Circleville’s SLO JourneyPrepared by Jonathan Kuehnle, TIF

CoordinatorPresented September 2012

Student Learning Objectives

We’re doing S.L.O.s so we’re not S.O.L.!

In a word…OTES.

We are required to do SLOs (or other Student-Growth Measures) in 2013-14.

Why?

Thanks to OTIF, in 2012-13, we are held harmless to experiment with and phase-in

SLOs.•If we miss our targets, there is no penalty.•If we make our targets, performance-based, strategic-compensation payouts are awarded.•Either way, we are better prepared for the real deal in 2013-14.

Win-Win-Win:A great opportunity

SLOs incentivized in Goal #2 of our Local Award Model

•Why? SLOs build capability through Professional Development (PD)—this is the focus of Goal #2.•Metrics—Teachers must design, develop and implement two (2) SLOs per all guidelines.

Circleville’s Plan

SLOs incentivized in Goal #2 of our Local Award Model

•Focus—All teachers are eligible; we target non-VA teachers b/c they currently have nothing to populate the Student-Growth side of OTES. VA teachers do.•Award—non-VA teachers: $750.00. VA teachers: $200.00.

Circleville’s Plan, Continued

•Austin SLO Study TripCircleville’s #1 takeaway: SLO Excel template.#2: We’re not in this alone; many shared experiences.

•ODE/OTIF Mini-GrantCollaborative consortium with OTIF partner schools.Used ODE guidance to design and develop locally based team and individual SLOs.

Summer Support

•Circleville’s local SLO team is leading PD for teachers throughout the month of September.•Replicate summer process & share Excel template.

State of Implementation

•Circleville teachers’ primary concern: Accountability.•Use existing processes and protocols to support the work. •Teachers are already overloaded—don’t add new food to a full plate!

Monitoring the Work

OIPDLTBLTTBT with 5-Step Process & FIP.•We are required to do this work anyway. TIF is a nice “extra”.•The process works. CCS added 7 LRC Indicators after 1 year of implementation (2010-11: 17/26 and 2011-12: 24/26).•Collaborative support and collegial accountability. 1 Team SLO and 1 Individual SLO help everyone work toward the same goal. It focuses the work.

Monitoring the Work—How?

CCS Teacher Evaluation •Danielson framework—already aligned with OTES.•Use SLOs in the goal-setting section.•Credentialed Evaluator and OTES accountability.

Monitoring the Work—How?

Formula: Required Growth = (100 – BOY Score)/2. Result is added to the BOY score to set each individual student’s target.

•Example: If a student earns a 66 on the BOY test, then (100-66)/2=1717+66=83EOY target for this student is 83.•AISD teachers like it b/c it’s simple (“No Tiers” formula), it auto-calculates, and it sets a specific target for each student at all levels.

I Wanna See the Spreadsheet!

Contact InformationJonathan Kuehnle

Circleville City Schools TIF Coordinator, Etc.Jonathan.Kuehnle@cvcsd.com

740.412.8547

Thank You & Good Luck!