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=**Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot (TPEP)**=

The Bainbridge Island School District is participating in the second year of a state sponsored pilot program for implementing a new teacher and principal evaluation program.

This link sponsored by the OSPI provides an overview of the Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot that began in the 2010-2011 school year.

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Bainbridge Island is one of seven districts in the Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSED) that was selected for a second year pilot program called the Regional Implementation Grant (RIG). Below is a description of the RIG process:

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=Regional Implementation Grants=

About
As we start the second year of our pilot project, we’re excited to offer a new opportunity for districts to get involved with our Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot through Regional Implementation Grants (RIG). Each of the nine ESDs will receive $100,000 (ESD 121 will receive $200,000 due to their size and the size of many of their districts) from OSPI to administer the grants and assist our agency with implementation efforts. We know lots of districts are anxious to improve their evaluation systems and are ready to get started ahead of the 2013-14 timeframe. Our goal is to get one third of the state’s 295 districts involved in the new evaluation system, either as one of our original pilot sites or as part of the Regional Implementation Grants.

Overview
A TPEP ESD regional implementation consortium will involve 5–10 districts, which will collaborate around the evaluation implementation activities by agreeing to the identified assurances as a group. Each ESD will coordinate the work of the districts within the regional consortium. OSPI along with the rest of the TPEP steering committee determined a list of assurances each district must agree to in applying.

Phases
Applications begin in August with a letter of interest, due by August 26th, and conclude with the second step of application which will be due September 21st. After this time, applications will be reviewed by a statewide committee. District teams will spend the September to January period engaged in research and learning before making decisions about the instructional frameworks and measures of the new model from January to March. From March to June, districts will begin to engage in professional development, evaluator training, and piloting readiness around the new evaluation model.

Assurances
In an effort to ensure as successful of a transition as possible, we’re asking districts hoping to be members of a RIG consortium to make some assurances. For example, districts must: Districts must explore the three research-based instructional frameworks that serve as a basis for the teacher evaluation systems of six of our nine pilot sites (Danielson, 5Ds of Teaching and Learning, and Marzano). Each ESD will select up to two frameworks to base their work around. Principal evaluation models must use AWSP’s “//Evaluating Principal Leadership in a Performance-Based School//” as the foundational framework for the system. Additionally, participating districts must agree to meet timelines and meeting dates determined within their consortium. District teams should include representation from all stakeholder groups and the superintendent should play a significant role in the development of grant.
 * Have agreements with local associations.
 * Encourage full participation of all stakeholders in development and implementation activities.
 * Pilot the new model with at least 20% of certificated teachers in 2012-13, and include all new and provisional status teachers.
 * Involve all principals in the pilot during the 2012-13 school year.

Expectations
Aside from the assurances, there are expectations of RIG districts to participate in professional development for principals and classroom teachers, evaluator training, and in activities to evaluate the effectiveness of the new systems and support programs. The consortia across the state will not “reinvent the wheel” by developing new models; rather, they’ll use the work our nine pilot sites have developed this past year. The models will still be adaptable to each participating district, but the heavy lifting has already been done. Again, each consortium will support up to two of the three instructional frameworks and be expected to identify and develop appropriate measures of student growth.

Attached is a PowerPoint that was presented to the Bainbridge Island School Board regarding the RIG process.