DocumentingTeacherPerformance-VirginiaDepartmentof.docVIP

The role of a teacher requires a performance evaluation system that acknowledges the complexities of the job. Multiple data sources provide for a comprehensive and authentic “performance portrait” of the teacher’s work. The table below provides explanations, activities, and resources to use for training purposes related to the design and application of multiple data sources in teacher evaluation. Materials Overview Page Number Explanation Excerpt from the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers This excerpted document from the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers provides an overview of the required and recommended data sources. 3-3 Documenting Teacher Performance PowerPoint presentation The PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the required and recommended data sources. Notes are provided to accompany the presentation. 3-30 Activities Benefits and Challenges of Data Sources Participants explore the benefits of and challenges presented by each data source. 3-39 Matching Data Sources and Performance Standards Participants generate a list of possible ways that each data source can provide evidence of a teacher’s proficiency within the seven performance standards. 3-41 Evidence of Performance Activity Participants generate a list of artifacts that provide evidence of a professional’s proficiency in each of the seven Virginia teacher performance standards. 3-43 Samples Sample Completed Forms Sample completed forms are provided for each required and recommended data source. NOTE: Sample completed student achievement goal setting forms are provided in Part 4 of this training manual. 3-46 Briefs Brief on using Multiple Data Sources The brief provides an overview of the research base for evaluating performance based on multiple data sources and provides an overview of the required and recommended data sources in the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standard