While students were enjoying a day off from school, New
Richmond Exempted Village School District administrators and certified staff
spent Oct. 14 preparing for the new Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES) and
writing Student Learning Objectives (SLO) that will be used in future
evaluations.
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| New Richmond teachers participated in training for the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System and locally created Student Learning Objectives during in service training Oct. 14. (Photo by Matt Prichard) |
Half of each NREVSD teacher's evaluation beginning
this year will come from how much their students learn over the course of the
school year. If available, teachers must include the Ohio Department of
Education’s Value-Added data in the student growth measure. If Value-Added data
is not available, districts can use other assessments such as state approved national
testing results or locally developed SLO.
A SLO is a target that a teacher sets at the
beginning of the year for all students or for a subgroup of students and demonstrate
a teacher’s impact on student learning. The challenge for measuring student
growth is that not all teachers can use the same assessment or in subjects where
traditional assessments are not an option (such as art, music or physical
education).
NREVSD Supt. Adam Bird created a district SLO committee
that met last week to kick start SLO planning that was presented at the Oct. 14 in
service session. Committee members included Supt. Bird, Monroe Elementary
principal Joe Roach and NREVSD teachers Kelly Schmittou, Tim Cook, Misty
Cresap, Greg Chandler, Megan Allen, Tina Grippa, Allie Ball, Stacy Gibbons,
Nicole Parker and Bill Harris.
The other half of a teacher evaluation under OTES is
an evaluation that includes a teacher’s
performance rating that is based on a professional growth plan and a
minimum of two observations.
