Texas EducatorAppraisal

Education Service Center Region 13 C-RAC 2015

Why Change? Because Teacher Quality Matters

“Teaching had 6 to 10 times as much impact on achievement as all other factors combined.”

Michael Schmoker

“If education leaders want to close the achievement gap, they must focus, first and foremost, on developing qualified teachers.” Katy Haycock

“Success [in education] hinges on what happens at the classroom level.” Thomas Guskey

Training RequirementsTraining delivery

T-TESS Appraiser – 3 days, online certification

T-PESS Appraiser – 2 days

Advancing Educational Leadership – 3 days

Advancing Educational Leadership

Five AEL ThemesCreating Positive School Culture

Establishing and Sustaining Vision and Goals

Improving Instruction

Developing Self and Others

Managing Data and Processes

Advancing Educational Leadership

Seven AEL StrandsCurriculum and InstructionTeam BuildingTeacher Coaching and MentoringGoal SettingEffective Conferencing Conflict ResolutionData Gathering and Analysis

A WEBSITE FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING

A website for resources and continuous learningwww.ael.education

EVERY teacher establishes individual goals for professional growth and increased effectiveness.

EVERY teacher receives feedback to identify and area of REINFORCEMENT (= GLOW).

EVERY teacher receives feedback to identify and area of REFINEMENT (= GROW).

Collective, campus wide investment in Continuous Improvement.

T-TESS, T-PESS and AELARE GROWTH-ORIENTED MODELS

…that is so central to the work that we wonder why it took so long to embrace it.

Such an innovation is the belief that we can develop self-directed personsthrough effective coaching and…a supportive process that is rooted in reflection, supported by evidence, and anchored in feedback.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AN INNOVATION COMES ALONG….

Information

Chris O’Reillychris.oreilly@esc13.txed.net512-919-5208