Action Item
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Information and Technology
Action Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Accept the Fourth Amendment with the Lowest and Best Proposal Submitted by Cambridge Education, Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) #9171-DST Teacher Evaluation Training (in the Charlotte Danielson Framework) (Information and Technology Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| On March 9, 2010, Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) contracted with Cambridge Education (CE) to provide training to administrators, peer evaluators, mentor evaluators, and district personnel in the Charlotte Danielson Framework. The training was extremely successful and now includes in-field calibration of observers. Since 2010, principals, assistant principals, peer mentors/assessors, and district staff participated in face-to-face training in the Teacher Evaluation Program based on the Danielson Framework. Participants then completed multiple rounds of live observations with CE coaches to practice implementing the framework.
Beginning in September 2013, Cambridge will review observers' progress in implementing the rubric in which they were trained. Five to six CE coaches will conduct half-day/full-day, on-site visits to assess the progress made by administrators, peer evaluators, and mentors in implementing the Teacher Evaluation Framework. The coaches will conduct two to three joint lesson observations with the observers, recording individual component scores on each visit to ensure that observers continue to rate lessons accurately. All observers must successfully complete this exercise in order to continue observing teachers. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| All Strategic Objectives | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Budgeted funds not to exceed $500,000 will be available from the Race to the Top grant and the Teacher Incentive Fund grant. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| Participants will evaluate the training. | |
| SUBMITTED BY: | |
| David J. Steele, Ph.D. | Gretchen Saunders | |
| Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Grant (813) 272-4600 |
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| A 6.02 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130716_591 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.02 | ||