Building Capacity to Create Coherence and Buy-inThomas W. Giard III

Assistant SuperintendentPersonnel and Staff Development

Performance & Evaluation Specialist• Created a Central Office position• Coordinates all district initiatives related to the

implementation of the new evaluation plan.• This person is in schools working with teachers

and administrators.• Success versus just an exercise in compliance• Transition into focus on Educator Development

Building Capacity• Elementary Lead Teachers & Elementary APs• Expanded Learning Time Facilitator• Fine Arts Coordinator• Redefined traditionally non-evaluating DCs and

Middle School Subject Area Specialists• MFT Advisory Board• Leadership Academy Projects• Guidebook on link between CCSS & TEVAL

Creating Buy-in & Coherence • Accessibility– Dedicated email address: teachereval@meridenk12.org

– Administrators’ Community of Practice– Regular meetings in schools– Weekly email messages

• Quarterly Evaluation Newsletter “TEVAL Times”• Framing the roll-out– Build on our existing models of support

• Regular Feedback Surveys & Action Plan– MFT and Teacher Steering Team

• Work closely with CSDE and Bloomboard

Creating Buy-in & Coherence • Connecting Learning Walks Protocol to Evidence-

based work in Evaluation• On-going Calibration of whole administration

team• Connecting to our current work & initiatives– “Connecting the Dots” visual– 90% of our teachers in the new plan

“agree”/”strongly agree” the plan is connected to work they are already doing.

Meriden Educator

Evaluation and

Development Plan

Focus is on Educator Development• Meriden Teachers Sharing Success (MTSS) Team• Peer Coaching• Coaches

– Content Coaches– Executive Coaches for Administrators

• Learning Walks• Mentor Teachers• New Teacher Induction• Leadership Academy

• Ambassadors of Change