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ANNOUNCEMENTS EDUCATEAlabama is currently under review and will reflect stakeholder input soon Recent Postings
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About EDUCATEAlabama EDUCATEAlabama is currently under review and will reflect stakeholder input soon. __________________________ EDUCATEAlabama Professional Learning Collaborative is a formative system designed to provide data about a teacher’s current level of practice within a Continuum based on the new Alabama Quality Teaching Standards (AQTS). As the process implies, the new system is a learning collaborative. Data are used by the evaluator and teacher to set expectations, goals, and plans for teacher professional growth and learning. There has been great effort to align the EDUCATEAlabama process with the Alabama mentoring program and broader teacher development initiatives. __________________________ Overview of EDUCATEAlabama Collaborative Teacher Evaluation System The EDUCATEAlabama Collaborative Teacher Evaluation System was designed to provide data about a teacher's current performance against a set of standards developed by the Governor's Commission on Quality Teaching. A school administrator collects these data by observing the teacher in his/her classroom, discussing practices through dialogues with the teacher, and documenting other knowledge about the teacher gleaned during the school year. The teacher also conducts a self-assessment. For each of the standards and its indicators, the administrator and teacher determine a level of practice from a Continuum of practices. The Alabama Continuum for Teachers used in the evaluation process has 4 levels of practice for each indicator of a standard: Emerging, Applying, Integrating, and Innovating. This collaborative process uses the data gathered during the evaluation to not only determine one of the four levels of practice but also to develop a professional learning plan that will assist the teacher in achieving the professional learning needed to progress to higher levels of teacher practice. The local school system is responsible for the evaluation of teachers and uses the evaluation data and results based on the state standards to make decisions about its teachers. Parents and others wishing to know more information about how a school uses the evaluation information for improving teaching and student achievement should contact their local school system. _________________________
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Teacher Orientation Manual The Teacher Orientation Module is available as an Adobe Acrobat document or through online access. You will need Acrobat Reader to access the PDF version of the module.
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (ARRA) Alabama does not link student achievement data to teacher or leader evaluation. |
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