Educator Evaluations
Strengthen teacher instruction and promote student growth.
Our services are designed to seamlessly align instructional practices with Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS) standards. By ensuring administrators master rubrics and streamlining the observation process, we empower educators with tailored solutions for effective implementation.
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Services
- Principal Appraiser Certification & Training
- Teacher Appraiser Certification & Training
- Teacher Observations
- Student Growth Measures
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA)
- Data Analysis & Management Support
- SEE-ONE Student Growth System
Principal Appraiser Certification & Training
This one-day training is required for anyone who will appraise principals. Principals who will be appraised with T-PESS should also take this 1-day training to deepen their understanding of the appraisal process, including engaging in an orientation, completing a self-assessment, composing a professional development plan, and setting improvement goals.
Teacher Appraiser Certification & Training
Unlock your certification as a designated appraiser with our three-day T-TESS training. This service equips you with essential observation skills.
T-TESS certification is completed by passing the online test via the Teach for Texas portal. Plus, either ILD or Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL) is required alongside this training to ensure you’re fully prepared for teacher appraisal.
Evaluating, Supporting, and Refining PLCs at Work
Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL) Training
The Advancing Educational Leadership (AEL) training is an engaging and research-based training design to improve instruction and student performance at the campus and district level. This is a 3-day required training for T-TESS appraisers and is a co-requisite of T-TESS.
Teacher Observations
We build leadership capacity through strengthening teacher observation practices and support the implementation of a valid and reliable observation and appraisal system
Professional Development
Teachers
- Planning for Effective Instruction: Leveraging T-TESS to Enhance Instruction
- Deconstructing the TEKS for Effective Instruction
- Differentiating Instruction for All Classrooms
Appraisers
- Identify and create a common language to increase and ensure scoring accuracy for T-TESS
- Deep Dive into Domain 2 & 3
- Appraisers will learn to identify quality evidence aligned to ratings and observation feedback, focusing on individual T-TESS domains, and engage in multiple opportunities to strengthen calibration within the school system
- Appraiser Calibration Training
- Defining Inter Rater Reliability and Calibration
- T-TESS Rater Skew
- Skew and Correlation
- Action Plan
District Administrators
- District System Planning, Implementation, and Refinement of Student Growth Measures
- Professional Development Planning and Timeline for Support
Student Growth Measures
Our services enhance leadership capacity by strengthening student growth measurements and supporting the implementation of valid and reliable measures, ultimately improving learner outcomes and driving student progress.
Student Growth Measure Support Available:
- Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
- Portfolios
- Value Added Measure
- Pre-Test/Post-Test
Professional Development
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District Student Growth Measure System Implementation & Planning
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Assessment Alignment
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Collecting and Managing a Body of Evidence
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Progress Monitoring Student Growth Measures
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Ongoing Student Growth Measure Coaching and Support
Technical Assistance
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District SLO System Implementation & Planning
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Writing & Revising High-Quality SLOs & Building a Reliable Body of Evidence
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Rating & Approving High-Quality SLOs
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Coaching the SLO Process
Teachers
- Writing High Quality SLOs (Elementary/Middle School/High School)
- Building a Reliable Body of Evidence for Progress Monitoring
- Targeted Support for Writing/Refining SLOs
Appraisers
- Developing the Role of the Appraiser
- Focus on developing a deep understanding of Appraiser’s role in the SLO process
- Enhance appraiser role in leveraging the SLO Success Criteria to review, approve, process monitor and coach teachers through the SLO process
- Coaching Session: Coaching the Appraiser through Progress Monitoring Campus SLOs
- Coaching Session: Review and plan for coaching & feedback for Mid-Year Conference
- Coaching Session: Review student work samples, SLO, and TSP alignment
District Administrators
- District System Planning, Implementation, and Refinement of Student Growth Measures
- Professional Development Planning and Timeline for Support
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
We support our educators in developing strong practices that utilize PLCs to support student success.
Planning for Effective Learning Communities
Results & Monitoring Success in a PLC
Evaluating, Supporting, and Refining PLCs at Work
Administrators
- Identify effective practices of PLCs
- Prepare PLC teams in planning for guiding the effective implementation of PLCs to support learner outcomes.
- Evaluating, Supporting, and Refining PLCs at work
New Teacher Academy (Part II)
- Develop a collaborative cohort of teachers focused on effective instructional practices
- Refine & enhance practices to promote student & teacher growth
- Plan for next steps for instruction & supporting student growth and learning
Instructional Leadership Academy
- Super lever: Data-Driven Instruction & Student Culture
- Instructional & Culture Levers: Observation & Feedback, Staff Culture
- Levers of Instructional leadership approach focused on rapid and sustained school improvement that is replicable across school settings
Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA)
We are Texas Education Agency approved TIA technical assistance providers
- General TIA Local Designation System
- Teacher Observation and Appraisal
- Student Growth Measures
- Data Management and Analysis
- Spending/ Strategic Compensation
TIA Support Request & Consortium Interest
We provide assistance with all areas of the TIA, including:
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Weighting
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Designation System Design
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Adjustments to Current Weighting
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Additional System Components
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Teacher Observation System
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Observation Trend Data Analysis
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Validate Observations & Calibrations
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Effective Feedback Strategies
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Inter-Rater Reliability & Evaluation
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Student Growth Measures
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Student Learning Objectives
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Portfolio System
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Value-Added Measures
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Pre-Test / Post-Test Options
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SEE-One Data Management Application (managing SLOs)
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System Development
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Communication Strategies and Materials
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Stakeholder Engagement Facilitation
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Strategic Plan & Resources
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Spending Plan
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Spending Plan Communication
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Distribution of Funds
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District Systems Support
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Central Office Systems for TIA
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Designated Teacher Supports
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Recruit & Retain Effective Teachers
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Data Submission & Analysis Support
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Our support continues after the application process
- System Implementation & Training Supports
- Data Validation Academy
- Strategic Professional Learning Support
- TEA Statutory Components
- Teacher Observation
- Calibration and Analysis
- High-Quality Valid Student Growth Measures
- Additional Supports
- Program Evaluations and Data Analysis
- Data Management System
TIA Support Request & Consortium Interest
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Data Analysis & Management Support
Our services enhance data analysis for teacher observation and student growth, helping refine instruction and implement a reliable process for successful TIA data validation.
Data Analysis Support Available:
- Preparing to Acquire & Review District Observation Data
- Identify & Assess Observation Reports for Trends & Skew (Pre/Mid/Post)
- Identify & Assess Observation Reports for Trends & Skew (Mid-Year Only)
- Preparing to Acquire & Review District Student Growth Data
- Student Growth Data Management (SEE-One)
- Data Analysis Correlation Review '23-'24 Data Submission
- Determining District Performance Standards and Designations
- Historical Data Analysis (previous years)
- Skew Report and Root Cause Analysis Report
- Data Analysis Review & Support in Developing an Action Plan and Next Steps