Mid-Year Meeting

Just a reminder that non-summary year people will want to schedule a meeting with your coach as soon as possible.  Please have your pre-assessment results, mid-point assessment results, and anything else you'd like to go over.  Appointment calendars for Angie and Sheila are on the right.

Thanks!

Evidence vs Artifacts

We just received an EE/TeachScape e-mail from Amy about the difference between evidence and artifacts, as well as some hints:

There is a difference between an artifact and evidence.  

• An artifact is something you upload.  (Ex:  syllabus, data, assessment)
• Recommendation:  When naming the artifact, include the year (2014-15) since several year's worth of artifacts will be in the portfolio when they get to the summary year.
• Recommendation 2:  In the description, indicate which Danielson components the artifact supports.
• Evidence is a brief statement you type in. (Ex:  I attended a math workshop on Oct. 14 that focused on number sense.)
• The advantage of entering evidence is that it can be TAGGED to a particular Danielson component.  Therefore, during the summary year when the administrator needs to score each component, anything tagged shows up for consideration when determining the score.
• Recommendation:  Because of this, it is recommended that when a teacher uploads an artifact, he/she also enters a brief evidence (something like "Please see syllabus in artifact portfolio") so that the teacher can then TAG which components that artifact supports.

And, a reminder about Jim's recommendation for number of uploaded artifacts:

• Domain 1- 3 artifacts
• Domain 2- 2 artifacts
• Domain 3- 2 artifacts
• Domain 4- 3 artifacts

Our MS open lab will be Wednesday, February 11, 2:45-3:30; if you have any questions please feel free to stop by room 417!

Mid-Year Checklist

Many of us are at the midpoint of our SLO process, and most everyone is in the middle of the PPG cycle.  Here is a checklist to use as you try to figure out your next steps:

http://goo.gl/0tBEl7