Tammy H. Starnes State Department of Education

Evaluation Coordinatortstarnes@alsde.edu

“If we always remember what’s best for the child in the chair, how can we make wrong decisions?”

-Dr. Tommy Bice, Deputy State Superintendent of Education

The guiding mission of the Alabama Department of Education is to provide the

standards, resources, and support LEAs need to ensure ALL students graduate college

and/or career ready.

New teacher evaluation system will go into effect September 1, 2009 for all evaluators of teachers

Over 3500 instructional leaders will be experiencing a professional study during the 2009-2010 school year

Evaluation toolkit for Superintendents and evaluation systems for specialty areas, instructional leaders and central office staff will be in place Fall 2010.

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1. Formative Evaluation System

2. No numerical scores

3. Rubrics will be used Emerging Applying Integrating Innovating

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Teacher Orientation – October/NovemberObservation – 1st (end of November) 2nd (February or Early March)Dialogues – February or March Collaborative Summary Report – End of

April Professional Learning Plan – End of April Analysis – May

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