March 21 2016 Welcome Update on Program Year 201516 Preparing and supporting candidates for PAL Preparing for Program Year 201617 Questions Agenda Page 2 Taking the Lead Assessing Leaders Improving Schools ID: 781655
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Massachusetts Performance Assessment for Leaders: Leadership Preparation ProgramsMarch 21, 2016
Slide2WelcomeUpdate on Program Year 2015-16
Preparing and supporting candidates for PAL
Preparing for Program Year 2016-17Questions
Agenda
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Slide3PAL Assessment TasksTask 1Leadership through a Vision for High Student Achievement (with an emphasis on student learning culture)
Task 2
Instructional Leadership for a Professional Learning Culture.Task 3 Leadership in Observing, Assessing and Supporting Individual Teacher Effectiveness.Task 4Leadership for Family Engagement and Community Involvement (with an emphasis on school-family culture)
Slide4Better quality and completion of submissionsBetter alignment of the task submissions with the purposes of the tasks (e.g. forming professional learning culture; engaging family and community)Greater adherence to instructions which facilitates scoringFeedback on candidate submissions to date Page 4
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Slide5Very few questions have been raised this yearMost questions are about exceptional schools, such as new schools or schools for special populations and the limited available quantitative dataA few questions to clarify the cut-scoresCandidate and program director questions Page 5
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Slide6Anticipating 500 candidates to make submissions About 20% have been submitting work so farMost programs are anticipating candidate submissions in May and June, just before the June 30th deadlineMay lead to delays in finalizing scoring Requires us to have more scorers for the three month period May-July (so will be training in April)Encourage candidates to start submitting now, if work is completedPacing
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Slide7Sharing resources and materialsCandidate assessment handbookAdministrative guideWebsite resources and materialsShowEvidence resourcesClarify understanding of policy expectations
Clarify the Rules of Assessment Participation
Clarify guidelines for providing candidates with information through the assessment completion processReview the tasks and program coursework, field work expectations and other assessments for alignment and supportCommunication and support with faculty and staff Page 7
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Slide8ConfidentialityOriginality and authorshipConditions when work is collaborativeRules of Assessment Participation
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Slide9Required for three of the four tasksGuiding candidates on performing task work collaborativelyHave an identifiable leadership role within the collaborative relationshipEnsure that collaboration is with broader school community and not just others completing the tasksGuiding candidates on reporting on task work performed collaborativelyDescribe own role and roles of others in the collaborationAdhere to appropriate standards for attribution of work, as done for any published and unpublished informationSubmit self-authored work, not a commonly created document
Supporting collaborative work
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Slide10Items are flagged if 50% or more identical text is detected in two or more submissions (artifacts or commentaries only) .Submissions are pulled from scoring and submitted to ESE for legal review.Rules of Assessment Participation consequences are clearly outlined and available in the Candidate Assessment Handbook.Irregularities Page 10
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Slide11“Any submitted work that raises questions about possible irregularities, such as cheating, fraud or plagiarism will be temporarily removed from scoring and set aside for further investigation and review by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Candidates will be notified that their submissions are being reviewed for irregularities. Following the review, candidates will be notified of the outcomes and next steps. The PAL Rules of Assessment Participation outline the possible consequences if irregularities are found and confirmed.”Cheating, fraud and plagiarism policy for PAL
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Slide12Professional development benefitsDiversity and quality of the scorer poolReadiness for on-going assessment supporthttp://ma-pal.com/scorers/sign-up-to-be-a-scorer/
Scorer Recruitment
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Slide13Leadership Preparation Program SharingSharing program experiences
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Slide14Effective July 1:Change in overall passing score from 2.5 to 2.75Minimum task score threshold of 2.1 remains the same Transition from Bank Street to new vendor Preparing for Program Year 2016-17
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Slide15Date: Monday, May 23rd Time: 10am-12pmLocation: Worcester StateMeeting to discuss transition Page
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Slide16Questions?
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Slide17For more questions, please email us at: PAL@doe.mass.eduma-palinfo@bankstreet.edu
Thank you!
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