Artifacts of Professional Practice. Educator developed work products and student work samples that demonstrate the Educator’s knowledge and skills with respect to specific performance standards. This may include photography, videotaping or audio taping, but only by mutual agreement. Caseload Educator: Educators who teach or counsel individual or small groups of students through consultation with the regular classroom teacher, for example, school nurses, guidance counselors, speech and language pathologists, and some reading specialists and special education teachers, Middle-High School Librarian, diagnostician, school psychologist and school adjustment counselor. Classroom teacher: Educators who teach preK-12 whole classes, and teachers of special subjects as such as art, music, Elementary Librarian, technology and physical education. May also include special education teachers and reading specialists who teach whole classes. Categories of Evidence: Multiple measures of student learning, growth, and achievement, judgments based on observations and artifacts of professional practice, and additional evidence relevant to one or more Standards of Effective Teaching Practice. District-determined Measures: Measures of student learning, growth and achievement related to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, or other relevant frameworks, that are comparable across grade or subject level district-wide. These measures may include, but shall not be limited to: portfolios, approved commercial assessments and district-developed pre- and post- unit and course assessments, and capstone projects. Administrators, teachers by department and grade level teams will collaboratively generate measures of student growth. The 2013-2014 year will be a pilot year and after that time, these measures shall be locally bargained by the parties and following the DESE guidelines. Educator(s): Inclusive term that applies to all classroom teachers and caseload educators, unless otherwise noted. Educator Plan: The growth or improvement actions identified as part of each Educator’s evaluation. The type of plan is determined by the Educator’s career stage, overall performance rating, and the rating of impact on student learning, growth and achievement. There shall be four types of Educator Plans: Developing Educator Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator for one
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Artifacts of Professional Practice. Educator developed work products products, which may include photography, videotaping or audio taping and student work samples that demonstrate the Educator’s knowledge and skills with respect to specific performance standards. This may include photography, videotaping or audio taping, but only by mutual agreement. Caseload Educator: Educators who teach or counsel individual or small groups of students through consultation with the regular classroom teacher, for example, school nurses, guidance counselorsschool psychologists, speech and language pathologists, and some reading specialists and special education teachers, Middle-High School Librarian, diagnostician, school psychologist and school adjustment counselor. Classroom teacherTeacher: Educators who teach preK-12 preK-8, whole classes, and teachers of special subjects as such as art, music, Elementary Librarianlibrary, technology and physical education. May also include special education teachers and reading specialists who teach whole classes. Categories of Evidence: Multiple measures of student learning, growth, and achievement, judgments based on observations and artifacts of professional practice, and additional evidence relevant to one or more Standards of Effective Teaching Practice. District-determined Measures: Measures of student learning, growth and achievement related to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, Common Core State Standards, or other relevant frameworksframe-works, that are comparable across grade or subject level district-wide. These measures may include, but shall not be limited to: portfolios, approved commercial assessments and district-developed pre- pre and post- post unit and course assessments, and capstone projects. AdministratorsAdministration, teachers by department and grade level teams will collaboratively generate measures measure of student growth. The 2013-2014 year will be a pilot year and after that time, these measures shall be locally bargained by the parties and following the DESE guidelines. Educator(s): Inclusive term that applies to all classroom teachers and caseload educators, unless otherwise noted. Educator Plan: The growth or improvement actions identified as part of each Educator’s evaluation. The type of plan is determined by the Educator’s career stage, overall performance rating, and the rating of impact on student learning, growth and achievement. There shall be four types of Educator Plans: • Developing Educator Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator for oneone school year for an Educator without Professional Teacher Status (PTS) or for an Educator with Professional Teacher Status who has been assigned a position which requires the use of a different educator license. The educator shall be evaluated at least annually. • Se1f-Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator for one or two school years for Educators with PTS who are rated proficient or exemplary. • For educators whose impact on student learning is either moderate or high, the Educator Plan may be for up to two years. • For Educators whose impact on student learning is low, the Educator plan shall be for one year. The Plan shall include a goal related to examining elements of practice that may be contributing to low impact. • Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator of one school year or less for Educators with PTS who are rated needs improvement. There shall be a summative evaluation at the end of the period determined by the plan and if the educator does not receive a proficient rating he or she shall be rated unsatisfactory and shall be placed on an improvement plan. • Improvement Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Evaluator for a realistic time period sufficient to achieve the goals outlined in the Improvement Plan, but not less than 30 school days and no more than one school year for Educators with PTS who are rated unsatisfactory with goals specific to improving the Educator’s unsatisfactory performance. DESE: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Artifacts of Professional Practice. Educator developed work products and student work samples that demonstrate the Educator’s knowledge and skills with respect to specific performance standards. This may include photography, videotaping or audio taping, but only by mutual agreement. Caseload Educator: Educators who teach or counsel individual or small groups of students through consultation with the regular classroom teacher, for example, school nurses, guidance counselors, speech and language pathologists, and some reading specialists and special education teachers, Middle-High School Librarian, diagnostician, school psychologist and school adjustment counselor. Classroom teacherTeacher: Educators who teach preK-12 whole classes, classes and teachers of special subjects as such as art, music, Elementary Librarianlibrary, technology and physical education. May also include special education teachers and reading specialists who teach whole classes. Categories of Evidence: Multiple measures of student learning, growth, and achievement, ; judgments based on observations and artifacts of professional practice, ; and additional evidence relevant to one or more Standards of Effective Teaching Practice. District-determined Measures: Measures of student learning, growth and achievement related to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, or other relevant frameworks, that are comparable across grade or subject level district-wide. These measures may include, but shall not be limited to: portfolios, approved commercial assessments and district-developed pre- and post- unit and course assessments, and capstone projects. Administrators, teachers by department and grade level teams will collaboratively generate measures of student growth. The 2013-2014 year will be a pilot year and after that time, these measures shall be locally bargained by the parties and following the DESE guidelines. Educator(s): Inclusive term that applies to all classroom teachers and caseload educators, unless otherwise noted. Educator Plan: The growth or improvement actions identified as part of each Educator’s evaluation. The type of plan is determined by the Educator’s career stage, overall performance rating, and the rating of impact on student learning, growth growth, and achievement. There shall be four types of Educator Plans: Developing Educator Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator for oneone school year or less for an Educator without Professional Teacher Status (PTS). The Educator shall be evaluated at least annually. Self-Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator for one or two school years for Educators with PTS who are rated proficient or exemplary. Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator of one school year or less for Educators with PTS who are rated needs improvement. There shall be a summative evaluation at the end of the period determined by the plan, and, if the Educator does not receive a proficient rating, he or she shall be rated unsatisfactory and shall be placed on an improvement plan. Improvement Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator for a realistic time period sufficient to achieve the goals outlined in the Improvement Plan, but not less than 30 school days within the same school year and no more than one school year, for Educators with PTS who are rated unsatisfactory with goals specific to improving the Educator’s unsatisfactory performance. In those cases where an Educator is rated unsatisfactory near the close of a school year, the Educator may voluntarily include activities during the summer preceding the next school year as part of the plan.
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Artifacts of Professional Practice. Educator developed work products and student work samples that demonstrate the Educator’s 's knowledge and skills with respect to specific performance standards. This may include photography, videotaping or audio taping, but only by mutual agreement. Caseload Educator: Educators who teach or counsel individual or small groups of students through consultation with the regular classroom teacher, for example, school nurses, guidance counselors, speech and language pathologists, and some reading specialists and special education teachers, Middle-High School Librarian, diagnostician, school psychologist and school adjustment counselor. Classroom teacher: Educators who teach preK-12 preK-6 whole classes, and teachers of special subjects as such as art, music, Elementary Librarianlibrary, technology computer, and physical education. May , may also include special education teachers and reading specialists who teach whole classes. Categories of Evidence: Multiple measures of student learning, growth, and achievement, judgments based on observations and artifacts of professional practice, and additional evidence relevant to one or more Standards of Effective Teaching Practice. District-determined Measures: Measures of student learning, growth and achievement related to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, or other relevant frameworks, that are comparable across grade or subject level district-district- wide. These measures may include, but shall not be limited to: portfolios, approved commercial assessments and assessments, district-developed pre- pre and post- post unit and course assessments, and capstone projects. Administrators, teachers by department and grade level teams will collaboratively generate measures of student growth. The 2013-2014 year will be a pilot year and after that time, these These measures shall be locally bargained by the parties and following the DESE guidelinesparties. Educator(s): Inclusive term that applies to all classroom teachers and caseload educators, unless otherwise noted. Educator Plan: The growth or improvement actions identified as part of each Educator’s 's evaluation. The type of plan is determined by the Educator’s 's career stage, overall performance rating, and the rating of impact on student learning, growth and achievement. There shall be four types of Educator Plans: Developing Educator Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator for oneone school year or less for an Educator without Professional Teacher Status (PTS). The educator shall be evaluated at least annually. Self-Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator for one or two school years for Educators with PTS who are rated proficient or exemplary. • For educators whose impact on student learning is either moderate or high, the Educator Plan may be for up to two years. • For Educators whose impact on student learning is low, the Educator plan shall be for one year. The Plan shall include a goal related to examining elements of practice that may be contributing to low impact. Directed Growth Plan shall mean a plan developed by the Educator and the Evaluator of one school year or less for Educators with PTS who are rated needs improvement. There shall be a summative evaluation at the end of the period determined by the plan and if the educator does not receive a proficient rating he or she shall be rated unsatisfactory and shall be placed on an improvement plan. Improvement Plan shall mean a plan developed by the educator and the Evaluator of for a realistic time period sufficient to achieve the goals outlined in the Improvement Plan, but not less than 30 school days and no more than one school year for Educators with PTS who are rated unsatisfactory with goals specific to improving the Educator's unsatisfactory performance DESE: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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