<div dir="ltr">Jessica,<div><br></div><div>What happened at Chillicothe HS is a complex example of efficacy, as what was perceived did not hold true. I think it is fair to expect that students would grow at a level deemed proficient by the State if teachers are consistently rated Skilled and Accomplished. I wonder if this was the first year that teachers' OTES ratings were so high overall? (I'm optimistically believing that they earned the ratings and the praise was due.) If teachers truly deserved those ratings and it was the first time that the school overall taught at that level, it could play a role in student outcomes. If this was a dramatic change in instruction, students may need time to adjust, even years to adjust, to a new, rigorous way of teaching in the building. Maybe if Chillicothe continues to keep their teachers at a high level, the students will meet those expectations over time. Another thought, maybe the teachers truly were exemplifying Skilled and Accomplished traits during their OTES evaluations, even during weekly walk-throughs. But, even though the teachers were implementing excellent teaching strategies, they were not strategies that worked for the kids in the classroom seats. Simply because we devise and teach glowing lesson plans does not meat that students will learn. The piece you're speaking of is very much the "managerial" side of teaching. I wonder how student-teacher relationships are perceived by the students? It sounds as if strides were made in this effort. I wonder what the culture of the students is like? Or, the culture of the staff, or school overall? What outside influences are affecting each students' learning to which the teacher has no control? </div><div><br></div><div>With Dr. Larson's help, we are studying the many forces at play in school administration and I believe there are just as many at play in student learning. I hope that Chillicothe HS teachers will take time to reflect individually and collectively throughout this year. It may benefit to produce Skilled and Accomplished strategies that are specifically tied to their students' needs and continue to foster relationships, particularly with those with disabilities and those on the fringe. Just then, maybe Chillicothe HS will begin to see a rise in their report card scores. Thanks for sharing and allowing me to throw some ideas (without judgment) at you. Green struggles with F's on report cards too often. It's an important piece to evaluate and consider. Although, we both know, doesn't show the whole picture. <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Jessica Orr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jessica.orr@ccsd.us" target="_blank">jessica.orr@ccsd.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Efficacy plays an important role in the effectiveness of an individual and an organization. Specifically, self-efficacy among teachers has been remarkably high throughout previous school years at Chillicothe High School. According to the 2016-2017 State Report Card for CHS, 73.2% of teachers earned an Accomplished rating, while 26.8% of teachers earned a Skilled rating (none earned Developing or Ineffective ratings), ratings which undoubtedly contributed to high self-efficacy among teachers. Similarly, collective efficacy increased as teachers were repeatedly and vehemently praised by the principal for being the best staff in the state of Ohio and for growing students at exceptional levels. Mastery experience, as reflected in teacher evaluations, and verbal persuasion have both led to high self- and collective-efficacy; as a result, teachers have been unified and persistent even in the face of challenges. Notably, the staff repeatedly persevered to engage low-achieving students from low-income families, (e.g., making a point to talk to every student every single day, making concepts relevant, purchasing drinks for students when they held their classmate accountable, etc.), which can likely be attributed to high self- and collective-efficacy.</div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>In contrast, on the same 2016-2017 state report card, Chillicothe High School earned an overall F for value-added measures, specifically earning F’s in the categories for students with disabilities and the lowest 20% in achievement, which illustrates the reality that our students are not, in fact, growing at the levels they should be, let alone at the exceptional levels for which our staff was praised. With a change in principal for the 2017-2018 school year, the false praise has ended, and the administration and staff is tasked with taking a difficult look at ourselves, to reflect and improve upon our weaknesses in order to reverse the lack of student growth. Most certainly, both self- and collective-efficacy has diminished as teachers receive honest evaluations that stand in stark contrast to previous ratings, as teachers misunderstand and blame the value-added system, and as our new principal serves as a scapegoat for the drastic shifts that have occurred. Ultimately, efficacy can likely predict performance, yet it must be understood that efficacy is based on perceptions, and perceptions are not always reality.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_4854199208056508936gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">T<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">hank you,</font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><br></font></div><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Jessica Orr</font></b><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">English Teacher</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Department Coordinator</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Chillicothe High School</font></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Phone: (740) 702-2287, ext. 16231</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#000000"> --F. 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