Our objective is to provide easily accessible and comprehensive resources and tools for SSPs and those who support, coach and evaluate SSPs. The Resource Center is a centralized site where SSP frameworks, conversation tools, ratings trackers and SLO training, guidelines and videos have been organized into libraries. 

Annual GPS Timeline

Employees will work with their evaluator to schedule their beginning-of-year, mid-year and end-of-year conversation. Below are the general timelines:

• Beginning-of-year conversations should take place between September and October
• Mid-year conversations should take place between January and February
• End-of-year conversations should take place between April and May

In between these conversations, the evaluator also delivers feedback regularly, based on observations of practice or other agreed upon methods for capturing performance data. Review the 2023-24 annual timeline. 

These online forms can be used to capture observation data if you're not utilizing SchoolMint.  They may also be used to capture final rating data that you can use to support the EoY appraisal.

Please make a copy of the form for your use (do not alter the original.)

School Leader/Manager Year-Long Documentation Tracking Guides

• Audiologist Observations and Final Ratings
• DHH Observations and Final Ratings
• ESLI Observation and Final Ratings
• Gifted and Talented Teacher Observations and Final Ratings
• Itinerant Observations and Final Ratings
• OTPT Observations and Final Ratings
• School Counselor Observations and Final Ratings
• School Nurses Observations and Final Ratings
• School Psych & SW Observations and Final Ratings
• SLP Observations and Final Ratings
• TVI/OM Observations and Final Ratings

SSP Team Lead Year-Long Documentation Tracking Guides

• TL Audiologist Observations and Final Ratings
• TL DHH Observations and Final Ratings
• TL ESLI Observation and Final Ratings
• TL Itinerant Observations and Final Ratings
• TL OTPT Observations and Final Ratings
• TL School Nurses Observations and Final Ratings
• TL School Psych & SW Observations and Final Ratings
• TL SLP Observations and Final Ratings
• TL TVI/OM Observations and Final Ratings

Team Leads

SSP team leads are expert practitioners who lead a team of SSPs in his or her discipline to develop their ability to effectively deliver services and support the whole child. The SSP team leads oversees the full growth and performance system process for each SSP on his/her team. SSP team leads are responsible for coaching, supporting and evaluating SSPs throughout the school year. For 2021-22 school year we have 28 Team Leads across many of our SSP teams including Deaf & Hard of Hearing Itinerants and Audiologists, Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists, School Nurses, School Psychologists and School Social Workers, Speech & Language Pathologists and Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation & Mobility Specialists.

SSP GPS Frameworks

Audiologists

DHH Itinerants

Educational Interpreters

GT, ECSE, SPED Itinerant Teachers

Occupational Therapists & Physical Therapists

School Counselors

School Nurses

School Psychologists & School Social Workers

Speech Language Pathologists

Teachers of the Visually Impaired & Orientation & Mobility Specialists

Why SLOs?

State law requires school districts to include individual measures of student growth in SSP ratings. Since SSPs do not  have individual student growth scores, they must complete two SLOs to meet SB 10-191 multiple measures  requirement. DPS has selected to use SLOs as the student growth measures for SSPs because SLOs are educator-centered, respect educators as professionals, use a body of evidence, and allow for the closest  connection between the instruction and learning that happens in the therapy, consultation, or evaluation of  students. New senate bill SB22-070 will require changes in the composition of final effectiveness ratings (FERs). The percent attribution for Professional Practice (PP) and Student Growth (SG) will be 70/30 (previously 50/50).

SSP SLOs

SSPs should use the SLO Application Tool to complete two SLOs during the school year. Please refer to your department leadership on the selection of SLOs. Please visit the ARE Student Learning Objectives (SLO) section on the Commons for additional resources.  You can also reach out to SLOHelp@dpsk12.org or (720) 423-2406.

Model SLOs

• Counseling Department - SLO Toolbox (support document)
• Counseling Department Elementary OTG
• Counseling Department Middle School OTG
• Counseling Department High School OTG
• GT SSP - Progress Monitoring Advanced Learning Plan (ALP) goals
• GT SSP - Building Capacity of Teachers and Admin
• GT SSP - Assessment and Identification Monitoring
• Nursing-Asthma
• Nursing-Delegation
• Nursing-Health Plan
• Nursing-Immunization
• Occupational and Physical Therapy-IEP Planning and Objectives
• Occupational and Physical Therapy-Student Outcome Measure Progress
• Department of Mental Health-SEL Intervention
• Department of Mental Health-Consultation
• Department of Mental Health-Safety
• Department of Mental Health-Self-Advocacy
• Bilingual Assessment Team Liferay 2 Network Support
• Bilingual Assessment Team Liferay 1 Individual Assessment Tracking
• Speech and Language Therapy-Floater School Community
• Speech and Language Therapy-Floater Student Speech Services
• Speech and Language Therapy-Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Articulation, Pragmatic Language