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 

Training Materials -- Year II Pilot -- Summer/Fall 2012
Combined Teacher Presentation Part I and II
Combined Student Growth Model
Combined Student Learning Objectives
Combined Tripod Student Surveys

Frequently Asked Questions - Educator Effectiveness System (EES)
FAQs - Tripod Student Survey
FAQs - Roster Verification
FAQs - Student Growth Percentile

Induction and Mentoring
Hawaii Teacher Induction Program Standards

Teacher Evaluations
Combined Teacher Presentation Part I and II
Hawaii's Educator Effectiveness System
Evaluation Model Overview (video)

Student Growth Percentile
Combined Student Growth Model
Roster Verification PowerPoint
Betebenner Presentation
Hawaii Growth Model Technical Overview
Hawaii Growth Model FAQs
Hawaii Growth Model Presentation
Hawaii Growth Model Presentation (narrated PowerPoint)

Student Learning Objectives
Combined Student Learning Objectives

Student Survey
Combined Tripod Student Surveys
Tripod Survey Assessments
Tripod Survey Presentation

Common Classroom Observation Protocol

Jan. 6, 2012 documents for ZSI Pilot:
Hawaii Adapted Charlotte Danielson Rubric

Feb. 8, 2012 documents for ZSI Pilot:
Pilot Classroom Observation Process
Teacher Observation Summary Form
Hawaii Interview Protocol
Teacher Feedback Form

About the Great Teachers and Leaders Initiative

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, 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.” 


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NEWS & UPDATES

DOE receives high-tech donation from Hawaii Business Roundtable (July 20, 2012)


DOE expands its teacher evaluation pilot program to improve educator effectiveness
(April 17, 2012)


Hawaii celebrates major breakthrough on educator evaluations
(April 17, 2012)


Gold Standard Support for Hawaii's novice teachers (November 2, 2011)