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MSMA: Stakeholder group looks at evaluation modelsMaine School Management Association Stakeholder group looks at evaluation models The Evaluation Stakeholder Group, charged with approving teacher and principal evaluation models that incorporate student achievement data, met Thursday to start the difficult work of coming up with evaluations school districts can use. The group, which was created by legislation passed earlier this year to comply with rules tied to the federal Race to the Top grant, discussed two national models to see if they could be tailored to meet Maine’s needs. Those models include VAL-ED for evaluating principals and the Framework for Teaching, also known as the Charlotte Danielson model, for evaluating teachers. In May the stakeholder group agreed to adopt those models and work to incorporate student achievement data into them. A representative from Discovery Education Assessment, which produces VAL-ED, gave a presentation on that model as it now exists. Teacher Grace Leavitt of MSAD 51 and Professor Walter Kimball of the University of Southern Maine discussed what they learned at a conference on the Danielson model. The stakeholder group is scheduled to meet again on Sept. 16. The stakeholder group includes representatives from Maine School Boards Association, Maine School Superintendents Association, Maine Education Association, Maine Principals Association and Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities. Contact: Telephone: 207-622-3473 or 1-800-660-8484 |
