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From Compliance to Coherence Meriden Public Schools Joy Baker Miguel A. Cardona, Ed.D. Melissa Lambo Stacy Whittington Establishing a Culture for Collaborative Professional Learning and Support

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Engaging teacher leaders to improve teaching and learning through the Meriden Educator Evaluation and Support System Developing plan Communicating to teachers Training materials and time Support networks Presenting and attending conferences together Promoting growth mindset and collaboration

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Start with trust and growth mindset Continue with trust and growth mindset End with trust and growth mindset Evaluation Plan amplifies climate

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Stacy Whittington Vice President, Meriden Federation of Teachers How I first became involved in the revising of the evaluation system almost 6 years ago The collaborative nature of developing our current system with the MFT, MAA, and Central Office Connecting the Dots conferences run through AFT in Providence, RI in the winter of 2012 and Houston, TX in the fall of 2013. The collaboration between Miguel, myself, and the 4 representatives from the 4 piloted schools.

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Miguel A. Cardona Performance and Evaluation Specialist Teachers are our best teachers.. The Meriden Teacher Sharing Success program was developed to empower teachers to contribute to the development of the profession in Meriden.

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Miguel A. Cardona Performance and Evaluation Specialist Steering Groups (MFT Steering, Teacher Steering Cmte.) Educator Survey with follow up action plan (Need time and training) BloomBoard Superusers SLO Experts Support Resources (http://www.meridenk12.org/Departments/Performance-and-Evaluation-/)http://www.meridenk12.org/Departments/Performance-and-Evaluation-/ Teacher Videos LiveBinder MPS Cares Staff Request

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Building Capacity by Recruiting Teacher Leaders in the Evaluation Process Our Journey: Received Bloomboard and SLO training to be experts in our building Attended optional workshops in Bloomboard and SLO Created an overview cheat sheet of expectations and presented during data teams in the spring of 2013 for the upcoming school year Produced Bloomboard/SLO guide-introduced during an October Professional Development day hosted by building experts

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During PD day, teachers had the ability to log on to Bloomboard and collaborate with teammates on SLO, while Superusers fielded questions and provided guidance Created a mini guide for mid-year conference time: describing directions on Bloomboard and samples to the mandatory questions Communicate with staff daily to provide guidance and answer questions through one-on-one meetings, emails and texts

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Establishing relationships with teachers (formal and informal) Build on trust and collaboration (formal and informal) Let go Three basic human needs for growth are autonomy, belonging, and a sense of competency. Deci, E. and R. Ryan (2000). The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry 11(4), 227-268.

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What could you take away from todays presentation that you can use in your district?