Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0520 - Education
Subtitle 0520-02 - State Board of Education Teacher Regulations
Chapter 0520-02-01 - Evaluations
Section 0520-02-01-.03 - EVALUATION COMPONENTS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0520-02-01-.03
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Student Growth Data.
(a) The student growth data component
shall be represented by the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) or
some other comparable measure of student growth, if no such TVAAS data is
available.
1. For teachers with individual
TVAAS scores, the student growth measures shall be comprised of the TVAAS
score.
2. For teachers and other
educators who do not have individual TVAAS scores, LEAs may choose from the
following alternative individual growth score measures:
(i) A student growth model specified in State
Board Policy 5.201.
(ii) A
pre-K/Kindergarten alternative growth model approved in accordance with the
requirements in State Board Policy 5.201.
3. For teachers implementing an alternative
growth model approved by the State Board, the student growth data component of
the evaluation shall be comprised of the alternative growth score.
(i) Each LEA and charter school shall use at
least one (1) alternative growth model that has been approved by the State
Board to provide an alternative individual growth score to teachers and other
educators who do not have individual TVAAS scores.
4. For school administrators, the student
growth measure shall be comprised of schoolwide composite TVAAS.
(2) Student Achievement Data.
(a) The student achievement measure for
educators shall be selected in collaboration with the evaluator from the list
of achievement measures listed in State Board Policy 5.201.
(b) The selected achievement measure shall be
a measure aligned as closely as possible to the educator's primary teaching
assignment. If the educator and evaluator do not agree on a measure, the
educator being evaluated shall select the measure. The evaluation measures
shall be verified by the Department to ensure that the evaluations correspond
with the teaching assignments or duties of each educator.
(c) Educators may use a student growth
measure of level three (3), four (4), or five (5) in lieu of the achievement
measure if it results in a higher overall evaluation score.
(3) Qualitative Data.
(a) The qualitative, or observation, portion
of the evaluation model shall use multiple data sources to evaluate educator
practice against the qualitative appraisal instrument contained in each
approved observation model.
(b) All
classroom teachers and non-instructional, licensed staff shall be observed with
a State Board-approved observation model.
(c) All school administrators shall be
observed with a State Board-approved administrator observation model based on
the Tennessee Instructional Leadership Standards (TILS) contained in State
Board Policy 5.106.
(d) All
teachers and non-instructional, licensed staff, with the exception of
non-instructional, licensed staff observed using the school services personnel
rubric, shall have at least one-half (1/2) of all observations be unannounced.
A minimum of one (1) observation shall be announced for teachers and
non-instructional, licensed staff scoring levels one through four (1-4) on
individual growth or level of overall effectiveness. For teachers and
non-instructional, licensed staff scoring level 5 on individual growth or level
of overall effectiveness, with the exception of non-instructional, licensed
staff observed using the school services personnel rubric, the required
observation shall be unannounced. All observations for non-instructional,
licensed staff observed using the school services personnel rubric shall be
announced observations.
(e)
Evaluators shall provide written feedback and a face-to-face debrief with the
educator, within one (1) week of the conclusion of each observation.
(f) Observation pacing for teachers and
non-instructional, licensed staff shall meet the requirements outlined in State
Board Policy 5.201.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-1-302; 49-5-5003; 49-5-5004; 49-5-5101, et seq.; and 49-5-5205.
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