Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District

improvement plans. A significant “investment” has been made to provide the linkages necessary to use
for improving student learning that is derived from the teacher evaluation system.
Teaching Fields Requiring Special Procedures
The process used by the district to identify teaching fields for which there may be a need to determine
specialized evaluation and criteria includes a review of the field or position attributes, by the Teacher
Evaluation Advisory Committee, pertaining to, but not limited to, the following variables:
Unique instructional setting
Job functions as described in the district job description for the position (field)
Standards and quality of expected practice derived from contemporary research pertaining to
the teaching field
Status of direct or indirect linkage to student learning
Availability of stable, reliable, valid data related to the teaching field
Job role in relation to the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices
Potential student achievement data sources that can be applied to the teaching field
There are several teaching fields or positions that have been identified that require specialized
evaluation processes and criteria. The manner in which they will be addressed will be determined
between August 1, 2011 through May 2012.
Annual Review of the Teacher Evaluation System
The district’s Teacher Evaluation System will be reviewed annually by the Teacher Evaluation Advisory
Committee (TEAC). Specified membership on the TEAC will be described in Article 15 of the district’s
Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreement. Generally speaking, membership includes representatives
from all significant shareholder groups and consists of an equal number of teacher and administrative
staff (school‐based and district level). The Union will be represented as a part of the teacher staff
group on the committee. Elements examined by the TEAC will be determined by data availability over
time and will include but are not limited to the following:
Evaluation reports related to the quality of implementation of system components
Evaluation reports related to the impact of system processes on teacher practices
Evaluation reports related to the impact on student achievement (learning)
The impact of varied tables related to rigor, equity and validity based on the use of data for the
purposes of evaluating performance
Changes in related Florida statutes and School Board Policy
Priority district instructional initiatives
Additional contemporary research pertaining to high yield teaching strategies
The TEAC members will meet a minimum of two times annually and make recommendations to the
Superintendent or as determined through collective bargaining processes and will make
recommendations for system changes by July 1 of each year starting with July 1, 2012. Certain
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