8. Toxic
(Schools with toxic cultures) lack a clear
sense of purpose, have norms that enforce
inertia, blame students for lack of
progress, discourage collaboration, and
have hostile relations between staff. Such
schools are not healthy places to be.
Peterson, 'Positive or negative?'
Journal of Staff Development, 23(3).
9. The vision is, first, that the school will be a
community, a place full of adults and
youngsters who care about, look after, and
root for one another and who work together
for the good of the whole, in times of need
and times of celebration. Every member of a
community holds some responsibility for the
welfare of every other and for the welfare of
the community as a whole.
Roland Barth
10. What new insights about the culture of
your school occurred as a result of taking
this survey?
Handout
5-6
11. POLL 2
Assess the culture in your building.
Toxic
Unhealthy
Neutral
Positive
Healthy
28. If you were given this question by a staff
member, how would you respond?
7
I heard that this was never intended to be
an evaluation tool – it was a professional
performance guide written by a teacher
for teachers. Is that true?
29. For a teacher to be
excellent/distinguished it is dependent
upon how the kids react to what teachers
teach
7
Do you think that is fair?
How would you explain it to your staff?
30. It looks like Domains 2 and 3 are when
kids are present.
Do you think those should be
counted as more important?
7
37. Creating a Common Definition for
Domain 1, Component F
Assessment
results impact
plan for future
instruction
Teacher’s Plan for Student
Assessment is Aligned with
Instructional Goals
Plan for
assessment
uses clear
criteria
Plan for assessment
appropriate for age
and skill level
Plan for assessment
provides multiple
opportunities for
success
38.
39. POLL 3
What percentage of staff would decode the
framework in the same manner without training?
Less than 25%
Between 26-50%
Between 51-75%
76% or higher
54. The classroom culture is characterized by high
expectations for most students, genuine
commitment to the subject by both teacher and
students, with students demonstrating pride in
their work.
NEVER
ASSUME
COMMON
DEFINITION!!
55. 12
Given the below definition
in this domain and component,
what things could you see
to support this definition?
82. Poll 4 – SMART Goals
1.) Student attendance will improve in
comparison to the average of the last two
years for the 2013-14 school year.
True
False…If False, Why?
21
83. Poll 5 – SMART Goals
2.) I will rate higher on the Danielson
Framework in 2014 than I did in 2013.
True
False…If False, Why?
21
84. Poll 6 – SMART Goals
3.) 80 percent of students will pass each
assessment of the 2013-14 school year
with a 71 percent or higher.
True
False…If False, Why?
21
85. Poll 7 – SMART Goals
4.)100 percent of high school Juniors will
earn a 24 or above on the ACT test given
the Spring of the 11th grade year in 2014.
True
False…If False, Why?
21
86. Poll 8 – SMART Goals
5.) In 2019, Happy High School will have 17
Advanced Placement Courses available for
students to take.
21
True
False…If False, Why?
Introduction – Talk about who am I – a little about my experienceGood morning, my name is PJ Caposey – I always find the introductions of people at conferences or webinars a bit awkward as the presenter works to convince the audience that they are indeed qualified. I believe you are in good hands today – in most part because this is something that I personally worked through – failed at many times – reflected and re-worked – and was able to achieve a great deal of success for my school and those within my school. In four years as OHS principal we went from one of the lowest achieving schools in the county to be recognized as one of the best in the country --- through today you will learn a lot more about me and my philosophies as well as best practice strategies and methodologies for changing culture
Tell us a bit about yourself . . . Poll – 1234 or more
When you think of evaluation what do you think of . . .
Let’s take a moment to review – culture is similar to character in a person. It is who you are when nobody is watching – when I first became a principal I would not tell my staff when I was going to be gone because I believed it would devolve into a movie –showing day. I did not trust our character. I did not trust our culture.
Audience participation slides
Audience participation – feedback . . . What did the survey make you think of . . . So what does mission and vision have to do with teacher evaluation
Given the examples of toxic and healthy cultures – with the example of toxic being a ‘1’ and the example of healthy being a ‘5’ first rate the overall culture of your building – second rate the culture of your building when it comes to observation and evaluation
If you now think that a change in culture is needed – or if there is trepidation about making large changes in the evaluation processes for your building – it is important to go back and start here.
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Difficult/Meaningful Conversations
Personalize PD
Distribute Leadership
Friendly, not friends
Take a moment to look at the sheet – it is important that you can address these for yourself and your teachers The collective expertise is always greater than any single person in the room . . . .
First thing we must do is realize that it is our responsibility to take ownership for teaching the tool to the teachers and for using to change the culture of a building
Audience participation slideMy three ways – de-code the tool so there is a clear definition of expectations, collaborate discuss how those expectations manifest themselves in the classroom, and then monitor instruction
DANIELSON IS ONLYIMPACTFUL IF IT BECOMESTHE COMMON LANGUAGEFOR INSTRUCTION INTHE SCHOOL SOME – hs student - The potential exists for someone to read the same thing and perceive it as much different in your school. Take a minute and answer the questions on page 9 before we move on to discuss the importance of common language
What percentage of your staff members would have very similar answers to each of the questions provided? Question intended to see if there would be alignmentWhat does this indicate to you – it is not important if we all agree on each statement that is made as educators in this online learning session – it does matter
Danielson is chunk-ableDanielson can be turned in to common languageDefine expectations
You can meet to discussUse teams to make presentationsYou can meet electronically or blog about Formal PD – consultant workFaculty meetingsBest practice showcase
Things you can observe over time in this component include: _______________-
Discuss some artifacts for this domain/component
What can you learn through dialogue – what questions could be asked to help you best understand the current practice of the teacher?
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Go through this – provide the definition as I would want my staff to work through it . . .
HANDOUT:The classroom culture is characterized by high expectations for most students, genuine commitment to the subject by both teacher and students, with students demonstrating pride in their work.
Examples of evidence – are they good evidence for this domain or not . . . 1) 2) 3)
This is only meaningful if the process can repeat itself. . . Can you mirror this process with your faculty to help lead them through the adoption and understanding phase of Danielson?
Often misalignment between evaluation goals and reality
Lake or chasm between goals and reality sometimes . . .
Discuss the sample contract agreement provided . . . What are elements that need to be included in the plan
First step to creating a PD plan is to establish that this is a plan that only works if everyone works together . . .
Trust is to be earned, not something you are entitled to. People may well like you, but that is a lot different than trusting you. To establish trust you must make investments into the relationship. The best way you can invest – is by being in the classroom. Story from Megan about holding people accountable – thought it was great, until she was help accountable. One year later she became Nationally Board Certified and helped me for pushing her to new heights
Examples of evidence – are they good evidence for this domain or not . . . 1) 2) 3)
Examples of evidence – are they good evidence for this domain or not . . . 1) 2) 3)
Examples of evidence – are they good evidence for this domain or not . . . 1) 2) 3)
Examples of evidence – are they good evidence for this domain or not . . . 1) 2) 3)
The process is not complicated when you think about it outside of anything but evaluationEstablish the appropriate environmentCreate a common languageExplicitly define expectationsInvest in your personnelCreate a common agreementFollow through and plan for the future
This must be a case of train the trainer
Introduction – Talk about who am I – a little about my experienceGood morning, my name is PJ Caposey – I always find the introductions of people at conferences or webinars a bit awkward as the presenter works to convince the audience that they are indeed qualified. I believe you are in good hands today – in most part because this is something that I personally worked through – failed at many times – reflected and re-worked – and was able to achieve a great deal of success for my school and those within my school. In four years as OHS principal we went from one of the lowest achieving schools in the county to be recognized as one of the best in the country --- through today you will learn a lot more about me and my philosophies as well as best practice strategies and methodologies for changing culture