Student Learning Objectives
It’s Been a SLO Summer
Read all about it – EngageNY.org
• Guidance document -37p detailed pdf
• Road map – 34 slide ppt, more succinct
• Webinars – 2 b/n 30-40 min each
Good News for Librarians
• Writing SLOs is a process.
• You teach this.
• You know how to break down large tasks into
smaller tasks.
• Here’s what you do – access, evaluate,
synthesize, and present info using a variety of
resources.
• Wiki at SLOs for Librarians.
Our Issues
• NYS does not address librarians
specifically in most of their
documents.
• How do secondary librarians select
a population?
• What baseline assessments do we
use?
• Who scores our assessments?
• Other issues?
NYS, Districts, Schools, and Teachers have different responsibilities for SLOs.
WHO DOES WHAT FOR SLOS?
State Responsibilities
• The overall SLO framework, including required elements.
• Requirements in the context of Regulations:
– Requirements for which teachers must set SLOs and which teachers must
have State-provided growth measures.
– Requirements for which assessments must be used, and which are
allowable options, under the Regulations.
– Requirements around scoring:
• The scoring ranges and categories for the measures of student
growth subcomponent.
• Rules for scoring SLOs that include a State-provided growth measure.
• Rules for scoring multiple SLOs.
• Provides training to Network Teams and Network Team Equivalents on SLOs
prior to 2012-13 school year.
Source: NYSED GUIDANCE ON THE NEW YORK STATE DISTRICT-WIDE GROWTH GOAL-SETTING PROCESS: STUDENT LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
District Responsibilities
• Assess and identify their unique priorities and needs.
• Identify who in the District will have State-provided growth measures and
who must have SLOs as “comparable growth measures” as per the State’s
rules.
• District-wide rules for how specific SLOs will get.
• Expectations for scoring SLOs and for determining teacher ratings for the
growth component, within State rules.
• District-wide processes for setting, reviewing, and assessing SLOs in schools.
• Create processes to ensure that any assessments are not scored by teachers
and principals with a vested interest in the outcome of the assessment they
score, and address assessment security issues.
• Establish which decisions are made at the District level versus in schools by
principals, and/or principals with teachers.
• Provide or arrange for training to lead evaluators.
School Responsibilities
• Implement State and District-determined processes.
• Make choices as needed when District leaves
flexibility to schools.
• Ensure that lead evaluator approves each teacher’s
goals and monitors/assesses results.
• Ensure all assessments are secure and that any
assessments, including those used as evidence for
SLOs, are not scored by teachers and principals with
a vested interest in the outcome of the assessment
they score.
Teacher Responsibilities
• Propose, in consultation with lead evaluator,
SLOs and targets based on District and school
requirements.
• Obtain all possible data on students to best
inform baseline, starting level of student
learning.
• Reflect on student learning results and
consider implications for future practice.
Teachers should also know what decisions their district and
building have made on SLOs.
8-13-12
APPR FIELD GUIDANCE REVISIONS
What is a “teacher of record”
in 2012-2013?
• Generally, a “teacher of record” is defined as
an individual (or individuals, such as in
coteaching assignments) who has been
assigned responsibility for a student’s learning
in a subject/course with aligned performance
measures.
Which teachers and other school
personnel are considered “classroom
teachers” under the new law?
• School librarians are teachers in the
classroom teaching service and are, therefore,
subject to the new law (APPR) beginning in
the 2012-2013 school year.
When must school librarians be evaluated
under Education Law § 3012-c?
• Only classroom teachers and building principals must be evaluated
under Education Law § 3012-c. "Classroom teacher" is defined as a
teacher in the classroom teaching service who is a teacher of record.
Librarians who are certified as a library media specialist or school
media specialist (library) are teachers in the classroom teaching
service. For the 2012-2013 school year, teacher of record is defined as
a teacher who is primarily and directly responsible for a student’s
learning activities that are aligned to the performance measures of a
course, consistent with guidance.
• Therefore, a certified librarian who is not a teacher of record is not a
"classroom teacher“ and therefore would not need to be evaluated
under Education Law § 3012-c. However, if a certified librarian is a
teacher of record, he/she would be considered a "classroom teacher"
and therefore must be evaluated under Education Law § 3012-c.
Our Goals and Objectives
• Work in district or grade-level groups.
• Create at least one SLO you can use in your
classroom.
• Share your SLO with other attendees.
• Send your SLO to Gail who will post it on the
SLS wiki.
Useful Technologies
• Dropbox and Google Drive are useful for collaboration
and file sharing. No email or flash drive required.
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• Software you download onto one computer but can
access from all your computers and devices.
• Spend some time becoming familiar with them and
setting up the folders and files. It will facilitate the entire
process.
• If you already have an account, create a folder, invite
others, and proceed.
Check Out the Wiki
SLOs for Librarians
Send Us Your SLO
• rpearce@bbpschools.org
• I need the following information:
– Grade level
– SLO title
– Writers’ names, schools, districts
– SLO template
– Accompanying documents