Fall School StatNet Meeting: Oct. 8th, Educator Hiring, Induction, PD, and Evaluation

We hope many of you will be able to attend the next School StatNet meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 8th, from 8:00 a.m. until noon, with breakfast at 7:45 a.m. and an optional lunch following at noon. The location will be at the Worcester Technical High School at 1 Skyline Drive in Worcester (see: http://portal.techhigh.us/Community/Conference/Pages/default.aspx). The school is just off of Route 9 and parking is available on site.

If you are planning to attend the meeting, please complete these two steps:

1. Indicate your plan to attend. Please RSVP by completing this form: http://tinyurl.com/SchoolStatOct8RSVP
2. If you are coming from a school district, please have someone from your district complete the data collection form and send it to Stephanie Hirsch (shirsch@k12.somerville.ma.us) no later than Wednesday, Sept. 25^th. The meeting’s discussion will center around the information you submit. The collection form is available here: http://tinyurl.com/SchoolStatOct8

The topic will be educator recruitment/hiring, induction, ongoing professional development, and supervision/evaluation, including updates on districts’ progress with implementation of the educator evaluation system. Our discussion will center around issues raised in consolidated district data relating to each of these topics.

 In addition, we will discuss several ongoing projects that School StatNet communities will be working on, including the implementation of performance management initiatives within districts, techniques of evaluating school performance, analytical work relating to district operations (e.g. transportation, food service), and collaborative projects with the State to analyze State longitudinal data so as to inform district-level decision making.

If you can’t make the Oct. 8^th meeting but would like to be added to the School StatNet mailing list, contact Stephanie Hirsch (shirsch@k12.somerville.ma.us).