NELA Evaluation Plan (On-Going New Teach Orientation/ Support System !

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Internship Project Goals Retaining high-quality and effective teachers Internship Project Strategies (What did you do?) !" I#ple#ent #onthly training sessions for support group" $" %old infor#al &ee'ly #eetings" (" Provide #entors &ithin the )uilding for novice teachers *ctivities Identify participants for support group Invite identified participants to join the support group Create and send out survey to teachers to identify areas of weakness Create video library of resources for teachers Team building activities to promote a culture of trust among teachers, myself, and their mentor Work with mentors to identify topics needed to be addressed Identify veteran teachers in the building who are willing to serve as a mentor Identify and recruit retired teachers and/or principals willing to mentor the mentors and mentees Evaluation %uestions What do you need to 'no&? ( ! "ow many of the # training sessions did the teachers attend$ (%uantity! ( ! To what e&tent did the participants find the '( useful$ (%uality! ( ! "ow successful were the teachers at implementing strategies learned in '($ (%uality! &easures/'ata Sources %o& &ill you find out? ( ! )ign in sheets (esults What &ere the results? ( ! # out of # participants were at each of the si& sessions* ( ! + out of # participants found the '( useful, out of # participants found the '( very useful, and out of # participants found the '( somewhat useful* )ome of the responses included, -&cited to e&periment in my classroom what we learned about classroom discipline* I tried the strategy from Teaching with .ove and .ogic and could not believe it really works/ Thought the sessions were more

( ! )urvey %uestion ( ! Teacher referrals Individual teacher reflections

(2! To what e&tent were the weekly meetings helpful to the participants$ (%uality! (2! "ow often did the participants attend the provided weekly meetings$ (%uantity!

(2! Weekly )urvey

(2! )ign in sheet

of the same stuff we get from our district mentor* ( ! 0y 1ebruary teacher referrals went down by 234 from 5ovember* 6ccording to weekly reflections, teachers have successfully implemented at least 2 strategies learned during '( sessions* (2! 7 out of # participants found the weekly meetings helpful where 2 out of # participants found the weekly meetings too much* out of # of participants found no correlation between the weekly meetings and classroom effectiveness* (2! 8 out of # participants attended + weekly meetings each month where out of # participants attended 2 out of + weekly meetings each month*

(7! To what e&tent did the participants find the mentors helpful$ (%uality!

(7! 8 out of # participants found mentors very helpful where out of # participants found mentors somewhat helpful* (7! "ow fre9uently did the participants (7! :entor tally list of (7! 7 out of # participants reached out to reach out to their assigned mentor$ impromptu meetings mentors 2 times during the year for (%uantity! impromptu meetings* 2 out of # participants reached out to mentors ; times during the year for impromptu meetings* participant did not reach out to mentor at all* 'ecisions (Guiding Questions: What do the results mean? What are you going to do now?) )ummary of <esults (Interpretation of Data!, Teachers feel more comfortable voicing their concerns and receiving feedback Teacher feel confident implementing suggested strategies in their classrooms :ajority of teachers utili=ed assigned mentors :ajority of teachers felt comfortable reaching out to mentors 2

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Teachers felt overwhelmed by being re9uired to meet so often* Instead of relieving stress, weekly meetings added to their stress level* :ajority of teachers utili=ed assigned mentors :ajority of teachers felt comfortable reaching out to mentors

5e&t )teps (Action Steps!, Continue to ongoing support session>s ne&t year and push teacher leadership by implementing novice teacher sharing best practices that have worked in their classrooms Create a video library of teachers modeling effective classroom strategies Create a schedule where mentors can observe mentees classrooms and mentees can observe mentors classrooms 'rovide team building activities during monthly staff meetings Weekly meetings will not be re9uired? instead teachers can re9uest informal weekly conferences when they need to talk about issues individually, as a group, or with their department* :onthly teacher talk meetings will be re9uired to determine '( topics based on novice teacher needs and desires* Create a schedule where mentors can observe mentees classrooms and mentees can observe mentors classrooms 'rovide team building activities during monthly staff meetings @tili=ed 1lipped '(

Internship Project Goals Retaining high-quality and effective teachers Internship Project +utco#es (Why did you do it?) 6* Increased teacher effectiveness 0* Increased collaboration among teachers C* Increased staff support Evaluation %uestions What do you need to 'no&? (6! To what e&tent did standards increase on the teacher observation tool including walkAthrough forum$ (%uality! (6! To what e&tent did teachers implement teaching strategies learned in monthly '($ &easures/'ata Sources %o& &ill you find out? (6! 6naly=ing teacher observations and peer observations over the year (6! Classroom observations (esults What &ere the results? (6! # out of # participant>s evaluations increased on the observation tool* (6! 2 out of # participants implemented at least 2 new strategies, + out of # teachers implemented at least 8 new strategies

(0! "ow often do participants collaborate with their colleagues$ (%uantity! (0! "ow comfortable are participants with reaching out to their colleagues$

(0! '.T sign in sheets (0! )urvey 9uestion

(0! # out of # participants collaborated with their colleagues at least twice a month* + out of # teachers collaborated with their colleagues on a weekly base (0! # out of # participants stated they felt very comfortable reaching out to their colleagues for help

(C! To what e&tent do participants feel they have a support system they can rely on$ (%uality! (C! In the past month, how many times have the participants reach out for help$ (%uantity!

(C! )urvey 9uestion Teacher reflections (C! )urvey 9uestion Teacher reflections

(C! # out of # participants stated they feel that they have been provided with a reliable support system (C! 2 out of # participants reached out for help twice in the past month, out of # participants reached out for help once in the past month, 7 out of # participants did not reach out for help in the past month

'ecisions (Guiding Questions: What do the results mean? What are you going to do now?) )ummary of <esults (Interpretation of Data!, In general, teachers utili=ed strategies shared during professional development to help boost their effectiveness* Classroom behavior issues decreased as well as teacher referrals* Teacher evaluations positively increased as well as walkAthrough snapshots* Collaborating with team members made teachers feel more at ease in their classrooms* Teachers reached out and relied on their team members for support* 5e&t )teps (Action Steps!, Continue monthly professional development but include entire staff* 1ocus on providing training on how to increase rigor in classroom projects* 6dministrators should highlight one outstanding crossAcurricular project a month to recogni=e the efforts of teachers* "ave a parent night where students showcase their crossAcurricular projects to build e&citement for new projects* Create '.T norms and protocols to help keep meetings on track