Professional Learning –
October 12, 2015
• BWSD Stands #withMalala Reflections
• Educator Effectiveness
• ESEA Waiver
• Differentiated Supervision Action Plans
• Student Learning Objectives
• PA-ETEP
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
GOALS
• Goal: 1 - Create a culture and environment built on trust and
relationships that demand a concerted focus on the children to
ensure that they realize their full potential.
• Goal 2: - Create a system within the school that fully ensures
school-wide use of data that is focused on school improvement
and the academic growth of all students.
• Goal 3: - Implement scientifically research-based interventions
for English Language Arts, mathematics and science to address
the diverse needs of ALL students.
• Goal 4: Ensure that there is a system within the school that fully
supports consistent implementation of effective instructional
practices that meet the needs of all students across all
classrooms and aligns with the Pennsylvania Framework for
Teaching
Strategic Vision Pillars
• Objective 1.1 – Increase academic rigor through continuous
improvement of instruction
• Objective 1.2 – Create school level intervention teams to address
diverse needs of all learners
• Objective 1.3 – Improve student achievement by 5% in all schools
based on Keystones, PSSA, PVAAS, as well as other indicators
• Objective 3.5 – Improve school security and safety of students
and staff
• Objective 4.2 – Improve internal and external communication
about BWSD
• Objective 4.3 – Create a culture and environment in the district
of high performance and focus of student achievement
Educator
Effectiveness
ESEA Waiver
• Pennsylvania’s Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA) waiver which allows for a one-year pause in
the use of the state’s School Performance Profile (SPP).
• Governor Wolf and Education Secretary Pedro A. Rivera
had requested the waiver in using the 2015 PSSA scores
to calculate SPP and teacher effectiveness ratings due
to sweeping changes to the assessment that took effect
in the 2014-15 school year.
• The Keystone Exams will be the only test used to help
establish the SPP scores.
Pennsylvania’s
ESEA Waiver
• PDE is required to demonstrate that
Pennsylvania’s teacher and principal
evaluation systems differentiate among
teachers and principals who make
significantly different contributions to
GROWTH in student learning and that
• 1) “the rating systems consider prior
student performance by classroom in
setting targets; and (2) include safeguards
to ensure that teachers are not
disadvantaged based on students’ prior
academic performance”
ESEA Waiver
Using 2014-2015 data…
• SPP Score - Baldwin High School (only
schools that have a grade 11)
• NO SPP Scores for Harrison, McAnnulty,
Paynter, and Whitehall
• The 15% Building Level SPP score will be
replaced with Observation and Practice now 65% of Educator Effectiveness
ESEA Facts
• This past spring a new PSSA was
administered in Pennsylvania’s
classrooms, grades 3 through 8, in
English Language Arts and Mathematics.
This assessment was the first PSSA to be
fully-aligned to the more rigorous PA
Core Standards, which the State Board of
Education adopted in fall 2013.
ESEA Facts
• On July 9, 2015, at a public meeting in
Harrisburg, the State Board of Education
approved “cut scores” for determining
student performance levels on the 2015
PSSAs.
ESEA Facts
• The heightened difficulty of the PA Core
and the limited time between final
adoption and implementation of the new
PSSA have resulted in fewer students
scoring proficient or advanced. A
thorough transition to the new standards
requires time to develop new curriculum,
train teachers, and provide resources to
support the new curriculum.
ESEA Facts
• In regards to PVAAS, based on what has
happened in other states during their
transition to more rigorous standards, it
is unlikely that there will be a substantial
decrease in PVAAS growth measures
statewide, even if there is a substantial
decrease in the percentage of students
testing in the Proficient range or higher
Keystone
Data
Baldwin High School
Keystone Data
• Algebra I
• 28.75% Proficient and Advanced
• 71.25% Basic and Below Basic
• Biology
• 40.94% Proficient and Advanced
• 59.06% Basic and Below Basic
• Literature
• 62.62% Proficient and Advanced
• 37.38% Basic and Below Basic
PSSA DATA
English Language Arts
ELA Cut Scores
Math Impacts
Math Cut Scores
Harrison Middle School
Paynter Elementary School
Whitehall Elementary School
Student Learning
Objectives
SLO –
Performance Measure
• PDE has modified the respective
templates to emphasize the need for a
growth SLO
• PDE would encourage LEAs to reconsider
these mastery goals and revise the SLO
to demonstrate growth.
SLO – Growth Measure
For example:
1) What data was used to inform the mastery based SLO?
2) Was the SLO calculated to take into account students'
prior academic performance? If so, reflect the baseline data
in your SLO.
In the near future, PDE will conduct a statewide webinar
regarding all of the ESEA waiver requirements. However,
given the time sensitive nature of SLO development for the
2015-2016 school year, IUs have been asked to disseminate
the revised templates to the field now.
SLO – Performance Measure
MUST INCLUDE GROWTH
Differentiated
Supervision
Action Plans
Differentiated Supervision
Action Plan - Documentation
• Each individual is responsible for his/her own
paperwork and artifacts, which must be kept in a
paper or electronic portfolio. The artifacts,
paperwork, and narrative summaries, which include a
mid-point and final reflection on professional growth
and application aligned to the Danielson Framework,
must be included in the portfolio. The project and
accompanying portfolio will be reviewed twice. A
mid-year and final review will be conducted between
the professional employee and supervising
administrator and will be used as evidence for
supervision and evaluation.
Danielson Self Reflection
• PA-ETEP
• Mid-Year Progress
• Self-Assessment Rubric
Self-Assessment
• Be honest, but not self destructive.
• Rely on your evidence, no matter when
you gathered it.
• Always add comments, and when you
haven’t provided evidence, add more
comments.
• (Download “Types of Evidence” PDF on
PA-ETEP)
Resources
• bwschools.net
• Curriculum Writing Resources
http://bwsdcurriculum.weebly.com/
Differentiated Supervision Action Plans,
Educator Effectiveness, PA-ETEP, SLOs and
so much more…