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Overview of the EDUCATEAlabama Formative Teacher Evaluation System
INTRODUCTION
The need for a new teacher evaluation system is dictated by the fact that there are new state teacher performance standards-the "Alabama Quality Teaching Standards" (AQTS). These standards will be the foundation for both teacher evaluation and teacher professional development in the years ahead. The process of revising the evaluation system to address the new standards also provides the opportunity to address many of the concerns about Professional Education Personnel Evaluation (PEPE) that have been expressed by teachers and administrators in recent years. The new evaluation system is streamlined in several ways and its focus/purpose is quite different.
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Scroll down to EA 2011-2012 Training Materials
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Click on EA Educator Video Series, then view all Steps 1-8, as follows:
Educator Video Series EDUCATEAlabama
Step 1 Registering/Updating an Online Education Directory (ED DIR) Account
Step2 Login/Logout of EDUCATEAlabama (EA)
Step 3 Reviewing/Updating EA Profile Status
Step 4 Educator Self Assessment
*Step 5 Dialogue with the Instructional Leader
*For examples of Dialogues held throughout the year, please view demonstration dialogues provided to the SDE by Jefferson County in 2010:
Gardendale High School; Snow Rogers Elementary School
Step 6 Professional Learning Plan (PLP)
EA Training Materials 2011-2012
CONTINUA
MAJOR CHANGES
Major changes from the PEPE system include the following:
1. This will be a formative evaluation system designed to provide data about a teacher's current performance against the AQTS that can be used to set expectations, goals, and plans for teacher professional growth.
2. There will be no numerical scores awarded in the collaborative evaluation process. Teachers will be rated as Emerging, Applying, Integrating, or Innovating.
3. There are numerous indicators, sub-standards, and standards to be rated. The new evaluation system will employ holistic ratings, much like the current PEPE systems for administrators. The number of forms used in the evaluation process has been minimized. Ratings will appear only on the Collaborative Summary Report.
4. Rubrics have been created for every performance indicator to facilitate the rating process. They are very similar to the rubrics contained in the Alabama Continuum for Teachers. (Evaluation rubrics have four levels rather than five.)
5. Every rubric has four levels: Emerging, Applying, Integrating, and Innovating. Performance at the second level (Applying) is satisfactory performance, with expectations that many, if not most, teachers will grow to the Integrating and Innovating levels over time.
Evaluation results will be a major source of data guiding both state and local professional learning initiatives
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