Illinois State Board of Education Performance Evaluation Advisory Council met Jan. 30.
Here are the minutes provided by the council:
I. Call to Order and Roll Call — 1:17 p.m.
| Amy Alsop (IFT) | Here |
| Kate Schumacher (IFT) | Here |
| Courtney Orzel (IASA) | Absent |
| Kay Dugan (IPA) | Here |
| Karen Triezenberg (IPA) | Here |
| Anna Mae Grams-Pullappally (CPS) | Here |
| Jodi Scott (IARSS) | Here |
| Mark Klaisner (IARSS) | Here |
| Sonya Spaulding (IARSS) | Here |
| Larry Frank (IEA) | Absent |
| Carrie Hruby (IESA) | Absent |
Vince Camille-ISBE
Meagan Budke-ISBE
Quorum = 6
Majority of Q = 4
II. Meeting Norms and Open Meetings Act
a. Start and end on time
b. Expect good intentions from everyone
c. Speak and listen with respect
d. Adhere to OMA guidelines
Meagan Budke, meeting facilitator from ISBE, reminded everyone of a specific provision in the Open Meetings Act (OMA) that prohibits any group discussion of business items outside of the public meeting. A “meeting” is a gathering, whether it is in-person, through email, or virtual where a majority of a quorum of members are present and discuss public business, according to the OMA. All meetings must be open to the public, which means that you cannot discuss any business outside of this public meeting with a group of other members of the committee because it would be considered a meeting. Below are a few examples of behaviors you should refrain from doing since they could constitute a meeting under OMA.
-- Discussing business with a group of other members over dinner.
-- Gathering in a hotel lobby or hallway before or after the meeting and talking about business items.
-- Sending an email to a group of other members with information about the content of the meeting.
-- Having a group text message about business items.
Six members is considered to be a quorum of this group, which means a gathering of half that number -- three people -- where public business is discussed would be considered a meeting and is not allowed.
Members commented that they have discussed things outside of meetings through a delegation of tasks, but do not make decisions and then bring items back to the table citing that there is simply not enough time in these meetings to start and finish everything
III. Public Comment
None.
IV. Review and Update Teacher Evaluator Retraining Course Proposals Expiring in 2023 Four AA courses are expiring in 2023:
i. 1451
ii. 1452
iii. 1801
iv. 3000
There was discussion about whether or not all courses are being used; data from ISBE confirms all courses are being used. Discussion continued. All courses need to be refreshed.
a. Discussed newest Danielson Framework as well as Learning Forward Standards and how to incorporate each into the AA courses.
b. Discussed highlighting and incorporating equity among evaluations in each of the academies.
c. Members found a crosswalk linking the newest Learning Forward Standards and the old version.
d. Looked at outcomes on existing slide deck pertaining to AA courses. Outcomes are still applicable, but we may need to discuss how the newest Learning Forward Standards fit in.
e. After previewing and discussing a little bit of each of the AA courses that are soon to be updated, it was decided to update AA 3000
-- Look at Learning Forward Standards and focus on equity.
-- Looked at and reviewed existing AA 3000 materials on the ISBE website.
-- Members commented that the deck had good information.
-- Group members focused on the red flags slide and got feedback on how trainers use it and if they like the content. The consensus is that it is valuable because it highlights being mindful of the groups of students and cohorts that educators will be teaching as well as what they are using for assessments. Members referenced their experience and discussed that the slides are of good quality and that they help administrators help teachers create teacher-based assessments (Type 3).
-- Members previewed the entire slide deck and discussed adding and subtracting slides — and updating them to reflect the newest learning standards, as well as tweaking things here and there to make them applicable to the new standards while still being relevant to the learning outcomes.
Tweak slides 25, 29, 31-35, 60, 61.
f. Ms. Alsop made a 2023 folder to edit for the group as well as putting it in the committee notes and sending it to members.
g. Members split into four small groups to make edits in files.
Groups come back together to debrief on changes for AA 3000.
Discussed cleaning up data conversation at the end of the AA. Group encourages educators to bring in real data that they can analyze. There was talk of rewording the prompt on Handout 13, specifically, to make it less clunky and more user-friendly. Make data examples on Handout 13 more user-friendly — this data is used for analysis IF an educator did not bring their own.
Group discussion on brainstorming and researching ideas was held, but nothing was decided. We will reconvene Jan. 31 to make decisions.
V. Review AA Train-the-Trainer Schedule
a. The group decided to address these items on Jan. 31.
VI. Plan Teacher Evaluator Retraining Course Train-the-Trainers
b. The group decided to address these items on Jan. 31.
VII. New Business
c. The group decided to address these items on Jan. 31.
VIII. Adjourn -- Group decided to adjourn at 4:50 p.m.
https://www.isbe.net/Documents_PEAC/01303123-SC-Minutes.pdf
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