Please see the following GPS Mid-Year user guides for directions for LEAP, NII, and SSP Evaluations. 

LEAP Evaluation GPS User Guide

• Teacher Directions for MY Forms in the GPS

NII Evaluation GPS User Guide

SSP Evaluation GPS User Guide

Calibrate for Professionalism

Review resources and make a plan for Professionalism Calibration. (Recommended as an ILT activity at a later date, prior to Mid-Year Conversations.) 

• Professionalism Calibration Protocol
• Professionalism Calibration by Indicator Spreadsheet
• Professionalism Look Fors- School Example #1
• Professionalism Look Fors- School Example #2
• Alignment to UIP Example
• Rationale Statements

Successful growth engages teachers in these important conversations through many forms. This guide was built to support your conversations throughout the year so that Mid-Year and End of Year Conversations are not a surprise, but rather a more formalized checkpoint to reflect and discuss a teacher’s practice, including their career aspirations.

It requires craftsmanship on the part of each educator to make conversations throughout the year purposeful and impactful. This guide is designed to support leaders in this effort from scheduling and analyzing data to facilitating the conversations and documenting the results.

LEAP Planning Calendar 2024-25

Checklist: School Leader Responsibilities: Is your ILT prepped and ready for conversations? Have you communicated your plan to your ILT and staff? Use this handy checklist to backwards plan and make sure you are ready!

Checklist: Evaluator Responsibilities at Mid Year: If you have any teachers on your caseload, this is the checklist for you! This is for ILT's and School Leaders.

Guided Conversation Templates for MY and EoY: Sample structure, talking points and suggestions for your conversations.

Teacher Mid Year and End of Year Conversation Checklist

Email Templates: Emails are recommended (and Best Practice!) for all teachers as a follow up to the conversation but most important for any teachers at risk of non-renewal, losing NP status or at risk for earning a NM or A rating. As always, feel free to personalize as you see fit and/or use agreed upon templates from your ILT.

Rationale Statements- Professionalism Indicators w Instructional & Professional Concerns: ILTs should norm on how to communicate the basis of your decisions with a rationale so the teacher understands the decision. Writing and recording this rationale, even when you’ve had the in-person conversation, supports you and the teacher having an understanding to reference and leverage going forward.

New LEAP Framework for Non-Instructional and Itinerant (NII) Teachers

• NII Introduction Training
• NII FAQ
• NII Framework  
• NII Expectations, Timeline and GPS User Guide
• NII Training in Learning Space
• NII Indicator Calibration Example
• NII Observation Cycle Examples