Kentucky Department of Education

 

Standard 6 - Learning Environment - Professional Growth, Development & Evaluation

Last Updated on Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 10:01 PM

The school/district provides research-based, results driven professional development opportunities for staff and implements performance evaluation procedures in order to improve teaching and learning.

Performance Expectations:
The school provides research-based, results driven professional development opportunities for staff and implements performance evaluation procedures in order to improve teaching and learning.

Indicators for this Standard:

 

6.1a
6.1a - Long term professional growth plansThere is evidence of support for the long-term professional growth needs of the individual staff members. This includes both instructional and leadership growth.


 

6.1b
6.1b - The school has an intentional plan for building instructional capacity through on-going professional development.


 

6.1c
6.1c - Staff development priorities are set in alignment with goals for student performance and the individual growth plans of staff.


 

6.1d
6.1d - Plans for school improvement directly connect goals for student learning and the priorities set for the school and district staff development activities.


 

6.1e
6.1e - Professional development is on-going and job-embedded.


 

6.1f
6.1f - Professional development planning shows a direct connection to an analysis of student achievement data.


 

6.2a
6.2a - The school/district provides a clearly defined evaluation process.


 

6.2b
6.2b - Leadership provides the fiscal resources for the appropriate professional growth plan to improve staff proficiency.


 

6.2c
6.2c - The school/district effectively uses the employee evaluation and the individual professional growth plan to improve staff proficiency.


 

6.2d
6.2d - Leadership provides and implements a process of personnel evaluations, which meets or exceeds standards set in statute and regulation.


 

6.2e
6.2e - The school/district improvement plan identifies specific instructional leadership needs, has strategies to address them, and uses the effective instructional leadership act requirements as a resource to accomplish these goals.


 

6.2f
6.2f - Leadership uses the evaluation process to provide teachers with the follow-up and support to change behavior and instructional practices.


 

Scholastic Audit and Reviews Resources
Suggested reading resources used by the scholastic audit and review process relative to 6.    


For more information contact:

Cathy White
500 Mero Street, 17th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-2116
Cathy.White@education.ky.gov
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