Professional Development and Appraisal System

1. Faiza Maham
4th Semester
Masters of Educational Research
and Assessment
University of the Punjab, Lahore

2. PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND
APPRAISAL SYSTEM

3. • A school district shall ensure that all teachers are provided
with an orientation of the Professional Development and
Appraisal System (PDAS) no later than the final day of the
first three weeks of school and at least three weeks before
the first observation.
PDAS TEACHER ORIENTATION

4. • Learner Centered
• Aligned
• High Standard of Proficiency
• Teacher Growth and Teacher
• Improvement
• Collaboration
PDAS CHARACTERISTICS

5. • Research based instruction
• Students thoroughly engaged
• Technology integration
• Teachers actively participating
• High levels of thought
• Students using new learning to create and solve
• Classroom atmosphere that is conductive to learning
EXPECTED OBSERVATIONS

6. • Teacher Orientation
• Teacher Self Report (TSR)
• Formal Classroom Observation
• Walkthroughs
• Student Performance as seen in
• Campus Performance Rating
• Summative Annual Report/Conference
Appraisal Process Steps

7. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PROCESS

8. ► Critical Attributes
► Quality of the lesson
► Quantity – In what percentage of the lesson can the critical
attributes be observed?
Scoring Factors and
Performance Level Indicators

9. • Domain I – Quantity and Quality of active students participation in
learning process
• Domain II – Learner-Centered instruction, including appropriate goals
and objectives, research based strategies, high level thinking, student
engagement.
• Domain III – Assessment of student progress towards meeting the
objective being taught- How do you know they got it?
Critical attributes

10. • Domain IV – Student and classroom management. Efficient and
effective use of class time involving all students.
• Domain V – Professional communication- Do you communicate
effectively and positively with students, parents, co-workers,
community members? Do you represent our school well?
Critical attributes cont.

11. • Domain VI – Professional Development – Are you constantly looking
for ways to improve yours teaching . Prof. Dev., research, innovation.
• Domain VII – Compliance and directives, policies, rules, etc. How
committed are you to taking an active role in making our school safe
and excellent?
• Domain VIII – How effective is your work toward improving student
performance?
Critical attributes cont.

12. • S trength
• I mpact
• V ariety
• A lignment
Quality Scoring Standards

13. • Thinking at high cognitive levels
• Depth & Complexity
• Significant Content
• Connecting within/across disciplines & work/life applications
• Effective, clear & substantive
Strength

14. • Promotes student success
• Effective use of assessments
• Data-driven decision making
• Responsibility
• Reflection
• Challenging
Impact

15. • Varied student characteristics
• Differentiated instruction
• Support strategies & services
Variety

16. • Curriculum, instruction and assessment aligned with TEKS &
district objectives
• Targeted instruction
• Congruent
Alignment

17. •Remember, “The goal of PDAS is to improve
student performance through the professional
development of teachers.”
Professional Development and
Appraisal System