Dates:
July 17,18,19, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 1:00pm
July 20, 2012
Time: 9:00-12:00pm

Location: LAPDA Meeting Space, Montpelier

Cost: $425 for LAPDA members and $500 for non-members.

Registration: www.lapdavt.org

Call (802) 224-9110 for more information

This workshop is open to principals, teacher-leaders and to aspiring principals, who wish to further develop their skills in the area of teacher evaluations.

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Course Description

“Evaluating teachers is one of the most important tasks that principals perform.  Indeed, teacher evaluation may be the most important task.  After all, what matters more to the quality of a school than the quality of its teachers?  Neither the beauty and functionality of a school building nor the quality and relevance of a curriculum can begin to compare to the effect that an inspirational and skilled teacher has on students.”  The Art of School Leadership (p. 87), Thomas R. Hoerr.


Participants in this workshop will learn about:

* Vermont statutory requirements for teacher evaluations and compare the statutory requirements to their current practice;
* Examine characteristics of effective teaching and student engagement and how these characteristics transfer to the teacher’s evaluation as “evidence” for the process;
* “Growth Model” vs. a punitive model
* Examine ways to collect “evidence” to be used in the summative write-up;
* Learn the technique of CEIJ (Claim, Evidence, Interpretation, and Judgment);
* Link the use of CEIJ to the Danielson Model
* The importance of Pre and Post Conferencing
* Explore the use of Walk-Through Observations

About the Instructor

A native Vermonter, I earned my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Castleton State College.  My undergraduate degrees are in History, Spanish and Secondary Education and my Master's Degree is in Curriculum and Instruction.  In December 2010, I completed by Doctorate of Education
with a focus in Educational Administration.  The focus of my dissertation
was on measuring student engagement in the classroom.

My first 10 years in teaching were spent at Poultney High School in Poultney, Vermont, where I taught grades 8 through 12, teaching Civics, United States History, 20th Century History, and all levels of Spanish.  In addition, for two years, I taught Reading in grades 5 and 6.  I began my administrative career at Poultney High School as well, serving as the school's Acting Principal for a year and then I became the school's first Dean of Students, at which I served for two year.  After Poultney, I served for one year as the Dean of Students at a private Catholic school (Archbishop Spalding High School) just outside of Washington D.C.  From there, I spent six years at Essex High School, 2 years as a full-time Spanish teacher and 4 years as one of the Assistant Principals.  After Essex, I served as the Principal at Colchester Middle School for 5 years and for the last three years, I was the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment for the Barre Supervisory Union, I just this year became the Superintendent of Schools for Milton Town School District.

In addition to my teaching and leadership positions, I am trained in the Danielson's Teacher Evaluation Systems and in the OAT (Observing and Analyzing Teaching) Teacher observation system.  I have worked with a variety of school districts/supervisory unions in the implementation of the Danielson's model, the use of walk through observations, as well as in running teacher workshops in integrating literacy strategies into content areas, differentiated instruction, and progress monitoring data systems.