Framework for Teaching
2. Multiple Measures
Please record questions that
arose from your table and post it
to the board.
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2013-2014 Statewide Pilot
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All districts will participate in the statewide pilot
Minimum of 10% of schools in each district to participate
Within each participating school, the minimum number of
teachers to participate will be
• ELA: 1-2
• Math: 1-2
• ELL/SWD: 1-2
• Non-Assessed: 2-3
Online Platform for PGES - EDS
Part of comprehensive statewide instructional
improvement system
Connection to
Professional Learning
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Professional Learning
• Educator Development Suite
• School Improvement Network’s PD 360 and
Common Core 360 video libraries
• More than 2,500 on-demand videos on 100+
education topics aligned to framework
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Professional Growth & Effectiveness System
 PGES Website
 PGES Webcast Series
 PGES News Letters
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How to find PGES pages
Go KDE home page.
In the left hand navigation bar
• Click Teachers/Leaders
• Click Effective Teachers
• Each page relates to PGES
Overview, Headline News,
Professional Learning,
and Research
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QUESTIONS
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For more information contact:
Christine Boatwright
Program Consultant
Cathy C. White
Branch Manager
Teacher & Leader Effectiveness
Next Generation Professionals
502-564-1479
cathy.white@education.ky.gov