PPfT Appraisal
April 2016 Newsletter
Dear PPfT Appraisal Teachers,
April’s PPfT Appraisal Newsletter includes pertinent information and deadlines regarding the PPfT Appraisal and will cover the following topics:
- Spring PPfT Appraisal Deadlines
- Verifying Observations in HCP
- Professional Growth and Responsibilities
- SLO Reminders and Deadlines
- School-Wide Value-Added
- Summative Details and Deadlines
Spring PPfT Appraisal Deadlines:
- April 22, 2016- Last day an announced observation can occur by appraiser.
- April 29, 2016 - Final SLO submission form must be complete by teachers.
- May 20, 2016- Spring Announced Observation must be verified in HCP by teachers.
- May 27, 2016 – Summative report must be signed electronically in HCP by teachers.
Be sure to review the PPfT Appraisal Timeline for additional important details and deadlines.
Verifying Observations in HCP:
Teachers must verify Spring Announced Observations and sign Summative Reports. For help verifying your observation or signing your Summative Report, please review the PPfT Appraisal HCP Guide which provides a step-by-step walkthrough of completing the appraisal process in HCP.
Please make sure to use the most current version of Mozilla Firefox or Chrome when using HCP. Internet Explorer is not compatible with our system.
Professional Growth and Responsibilities:
Professional Growth and Responsibilities accounts for 25% of your overall appraisal score, and includes a rubric that encompasses five strands associated to professionalism:
• Strand 1: Professional Development and Reflection
• Strand 2: Collaboration and Contributions
• Strand 3: Lesson Planning and Data Use
• Strand 4: Relational Communication
• Strand 5: Compliance
Teachers must review and electronically sign Professional Growth and Responsibilities scores and/or feedback. For help reviewing and signing Professional Growth and Responsibilities reports, please review the PPfT Appraisal HCP Guide.
Student Learning Objectives:
- March 21 - April 29, 2016 - All spring semester and year-long SLOs must post-test all students.
Final Teacher SLO Submission Deadline:
- April 29, 2016 - All spring semester and year-long SLO teachers must enter post-test scores on roster and complete all fields on SLO verification form.
- SLO Final Teacher Submission Tutorial- https://youtu.be/IuOkjJ5NFHQ
School-wide Value-added
School-wide Value-added is the second student growth measure included in the PPfT appraisal and is worth 10% of your appraisal score. Value-added focuses on student progress, not achievement, and is an additional way to help schools look at data. This growth measure examines student growth year to year at the campus level.
Value-added takes into account all of the test history for each student to determine what a year’s worth of growth looks like for that student. Once the student test scores are reported, value-added compares how the student did with the years worth of growth and determines if it is above expectations, at expectations, or below expectations.
Teachers will not need to do anything additional to obtain the value-added score. Teachers will receive the school-wide value-added score from the previous year to inform the appraisal score. The district has contracted with SAS to calculate school-wide value-added for Reading and Math- both the reading and math scores will be averaged for the school-wide score.
* School-wide Value-Added scores will not be included for first year teachers, teachers new to AISD, teachers on special campuses and teachers with special assignments. These individuals will have this percentage replaced by his/her SLO score.
School-wide valued-added results will be uploaded in HCP by May.
Summative Details and Deadlines:
Summative Information:
- Summative Reports will be available in the HCP by May 13, 2016. Teachers must sign off on the report in the HCP by May 27, 2016.
- Summative Conference may be waived by Teacher, NOT APPRAISER, if the appraiser agrees. Conferences must be completed by May 26, 2016.
PPfT Appraisal Resources:
- The AISD PPfT Appraisal Website provides links to resources for instructional practice, appraisal rubrics, timelines and the support guide.
- The PPfT Appraisal Support Guide provides detailed information about components and policies, as well as directions and guidelines for how to complete the appraisal.
- The Instructional Practice Online Resource Site provides a teacher toolkit for each strand of the rubric, links to instructional strategies, links to videos of expected standard and above expected standard teaching, a classroom showcase of AISD teachers and recommended reading for teachers.
- The PPfT Appraisal Mid-Year Review for Teachers: Professional Growth and Responsibilities Online Course reviews related tools and resources to assist you throughout the school year, scoring and expectations and sources of evidence and/or artifacts appraisers will review to assign a score.
- HCP includes appraisal resources, professional development opportunities and access to Edivation videos.
- SLO Database