Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement in Teacher and Leader Effectiveness

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Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement
in Teacher and Leader Effectiveness
Network Team Institute May 14-17, 2012
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Since Last We Met

• APPR Guidance, Review Room and TA Conference
• Pathways to Graduation
• Governors NY Education Reform Commission
• NAEP Scores
• Pineapples..

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A Transformative Week in NYS

• Budget Votes Under the Tax Cap
• Student learning opportunities lost
• Job loss
• Board Elections Without Candidates
• A Convening of Educators

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College Instructors and Employers SayGraduates
Are Not Prepared for College and Work
Average estimated proportions of recent high
school graduates who are not prepared
Source Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public
Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge Are
High School Graduates Prepared for College and
Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
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Higher Education Has Never Mattered More
Unemployment Rate By Degree 2010
Median Annual Earnings by Educational Degree 2010
1.9
2.4
4.0
5.4
7.0
9.2
10.3
14.9
Education pays in higher overall earnings and
lower unemployment rates.
SOURCE 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current
Population Survey
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Readiness for What?
7 of the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Occupations
Require aPost-Secondary Degree
Education or training level for fastest growing occupations, 2008 to 2018 Education or training level for fastest growing occupations, 2008 to 2018 Education or training level for fastest growing occupations, 2008 to 2018
Rank Title Education or training level
1 Biomedical engineers Bachelor's degree
2 Network systems analysts Bachelor's degree
3 Home health aides Short-term on-the-job training
4 Personal and home care aides Short-term on-the-job training
5 Financial examiners Bachelor's degree
6 Medical scientists Doctoral degree
7 Physician assistants Masters degree
8 Skin care specialists Postsecondary vocational award
9 Biochemists and biophysicists Doctoral degree
10 Athletic trainers Bachelor's degree
Source Employment Projections Program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Source Employment Projections Program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Source Employment Projections Program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Teacher Effectiveness Matters

• Three new studies show that having an effective
  teacher in the classroom
• makes a difference in student outcomes in the
  classroom and beyond
• The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers Teacher
  Value-added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
  (Chetty, Friedman Rockoff). http//obs.rc.fas.ha
  rvard.edu/chetty/value_added.html
• The MET Project Multiple Measures of teaching
• Learning Denied The Case for Equitable Access to
  Effective Teaching in Californias Largest
  District. (The Education Trust-West)

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Regents Reform Agenda A Mandate for an Integrated
Approach

• Implementing Common Core standards and developing
  curriculum and assessments aligned to these
  standards to prepare students for success in
  college and the workplace
• Building instructional data systems that measure
  student success and inform teachers and
  principals how they can improve their practice in
  real time
• Recruiting, developing, retaining, and rewarding
  effective teachers and principals
• Turning around the lowest-achieving schools

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Components of the New APPR
as of 5/7/12 subject to revision
20 15
20 25
Teacher Other pointsIndividual/Peer
Observation, Student/Parent Feedback,Student
Work,Teacher Artifacts
Please refer to the Summary of APPR Revisions
2012-13 http//engageny.org/wp-content/uploads
/2012/03/nys-evaluation-plans-guidance-memo.pdf
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Adaptive vs. Technical Work

• The difference between an adaptive problem and
  a technical one is key. There are problems that
  are just technical. I'm delighted when a car
  mechanic fixes my car, an orthopedic surgeon
  gives me back a healed bone, or an internist
  gives me penicillin and cures my pneumonia.
  That's a key question is this a problem that an
  expert can fix, or is this a problem that is
  going to require people in the community to
  change their values, their behavior, or their
  attitudes? For this problem to be solved, are
  people going to need to learn new ways of doing
  business?
• -Ronald Heifetz
• Leadership Without Easy Answers

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When Does the Work Begin?