Educator Effectiveness

In 2010, State Superintendent Evers convened a design team to develop a comprehensive evaluation system for teachers and principals. The system is designed to support the continuous improvement of educator practice that leads to improved student learning. Act 166, Wis. Stat. 115.415 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop an educator effectiveness (EE) system and begin implementation of the system in the 2014-15 school year.

As you know some of your colleagues have piloted the DPI Teachscape/Danielson Model and some other schools have piloted My Learning Plan by CESA 6.  Here is a comparison of both systems. They are very comparable systems and we are recommending to the board on Tuesday to move a head with the My Learning Plan platform.  


Some advantages of my Learning Plan include:

• The observations are more focused with only 7 standards vs. 22 components so feedback can be specific.  

• The platform is more user friendly with dates and emails communicating between evaluators and teachers.

• Teachers can submit evidence to evaluators to demonstrate competencies in areas not observed during a formal observation.

• The time taken by evaluators is considerably less with My Learning Plan as no scoring is involved. The summative process is considerably less time consuming as well with the flow through of evidence collected throughout the year.

Both systems will streamline the evaluation process in districts but will require time to implement the change. We need to prepare our teachers with the rationale for the changes to ultimately improve student learning and instruction.  We look forward to the impact the Educator Effectiveness Systems will have on the student learning in the state of Wisconsin.


We have been thoughtful in preparing for this change in Hudson. As Amanda said, "It really is not a huge shift from what we have been doing in Hudson. It's just organized differently."

Things we will do to prepare for these shifts include:

2013-14- District wide we all completed an SLO which replaced the old HPDP with more data focused results.

April 9, 2014 Late Start-  Late Start Presentation
We will explore the 7 Stronge standards and see commonalities with the 10 WI Teachers standards.  All standards are based on the INTASC research so the content is no different.  We will be at EP Rock so they can share their experience with the system.

2014-15-  Walk though the process and provide support each step of the way.

If you want to read more about the CESA 6 model, check out these resources:
CESA 6- My Learning Plan Model
CESA 6 FAQ

Please comment on any questions uoi may have.