Great Teachers and Leaders


"A better future for Hawaii begins with quality public schools that give our students, teachers, and schools the support and resources to be successful." 

 - Alvin Nagasako, Executive Director, Hawaii State Teachers Association 

Teachers have the greatest impact on student success in the classroom. Principals, meanwhile, play a significant role in creating the conditions for teachers to effectively deliver instruction. 

Hawaii’s key stakeholders – including the state Legislature, teachers and principals unions and the Hawaii State Board and Department of Education – have committed to designing a fair and reliable system to support and evaluate teachers in improving their skills to ensure all students benefit from the best teaching practices. 

For years now, however, 99 percent of Hawaii’s public school teachers rated by the Professional Evaluation Program for Teachers (PEP-T) received “Satisfactory” ratings based upon input metrics such as how well they manage student behavior. Although this is a good sign that our teachers are doing their jobs, PEP-T ratings fail to credit teachers for their contribution to student growth. 

This key shortcoming is not unique to Hawaii. 

Less than one percent of teachers were rated “unsatisfactory” in a review of evaluation systems in 12 school districts in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio, according to a recent study by The New Teacher Project. As a result, excellence goes unrecognized, novice teachers are neglected, professional development is inadequate, and poor performance goes unaddressed, according to the report, “The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness.” 

Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi believes teachers and students deserve a better evaluation system, one that will provide teachers key feedback to tailor professional development to the areas they need it most. 

“We are expecting more of our students, our teachers and our principals, and therefore we need to support them more. We cannot do what we are doing now and just expect them to do better,” says Matayoshi. “In order to do that, we need to align all of our support, our data systems and everything else toward supporting students, teachers and principals so students can achieve at the level we believe is essential for our economy and our economic future as a community.”


                            

NEWS

National expert on teacher evaluation visits Hawaii

Great Teachers Great Leaders Task Force Launched

INDUCTION AND MENTORING

Gold Standard Support for Hawaii's Novice Teachers

Hawaii Teacher Induction Program Standards Hawaii Teacher Induction Program Standards (3050 KB)

TEACHER EVALUATIONS

FAQ Teacher Evaluation Model FAQ Teacher Evaluation Model (130 KB)

Hawaii's Educator Effectiveness System Hawaii's Educator Effectiveness System (1845 KB)

Evaluation Model Overview (video)

STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE

FAQ Student Growth Model FAQ Student Growth Model (98 KB)

Betebenner Presentation Betebenner Presentation (1310 KB)

Betebenner Video Presentation

Hawaii Growth Model Technical Overview Hawaii Growth Model Technical Overview (1980 KB)

Hawaii Growth Model FAQs Hawaii Growth Model FAQs (276 KB)

Hawaii Growth Model Presentation Hawaii Growth Model Presentation (2335 KB)

Hawaii Growth Model Presentation (narrated Power Point)

STUDENT SURVEY

Tripod Survey Assessments Tripod Survey Assessments (273 KB)

Tripod Survey Presentation Tripod Survey Presentation (2451 KB)

Tripod Survey FAQs Tripod Survey FAQs (205 KB)

COMMON CLASSROOM OBSERVATION PROTOCOL


Jan. 6, 2012 documents for ZSI Pilot:

Feb. 8, 2012 documents for ZSI Pilot: