Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-5 - EDUCATOR STANDARDS, PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE › Section 6A-5.030 - District Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Evaluation Systems

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The purpose of
				this rule is to set forth the requirements for the annual evaluation of
				instructional personnel and school administrators pursuant to Section
				1012.34, F.S., by establishing
				criteria and implementing procedures for the school district systems;
				delineating the responsibilities of the school district and Department of
				Education (Department); setting forth submission, review and approval criteria;
				and prescribing reporting and monitoring requirements.
(2) Definitions. The following definitions,
				listed alphabetically, shall be used in this rule and incorporated documents:
(a) "Assessments" means the methods or tools
				used to evaluate, measure, and document student performance and
				growth.
(b) "Contemporary research"
				means professional research studies that provide evidence of the impact of
				instructional practice and instructional leadership. Research findings are
				considered "contemporary" when conducted within the last ten (10) years or
				where the continued validity of less recent findings is supported by research
				conducted within the last ten (10) years.
(c) "Descriptors" means the role-based
				requirements of school administrators to demonstrate mastery of each of the
				Florida Educational Leadership Standards or the requirements of instructional
				personnel to demonstrate mastery of each of the Florida Educator Accomplished
				Practices.
(d) "Florida Educator
				Accomplished Practices" or "FEAP" means the six (6) practices, including the
				descriptors within, described in subsection
				6A-5.065(2),
				F.A.C., which is hereby incorporated by reference (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16026
).
				A copy of Rule 6A-5.065, F.A.C., may be
				obtained from the Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room
				124, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400.
(e) "Florida Educational Leadership
				Standards" or "FELS" means the eight (8) practices, including all descriptors,
				described in Rule 6A-5.080, F.A.C., which is
				hereby incorporated by reference (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16027
).
				A copy of Rule 6A-5.080, F.A.C., may be
				obtained from the Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room
				124, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400.
(f) An "indicator" is a description of a
				specific behavior or strategy.
(g)
				"Instructional personnel" means instructional personnel as defined in Sections
				1012.01(2)(a)-(d),
				F.S., excluding substitute teachers.
(h) "Newly hired by the district" means the
				first calendar year in which classroom teachers are employed by the school
				district in a full-time instructional position. Such personnel are "newly
				hired" for their first year of employment in a district regardless of their
				prior work experience elsewhere or in the employing school district.
(i) "Observation" means the monitoring
				actions in evaluation systems that contribute evidence of performance or the
				impact of performance on others. Evidence collected through observation
				contributes to the summative evaluation rating and may be used for formative
				feedback. District evaluation systems may provide that observations are formal
				or informal; announced or unannounced; and whether they are conducted by
				supervisors, mentors, or peers who are trained in the evaluation system. The
				length of time of an observation event and the type of school activity observed
				may vary and is determined by the evidence of practice that is
				sought.
(j) "Performance standards"
				are the statements or cut points establishing how well individuals must perform
				within each criterion of the evaluation - performance of students,
				instructional practice or instructional leadership, and other indicators of
				performance - to achieve the four designated performance levels.
(k) "Research-based framework" means an
				approach used in an evaluation system to assess and provide feedback on either
				instructional practice or instructional leadership. A research-based framework
				is based on contemporary research and includes implementation procedures
				designed to support the successful use of the framework for evaluation and
				continuous improvement.
(l)
				"Rubric" means a tool or set of indicators of practice used to distinguish
				among proficiency levels or classify performance.
(m) "School administrator" means school
				administrator as defined in Section
				1012.01(3)(c),
				F.S.
(n) "Substantial revisions"
				means revisions other than editing for grammar, name changes, or year
				updates.
(o) "Summative evaluation
				rating" means the final, combined rating of performance for an annual
				evaluation that includes student performance, instructional practice or
				instructional leadership, and, if applicable, other indicators of performance.
				There are four (4) performance levels: highly effective; effective; needs
				improvement, or, for teachers in the first three (3) years of employment,
				developing; and unsatisfactory.
(p)
				"Value-added model" or "VAM" means a statistical model used for the purpose of
				determining an individual teacher's or school administrator's contribution to
				student learning, as established in Rule
				6A-5.0411, F.A.C., which is
				hereby incorporated by reference (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16028
).
				A copy of Rule 6A-5.0411, F.A.C., may be
				obtained from the Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room
				124, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400.