DPAS II Interim Year Source: DoE
You can download this chart from DoE's DPASII web site at http://www.doe.k12.de.us/csa/dpasii/training/DPASIITrainingOptOverview-8-11-11.pdf.
Evaluators Question: Who are the "expert evaluators?"
Answer: "Expert evaluators" will be dis-
trict office administrators, lead mentors and the people hired to be "development coaches." The expert evaluators are also expected to coach and model effective evalua- tion, and will have additional resources available to help adminis- trators. All of the development coaches must become "expert evalu- ators" before they can begin coach- ing administrators in DPASII- Revised this coming year. They must also successfully pass the eLearning training modules.
Development Coaches
Question: How do the "develop- ment coaches" fit in with DPASII training? I heard there aren't enough for all administrators.
Answer: Yes, the "development coaches"
are another resource for evaluators since these coaches are hired and trained (with Race to the Top fund- ing) to work with administrators to properly evaluate teachers and administrators. Unfortunately, only 60 of the
state's approximately 180 school buildings will have development coaches assigned, though every dis- trict will have at least one building with a development coach. Coaches will spend four hours/week in their
assigned buildings. The administra- tors selected to have development coaches will take the DASL training in DPASII. This is an eight-hour training that includes: changes in DPAS; frameworks; pre and post conferences; writing an effective Improvement Plan. Finally, every district's Race to
the Top Scope of Work Plan includes commitment to see that district administrators are trained in DPASII-Revised, to be faithful to the regulations and the directives in the DPASII-Revised guide. You can find your district's RTTT Scope of Work Plan here:
(Scroll to bottom of
page to find your district.) Is the district's plan being imple- mented?
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Find the DPASII- Revised Interim Year Guides for Teachers and Specialists on the Dept. of
Education web- site at www.doe. k12.de.us/dpasii/ default.html.
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