Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) Members The Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, or PEAC, is a 32-member body appointed by the Illinois State Board of Education to create a new way to evaluate teachers and principals that incorporates student growth measures. This change in educator evaluation systems is required by the state Performance Evaluation Reform Act. PEAC members, including teachers, administrators, higher education professionals, and education and union leaders, were appointed in 2010. The group began meeting monthly in March 2010; these meetings are open to the public. The recommendations for evaluation systems the PEAC develops must be approved by the state board of education. Kristen Adams Teacher, LaSalle-Peru High School Josh Anderson Executive Director, Teach for America Dr. Bette Bergeron Dean of Education, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Ben Boer Policy Director, Advance Illinois Carol Caref Educational Issues Coordinator, Chicago Teachers Union Dawn Conway Executive Director, Livingston County Special Services Tim Daly President, The New Teacher Project Dr. Gail Fahey Director of Leadership Development, DuPage County Regional Office of Education Dr. Hector Garcia Assistant Superintendent, Glenbard District 87 Steven Isoye Superintendent, Oak Park & River Forest High School District 200 Stephanee Jordan Bilingual Coordinator, Moline School District 40 Dr. Christopher Koch State Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education 503
Daniel Lamboley Principal, Parkside Jr. High, Normal John Luczak Program Manager, Joyce Foundation Joseph Matula Assistant Professor, Governors State University Rob Meyer Research Professor, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison Susie Morrison Deputy Superintendent/Chief of Staff, Illinois State Board of Education Dr. Ray Pecheone Administrator Services Administrator, Stanford University Darren Reisberg Deputy Superintendent/General Counsel, Illinois State Board of Education Rachel Resnick Labor Relations Officer, Chicago Public Schools Dr. Diane Rutledge Executive Director, Large Unit District Association Jodi Scott Regional Superintendent, Henderson, Mercer, Warren Regional Office of Education Julie Smith Deputy Chief of Staff, Education, Office of the Governor Audrey Soglin Executive Director, Illinois Education Association Dick Spohr INPM Project Director, Illinois Principal Association Michelle Standridge Illinois Federation of Teachers and Zion-Benton Township High Schools Larry Stanton Consortium for Educational Change Joy Swoboda Superintendent, Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 Dr. Linda Tomlinson Assistant Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education Dr. Steve Tozer Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago 504
Dr. Rich Voltz Associate Director, Illinois Association of School Administrators Dr. Phyllis Wilson Former Superintendent of Schools, Joliet Public Schools District 86 Allison Witt Illinois Board of Higher Education 505
PEAC FORUM -- MEETING DATES & LOCATIONS PLEASE SIGN UP TO ATTEND AS MANY AS YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWS: WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE TEACHER SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE PRINCIPAL SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE AT EACH MEETING Date October 5 October 6 October 11 October 17 October 25 October 26 October 27 Location/City Waukegan High School Trapp Auditorium 2325 Brookside Ave. Waukegan, IL Elgin High School 1200 Maroon Drive Elgin, Illinois 60120 Glenn Westlake Middle School 1514 South Main St. Lombard, Illinois 60148 Belleville East HS Belleville District 201- East Campus 2555 West Blvd. Marion High School 1501 S. Carbon Marion, IL Rock Island High School Little Theater 1400 25 th Avenue Rock Island, IL Bloomington HS BHS Auditorium Bloomington High School s address is 1202 E. Locust Street in Bloomington. Parking is on the south side of the building, and entry to that parking lot is off of Locust Street. They will enter through the main doors, and the auditorium is right inside the doors. Principal Subcommittee Designee in Attendance Teacher Subcommittee Designee in Attendance Larry Stanton Phyllis Wilson & Larry Stanton ISBE Personnel in Attendance Chris Koch Darren Reisberg Gail Fahey Phyllis Wilson & Mary Jane Vinni Hall Morris Diane Rutledge (tentative) Melissa Taylor Linda Tomlinson Mary Jane Morris Susie Morrison & Andrea Brown Don Dailey & Jodi Scott Kristen Adams(tentative) Linda Tomlinson Jodi Scott Diane Rutledge (tentative based on veto session) Dan Lamboley & Kristen Adams Linda Tomlinson 506
OVERVIEW Participation at 8 Educator Forums across IL LOCATION TOTAL Attendance 10/5 Waukegan 157 10/6 Elgin 103 10/11 Lombard 161 10/17 Belleville 115 10/25 Marion 118 10/26 Rock Island 66 10/27 Bloomington 150 11/7 Chicago 63 8 Locations Total 933 Between October and November of 2011, 933 Educators attended forums across the state with representatives from ISBE and PEAC. Participants had the opportunity to provide feedback on 10 questions through live polling on proposed recommendations for both teacher and principal evaluations. 507
Overview - Online Survey Participation Between October and November of 2011 1433 Responses were collected on the same 10 questions presented at forums on proposed recommendations for both teacher and principal evaluations Role Number Percent % Teacher 1163 81.2% Principal or assistant principal Other administrator 87 6.1% 99 6.9% Other 84 5.9% 508
Common Themes - Feedback from Additional Comments MAJOR THEMES Timeline Non-Tested Subjects Multiple buildings Common Core/PARCC Principal evaluation Measuring student growth Training Funding COMMENT SAMPLES Timelines need to be revised it seems we are building the plane as we are flying. This all, including training needs to be in place prior to any evaluations begin. How will student achievement growth be measured in classes like music, art, and P.E.? I work for a cooperative with coordinators evaluating me. How can they be evaluated if they are working at several schools? Will the common core PARCC test be part of the student growth? Principal evaluations need completely different criteria like teacher morale and culture/climate of the school. Students deemed at risk by a district, will their student growth be determined the same as regular education students? Is a rubric going to be developed to opt out of the training? What funding will be provided to assist with professional development, assessment, additional administrative staff that will be needed to carry this out? 509
Summary of Data Analysis Findings from Educator Forums 76% of the educators who attended the forums had more than 6 years of experience 58% of RSVPs actually attended There are multiple issues educators are divided on: Types of assessments for teachers and principals Weighting student outcomes for principals Evaluators being able to test out of training Educators had the most unified positions on: 89% of educators believe that for a student s growth scores to count as part of the teacher s evaluation, they should be in that teacher s class 85% of the school days or more that year 80% of educators believe the role of student growth data in the teacher s evaluation should be different for teachers of English Language Learners and Special Education students 85% of educators feel 30% student growth for teachers is either Too high or Just right 65% of educators believe it is very important or somewhat important to modify expectations for novice teachers and principals 510
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