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Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District

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Glossary<br />

Appendix G<br />

Alternative Certification Educator (ACE) Program<br />

A research‐based program offered through the Florida Department of Education designed to provide<br />

professional education preparation to newly hired teachers with subject area expertise who qualify for an<br />

initial Florida Certificate and need to fulfill instructional requirements to qualify as an educator.<br />

A<br />

ARROW<br />

An Accountability Report of Reflections and Outcomes of Work. The form is used as documentation of the<br />

implementation and evaluation of professional learning at the school and district levels.<br />

Attendance Determinant<br />

Criteria used to determine students included in the data set applied to determine student achievement. For<br />

teachers teaching Non‐FCAT students, the rule is:<br />

Students included in the student achievement rating portion of the teacher evaluation system have:<br />

15 or less unexcused absences (Full‐year course)<br />

10 or less unexcused absences (semester course)<br />

5 or less unexcused absences (9 week course or 3rd 9 weeks for a 2nd semester course)<br />

Enrolled in both Full‐time Equivalency (FTE) Survey 2 & 3 for a full year course<br />

Enrolled in FTE Survey 2 and post‐test (1stsemester)<br />

Enrolled in FTE Survey 3 and post‐test (2nd semester)<br />

Note: An Unexcused tardy that results in more than half the class being missed is considered an unexcused<br />

absence<br />

Atypical <strong>Teacher</strong><br />

A teacher whose teaching assignment is new, changes, or varies within the school year. This term is used<br />

with uncommon scenarios.<br />

C<br />

Category I <strong>Teacher</strong>s<br />

<strong>Teacher</strong>s either in the Professional Educator Competency (PEC) Program, the Alternative Certification<br />

Educator (ACE) Program, the Educator Preparation Institute (EPI) Program, or any classroom teacher that is<br />

new to the profession or new to the district regardless of the years of teaching experience and Florida<br />

Professional Educator Certification credentials.<br />

Category II <strong>Teacher</strong>s<br />

<strong>Teacher</strong>s with Florida Professional Educator Certification who have more than one year of teaching<br />

experience in the district.<br />

Contemporary Research<br />

Seminal, foundational, or empirical research conducted within the last five to seven years.<br />

Data Chats<br />

D<br />

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