Documenting Your Work Through Artifacts

NovemberType Date Here 2012

Type Presenter Name/Contact Here

Objectives for today

If we have done our job today, you will: Understand what to expect from your Formative Assessment and Summative Evaluation Identify types of evidence that you will use to document
progress toward goals proficiency in 4 standards

Understand how to upload evidence into the EDFS

http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com

For more information, visit:

- EDFS: http://eval.mybps.org/ - http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com

Email questions, comments and feedback to:

- bpsevaluation@boston.k12.ma.us

MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Evaluation Site:

- http://www.doe.mass.edu/edeval/

Norms

How can we, as a team of adults looking to support and help children learn, work together most effectively today?
- Respect diversity of perspectives - Engage in active listening - Assume best intentions - Provide safety and confidentiality - Know that there are no dumb questions - Others?

Introductions: Turn and Talk

Name School What would you like to improve upon this school year?

Todays Agenda

Formative Assessment & Summative Evaluation

Documenting Your Work Through Artifacts Work Time

Plan Development & Implementation

Self-Assessment

Summative Evaluation

Analysis, goalsetting & plan development

Formative Assessment/Evaluation

Implementation of the plan

Overall Ratings
Progress on Goals
Student Learning Professional Practice

Ratings on 4 Standards
I. Curriculum, Planning and Assessment II. Teaching All Students III. Family & Community Engagement IV. Professional Culture

Overall Rating
Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Unsatisfactory

Educators are responsible for providing evidence for all standards and goals

Evaluations in EDFS

Evaluations in EDFS

Evaluations in EDFS: Rating Goals

Evaluations in EDFS: Rating Standards

Evaluations in EDFS: Comments

Evaluations in EDFS: Overall Rating

Evaluations in EDFS: Evaluator Sign-Off

Evaluations in EDFS: Release

Evaluations in EDFS: Educator Sign-Off

Formative Assessment & Summative Evaluation

Formative Assessment
Usually at midpoint of cycle

May lead to a change in plan

Summative Evaluation
By May 15 for one-year plans
Overall rating determines the next plan

Formative Assessment & Summative Evaluation

Meetings
Upon request of educator or evaluator Required for ratings of NI or Unsatisfactory

Prescriptions issued for standards

rated less than proficient

Questions?

Todays Agenda

Formative Assessment & Summative Evaluation

Documenting Your Work Through Artifacts Work Time

Evidence: Observations & Artifacts

Ratings on Goals & Standards based on: o Evidence collected in observations o Evidence documented in artifacts Artifacts can be submitted by the

Educator OR the Evaluator

Uploading onto EDFS

Step 1:

Select the Artifacts icon and you will get this screen:
Step 2:

Uploading onto EDFS When you click Add Artifacts, you will get this:
Description (what is it?)

Rationale (why this?)

Tags (which goals & standards?)

Choose File & Save

Possible Artifacts
Standard I Standard II Standard III Standard IV Student Learning Goal Professional Practice Goal

Unit & lesson plans

Modified plans & materials

Newsletters Thoughtful selfassessment & goals

Student work samples

Records of/ Reflections on practice

Student work Data analysis

3-4 artifacts per standard/goal recommended An artifact can be evidence for multiple standards/goals

Artifacts

Good: Log showing dates of with

families

Better: Include content of each point

of contact

Best:

Document impact of contact on behavior of a particular student

Artifacts

Upload electronic files on EDFS

Can keep a binder & provide descriptions in EDFS

May include
Word documents, spreadsheets, powerpoints Photos, videos, or scanned copies of student work

Should be robust
Connect to rubric Demonstrate impact on student learning

Todays Agenda

Formative Assessment & Summative Evaluation Documenting Your Work Through Artifacts
Work Time

Brainstorming Evidence: Goals

Goal Rating Rationale Exceeded, Met, Significant Progress, Some Progress, or Did Not Meet Claim: Evidence 1: Evidence 2:

Evidence 3:

Think about how you will document the completion of your action steps

Brainstorming Evidence: Standards

Standard Rating Rationale I. Curriculum, Planning, & Assessment Exceeded, Met, Significant Progress, Some Progress, or Did Not Meet Claim: Evidence 1: Evidence 2:

Evidence 3:
Connection to rubric:

Think about how you could document the impact on student learning

Resources, Support, Questions, and Feedback For more information, visit:

- EDFS: http://eval.mybps.org/ - http://educatoreffectiveness.weebly.com

Email questions, comments and feedback to:

- bpsevaluation@boston.k12.ma.us

MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Evaluation Site:

- http://www.doe.mass.edu/edeval/

Office of Educator Effectiveness

Ross Wilson, Assistant Superintendent for Educator Effectiveness
Jared Joiner, Implementation Specialist

Emily Kalejs Qazilbash, Implementation Specialist

Angela Rubenstein, Implementation Specialist Kris Taylor, Implementation Specialist

Jenna Costin, EDFS On-line System Coordinator

Have we met our goals for today?

If we have done our job today, you:

Understand what to expect from your Formative Assessment and Summative Evaluation
Identify types of evidence that you will use to document
progress toward goals proficiency in 4 standards

Understand how to upload evidence into the EDFS