CESA 6 Announces the Effectiveness Project

Answering the call for effective teachers and leaders in our schools.

CESA 6 initiated the “The Effectiveness Project” to design and help implement a professional evaluation system for teachers, educational specialists, leaders and administrators. The system will focus on both the process and product of high quality instruction, which includes: (1) standards of effective practice, and (2) student achievement.

Features of this Professional Evaluation System

• Standards, indicators and rubrics to measure the process of teaching and leading (practices) and the products of teaching and leading (student learner outcomes).
• Training for those who are responsible for implementing evaluations to assure fidelity.
• Coaching and calibration trainings to assure accuracy.
• Professional development based on performance evaluation data to assure all individuals have resources to improve their professional practice.
• Embedded technology will increase efficiency and data collection.

"Teaching IS complicated.  It IS rocket science.  We must be willing to measure and monitor our own ranks!"

                                                         -Dr. James Stronge, 2011