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Published: 10/1/2012 4:51 PM

Kentucky is creating a new Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES). The goal of this system is to increase student learning by ensuring that each student is taught by an effective teacher. The system uses multiple measures including: student growth, artifacts, evidences, student voice surveys, peer observations, teacher self-reflection and classroom observations to evaluate each teacher's effectiveness and serve as a roadmap for the teacher's professional growth.

 

  • Certified Evaluation Forms

    The forms on the page meet the requirements and regulations for the local board of education and KDE approved district certified evaluation plans through the 2013-2014 school year.  All summative conferences and summative evaluations need to follow the processes and use the forms described in the district certified personnel evaluation plan.

    The personnel participating in the TPGES pilot will be using the forms and processes described in the state Professional Growth and Effectiveness System or found in the Educator Development Suite in CIITS.  

    KRS. 156.557 requires all school district administrators having the responsibility of evaluating certified personnel to be trained, tested, and approved in the proper techniques for effectively evaluating certified school employees. 


  • Evaluation Certification

    The information on this page is in effect through the 2012-2013 school year and applies to all administrators conducting certified personnel evaluations including formative and summative processes.
     
    Professional Growth and Evaluation of Certified Personnel Training 
     
     
    This training is designed to initially approve instructional leaders as evaluators of certified staff.   

  • PGES Field Test

    During the 2012 - 2013 school year, our 54 volunteer districts will participate in a full year extended field test.  The goal of this field test is to experience full implementation of the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System.  A design team of KDE, KLA, and Education Partners will provide in-depth training in June 2012.

     

  • PGES Headline News

     Check this page often for the most current information related to the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES).  It will be updated regularly with the latest news, events and communications.

     
                      


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  • PGES Professional Learning

    The Kentucky Department of Education is dedicated to providing Professional Learning opportunities for educators. As districts and schools build capacity for the successful implementation of the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES), these resources will support educators as they prepare to participate in the state-wide pilot in 2013-14.
    The following modules have been designed to lead groups or individuals through specific components of the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System. Each one may be viewed with a small group, an entire faculty or on one's own. Planning when and how modules will be viewed will ensure all participants gain understanding and and have the opportunity to fully experience the activities.

  • PGES Research

     

    Listed below are pertinent research documents that may be helpful in understanding PGES.​

     
     

  • Student Voice Survey

    The Student Voice Survey is a classroom-level analysis and reporting system.  Student Voice surveys are being used by hundreds of schools and thousands of classrooms in more than 25 states nationwide.The survey generates information both about how students experience teaching practices and learning conditions in the classroom as well as information about how students assess their own engagement.

    The Student Voice Survey is an on-line survey;during the survey,  students grades 3 thru 12 are asked to give feedback on specific aspects of the classroom experience.  These questions are aligned to The Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching, which has been adapted for the Kentucky Department of Education. Read more about student surveys from Sarah Brown Wessling, a National Teacher of the Year, in a Q and A titled "They Are the Experts".

  • Teacher Steering Committee

    The charge of the Teacher Steering Committee is to provide guidance on the design, development and deployment of the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (TPGES) .

  • TELL Kentucky Survey

     

    The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning Working Conditions Survey, known as TELL Kentucky, captures the perceptions of all school-based certified educators about teaching and learning working conditions through an anonymous process. 

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Cathy White
Office of Next-Generation Learners
Division of Next-Generation Professionals
500 Mero Street, 19th Floor CPT
Frankfort, KY  40601
(502) 564-1479
Fax (502) 564-4007
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