Evaluation and Support Services

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• Evaluation Training

  The newly revised CSDE Foundational Skills for Evaluators of Teachers training is designed to concentrate on the evaluator’s capacity to observe and analyze teacher performance and practice inherent in the CT Common Core of Teaching (CCT) and to provide supportive, high quality feedback to teachers.

• The role of the Administrator in Educator Evaluation

  Online modules and guidance documents for administrators regarding educator evaluation.

• Educator Evaluation Implementation Recommendations and Resources

• Educator Evaluation Plan Submission Process

  The State Board of Education acted on April 5, 2017, to adopt proposed recommendations from the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) on the appropriate uses/non-uses of the state mastery test (e.g. Smarter Balanced Assessment, SAT, CMT, and CAPT) within the educator evaluation and support system.

• Professional Learning - Implementation

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student applies change research and uses tools to identify and support the developmental stages of change and ensures the fidelity of implementation.

• Professional Development and Evaluation Committees (PDECs)

• Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Grant

  A collaborated effort with pilot higher education institutions, CCSU and SCSU, to analyze and reform teacher preparation curricula to ensure training in evidence-based practices in literacy (reading and writing), culturally responsive teaching and clinical experiences.

• Professional Development Task Force 2016-17

  The task force was created to study professional development and in-service training requirements for educators.

• Increasing Educator Diversity (IED) Policy Oversight Council

  Advise the Commissioner of Education on ways to encourage minority middle and secondary school students to attend institutions of higher education and enter teacher preparation programs, recruit minority students attending institutions of higher education to enroll in teacher preparation programs and pursue teaching careers, recruit and retain minority teachers in Connecticut schools, recruit minority teachers from other states to teach in Connecticut schools, and recruit minority professionals in other fields to enter teaching.