Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District
Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District
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 />
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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 />
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