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2017-2018MediaQuickStartGuideTeacherProfessionalLearningandGrowth,OfficeofAcademics

Welcome to the 2017-2018 Growth Plan.This year, Step 1 is aSelf-Assessment. Youwill self-assessyourself and rateyourselfonatleastone(1)oftheelementscategorizedasHighProbabilityStrategies.

TheHighProbabilityStrategiesarethefollowingelements:

• ProvidingRigorousLearningGoalsandPerformanceScales(Rubrics)• IdentifyingCriticalContent• OrganizingStudentstoInteractwithNewContent• HelpingStudentsElaborateonNewContent• HelpingStudentsRecordandRepresentKnowledge• OrganizingStudentstoPracticeandDeepenKnowledge• HelpingStudentsExamineSimilaritiesandDifferences• HelpingStudentsExamineTheirReasoning• HelpingStudentsReviseKnowledge• OrganizingStudentsforCognitivelyComplexTasks• EngagingStudentsinCognitivelyComplexTasksInvolvingHypothesisGenerationandTesting

DIRECTIONS:

1. Accesswebsiteat:www.effectiveeducators.com

2. Login:

3. HoveroverGrowthandclickonPlans:

CreatingYourGrowthPlan/DeliberatePracticeiniObservation

IfyouhaveneverloggedintoiObservation,youwillneedtoclickonFirstTimeUserandfollowprompts.

Note:Youmustusethesamelog-inyouusetoaccessyourOutlookemail(P000XXXXX@browardschools.com).Forloginassistance,calltheiObservationhotline:754-321-5085

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4. Clickon+CreateNewPlan

5. Step1:TakeSelf-Assessment:Clickon+BrowardMediaSpecialistObservationV.2:

TheDistrictandBrowardTeachersUnionarepleasedtosharethattheDeliberatePracticecomponentforBrIDGES2017-18willnowbeweightedas5%oftheoverallevaluation.

• HighlyEffective–TheeducatorcompletesandsubmitstheSelf-AssessmentbyOctober31,2017.• Effective–TheeducatorstartstheSelf-AssessmentontimeandsubmitafterOctober31,2017.• NeedsImprovement–TheeducatorstartstheSelf-AssessmentafterOctober31,2017andsubmits

itbyApril27,2018.• Unsatisfactory–TheeducatordoesnotstartorsubmittheSelf-AssessmentbyApril27,2018.

**YoumustcompletetheSelf-AssessmentbyTuesday,October31,2017at11:59pm.**

Pleasenotethefollowingbuttonselections:

• SaveandCloseallowsyoutosaveandreturntoyourself-assessmentwhile inprogress;• SaveDraftsaves your self-assessmentasafileonyourcomputer;• SelectFinishwhenyouhavecompletedyourself-assessment

Saveyourworkfrequently–unsaveddatawillbelost. YoumayedityourSelf-Assessmentuntil11:59pmonTuesday,October31,2017.

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6. TheElementsinDomain1arelisted.Rateyourcurrentlevelofperformancemaking sure toselect Elements where growth is needed. The Scale and/orReflection Questions resource linksprovide further information and clarification of the requirements of each Elementwhenneeded.Thisyear,six(6)oftheElementsinDomain1havebeenREPLACEDbyAdditionalElements(ElementsD,E,F,G,HandI)locatedonthebottomoftheSelf---Assessment. TheAdditionalElementsdirectlycorrelatetoyourspecificjobrequirements(Seeexamplesbelow).

Atanytime,youmayselectthe buttontoreturntothetopofthepage.

OnceyouhavecompletedyourSelf-Assessmentselectthe button7. Youwillseethefollowingscreen: TheGreenDone! isdisplayedeachtimeyoucompleteaStep.

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*YouhavetheoptiontoedityourcompletedDone! Self-Assessmentatanytimebefore11:59pmon Tuesday,October31,2017byfollowingthesesteps: Clickon+BrowardMediaSpecialistObservationV.2 (seeabove)tore-opentheSelf-Assessmentwindow.

ClickonReverttoDraft,YouwillseethefollowingPop---upwindow:

EnteryourreasonforrevertingthisobservationandthenselecttheContinuebuttontoreturn totheSelf-Assessmentpage.RepeatthedirectionsforcompletingandsubmittingtheSelf-Assessment. WhenyouselectFinish,youwillseethefollowingscreen.

SelectOK

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8. Step2:SelectTargetElements

Clickon+SelectTargetElements

Two (2) Target Elements are required.You will complete this process by selecting one (1) at a time.Selectone(1)TargetElementfromthechoicesbelow(thepictureexampleisanabbreviatedlistofwhatyouwillseeonyourscreen)andclickonConfiguretoproceed.YouwillcompletetheentireprocessforoneTargetElementandthenbepromptedtochooseasecond.Please make sure that at least one (1) of your selected Elements is from the list of High ProbabilityStrategies,whichareidentifiedbyagreendot:

For this example, ProvidingClear LearningGoals andPerformance Scales (Rubrics)was selected.CompletethequestionsofthePerformanceGoalbyselectingyourcurrentstartingperformancelevelandFINALgoalforyourselectedElement.

BrieflyrespondtoALLthree(3)ofthefollowingTargetElementQuestions(thisstepmustbecompleted),thenselectSave.

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OnceyouselectSaveyouwillbereturnedtotheStep2:SelectTargetElementsscreen.YouwillseethatyouhavesuccessfullyselectedoneTargetElementandwillnowrepeattheprocesssothatyoucanselectyoursecondTargetElement.RememberthatatleastoneoftheHighProbabilityStrategyElementsmustbeselected.RepeatallstepsofthepreviousprocessbyselectinganotheroftheTargetElementsfromtheAvailableElementslist(apartiallistisshownbelow).

OnceyoucompletethesestepsandselectSAVEyouwillseethefollowingscreen:

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YouhavenowselectedtheTWO(2)requiredTargetElements.Note:AlthoughtwooftheHighProbabilityStrategyElementswereselectedforthisexample,onlyoneisrequired.

YoumaynowcontinuebyselectingtheBacktoPlanbutton.

YouwillnowseeaGREENDone!forBOTHStep1andStep2.

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YouarenowreadytocompleteStep3:IdentifyActionSteps.

Clickon+DevelopaPlanforGrowth

Thenselectthefirst+AddaStep

Youwillbetakentothefollowingscreen:

In order to complete your Action Steps you may select predetermined Action Step Ideas from thedropdownwindowSelectanActionStepIdeaoryoumaytypeyourownideaintotheboxprovided(Seethefollowingexamples).

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OnceyouhaveselectedyourActionStepitwillautomaticallyappearintheboxandyouhavetheoptiontoaddmoretextifdesired.

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Inthe*Datebox,youmayinputaspecificdate(example:11/01/17)orageneraltimeframe(example:daily,weekly,monthly).

FortheElementbox,youmayselectoneofyourtwotargetedelementsorALL.

TheAddaResourceboxisoptionalanddoesnotrequireinformationtocompletethisstep. ClickonSaveActionSteponceyourinformationiscomplete. Youwillseethefollowingscreen:

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Select+AddaSteptocompletetheprocessforyoursecondelement:

Again,selectSaveActionSteponceyourinformationiscomplete.

Youwillseethefollowingscreen:

YoumaydragtheblackbarsontheinformationbubblestorearrangeyourActionPlanSteporder.Seethefollowingexample:

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OnceyouhaveyourActionsStepsinorder. ClickontheSaveActionStepOrderbutton.

YouwillnowseeaGREENDone!forStep3.

Step4:PutYourPlanIntoAction:SubmitforApproval

• YoumayeditStep1untilTuesday,October31,2017at11:59pm.

• AfterOctober31,2017,youwillnotbeabletoaccessyourSelf-Assessment.

• YoumayeditSteps2and3untilThursday,November30,2017at11:59pm.• YourGrowthPlan/DeliberatePracticeshouldbecompletedby11:59pmonThursday,November30,

2017.

YouradministratorwillreviewyourcompletedGrowthPlan. Itwilleitherbeacceptedassubmittedorreturnedtoyouforfurthereditingandthenresubmittedforapprovalonceyoureditingiscomplete.