Building Bridges to

Success
Jenn Scheel
Liz Franklin
Matt Bigham
 Step One Data Collection

All teachers across all grade levels and disciplines will complete
a questionnaire answering the following info:
Educational Background/Major
Subject Matter Currently Teaching
Number of Years Teaching Experiences
Previous Non-Teaching Employment
Which Teacher Prep program attended and number of years of
teacher prep attended.
 Staff Development Team

Administrators
Counselors/School Climate Team
SPED Heads
Curriculum and Instructional
Specialists
Lead Teachers with 5+ years
experiences
 What Does the Research Say about Good
Teaching?

Staff development team will be trained on research based best

teaching practices:
Deep content knowledge
Subject matter teaching
Curriculum integration
Asking essential question
Using Standards based curriculum
Using Authentic Assessments
Utilizing effective scoring rubric
Utilizing effective practices
 Video -

Good Teaching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9RDfv5OAZQ
 SD Team Training

Team gets Trained in The

Charlotte Danielson Training for
Teaching Evaluation Instrument
Roles and Responsibilities of The Team
Roles
Curriculum and Instructional Specialist
Counselor and School Climate team
Special Education Heads/Professionals
Lead Teachers
Administrators
Responsibilities
Ensure teachers are following curriculum up
to state standards and are utilizing various
classroom management techniques
Ensuring that teachers are instructing at
grade level and assist in relationship building
between teacher and student
Ensure teachers are following IEP
modifications and accommodations for
specific students.
Mentor Role: Peer observation/feedback,
Peer Coaching, Peer Support.
Point Person Head of Team
 Evaluation Procedures
Administration performs initial evaluation and identifies areas
of strengths and areas of improvement

The areas that are identified as in need of improvement will

receive intensive intervention from members of the SD team
based on their roles and responsibilities.

Teachers will be required to observe Lead teacher/Mentor

Teacher classes.

Mentor teachers will observe teacher and provide feedback in

the areas of improvement and instructional strategies to
support these areas.
 Professional Development
Buy Back Hours

Staff Development Program will

require teachers based on
Evaluation results to attend
Professional Development in the
areas of improvement
 Final Evaluation

Lastly, teachers will need to write a written reflection of the

professional development they attended and how they will
utilize what they learned in the classroom.

Administration performs a follow up evaluation to determine if

progress has been made in areas of improvement

Once teachers have reached the proficient to distinguished

levels on all four domain then the teacher can move from a
two year evaluation schedule to a four year.
 Resources

Time to Implement

Time to Train

Money for stipends (SD team members)

Cooperative Team Approach

People - Subs to cover classes for observations