DPAS II - Revised Update
DPAS II
More changes in DPASII implementation
Backgrounder this spring
PAS II, the Delaware
teacher performance
appraisal system, is built
upon and supported by the work
of Charlotte Danielson.
The original system was the
product of a multi-year, collaborative effort involving teachers,
administrators, DSEA and DOE.
The process was piloted and
assessed before full state implementation in 2008. Using
Danielson's Framework for
Effective Teaching (2007), the system focuses on those components
shown to demonstrate teacher
effectiveness.
Though not recommended by
Danielson, a student achievement
component (Component 5) was
added to the DPAS II process.
This component requires educators to validate student achievement through scores on the state
assessment instrument and/or
through teacher collected artifacts that demonstrate student
proficiency throughout the year.
When Delaware won the first
Race to the Top Grant in 2010 the
state began revising DPAS II, and
more specifically, Component 5.
After more than two years of
extensive work with a wide variety of stakeholders, including
DSEA, the state unveiled a new
Component 5 process.
The component rating is now
determined using student growth
as measured by the state test
(DCAS), state approved multiple
measures, and state approved
growth goals. Although the five
components of the DPAS II system are weighted equally,
Component 5 now serves as the
gate keeper for the overall rating
of an educator.
IMPORTANT RESOURCES: Go to
www.dsea.org/DPASII.html for
links to documents that further
define DPAS II Revised and the
Component 5 process, documents
that are sometimes hard to find.
They're all here in one place!
Questions? Contact Debbie
Stevens, DSEA's dir. of instructional advocacy at Deborah.
Stevens@dsea.org.
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News, changes, and
training opportunities
he following changes are the
result of the information
and experiences that individual eductaors and DSEA leaders
have shared with DoE officials.
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1. In completing the Roster
Verification Process, educators
should remember that only those
students who have attended 85% of
their classes can be included in
their evaluation computations.
This is found in Title 14, section
1270.
2. The Dept. of Education has
extended the DCAS testing window from May 6 to May 30.
Districts can decide the close of
their testing window for multiple
measure tests. All districts have
until July 1 to enter their teacher
evaluation data into the state
reporting system, ERS.
3. DoE is introducing an online
training module for Component
5 later this spring. This module can
be viewed individually or used in a
group setting, in a faculty meeting
or PLC. Watch for information from
DoE on how to register.
4. DoE will re-open the TLEU hotline and other supports starting
April 8, 2013. DoE will look to
include some after-school hours as
part of their hours of operation.
5. DoE will accept alternate
assessment submissions from the
districts until June 7, 2013. This is
an opportunity for educators,
through their districts, to submit
pre- and post- district-developed
measures that could be used in
place of the current "B" measures
on the Performance Plus site. All
measures must be reviewed by a
contracted DoE vendor and receive
DoE approval prior to being used.
Information can be found at www.
doe.k12.de.us/csa/dpasii/CompVMeasureB.shtml.
DoE has told us that they will be
providing more policy changes/
clarifications around April 8. Stay
tuned by going to the DPASII web
site at www.dsea.org/Accountabili
ty/DPASII.html or DoE's web site at
www.doe.k12.de.us/csa/dpasii/
default.shtml.
The shift to Common Core standards: some
facts and resources might help
Background on the
Common Core
Standards
he goal of the Common Core
State Standards (www.corestandards.org/implementing) is to provide a consistent, clear
understanding of what students are
expected to learn. The standards
are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the
knowledge and skills that our
young people need for success in
college and careers.
They were developed in partnership with the National Governors
Association and the Council of
Chief State School Officers, as well
as the National Education
Association, the American
Federation of Teachers, the
International Reading Association,
the National Council of Teachers of
English, and the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics.
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Full implementation is
scheduled for 2014-2015
school year
To date, 46 states have agreed to a
set of voluntary K-12 state standards in English Language
Arts/Literacy and Mathematics.
8 March/April 2013 DSEA ACTION!
Efforts are ongoing to establish
standards for science and social
studies.
• Reading, writing and speaking
grounded in evidence from text,
both literary and informational
Resources
•Regular practice with complex text
and its academic language.
NEA Common Tool Toolkit
www.nea.org/assets/docs/EPP_Co
mmonCore_Toolkit_Final.pdf
Student Achievement Partners
This site provides free, high-quality
resources to educators.
New tools include: Basal Alignment
Project, which are free, core-aligned
basal revisions and new professional development released December
11, 2012. www.achievethecore.org
Tools for professional development include Common Core Shifts,
a two-page summary; Where to
Focus in math by grade; Guide to
creating text-dependent questions;
and professional development modules.
www.dsea.org/Accountability/Com
monCoreStandards.html#shifts
The Common Core "shifts"
Here are the shifts in pedagogy
from today's standards to the
Common Core Standards:
For ELA/Literacy:
• Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction
For Mathematics:
• Focus strongly where the
Standards focus
Coherence: Think across grades,
and link to major topics within
grades
Rigor: In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural
skill and fluency, and application.
Information for Parents
Parent Roadmaps to Common Core
Standards – www.cgcs.org/Domain
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National PTA – www.pta.org/advo
cacy/content.cfm?ItemNumber=355
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Spotlight on the Common Core
Standards - What do Parents Need
to Know? http://educationnorth
west.org/resource/1547
A Parent's Guide to the Common
Core Standards –
www.education.com/magazine/
article/parents-guide-to-commoncore-standards/
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