Educator Evaluation Statute, Regulations, and Guidance (2015)

Guidance on New York State’s Annual Professional Performance Review for Teachers and Principals to Implement Education Law §3012-d and the Commissioner’s Regulations
The purpose of this guidance is to answer questions that educators, administrators, and community stakeholders may have about Education Law §3012-d and Subpart 30-3 of the Commissioner’s regulations.

Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Guidance Document
The Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Guidance Document explains how New York State will assess the student learning growth of students in classrooms. This resource will be helpful to district leaders as they implement the SLO process, a required component of the evaluation system. 

The Commissioner’s Regulations on Annual Professional Performance Review

At the June 2015 meeting of the Board of Regents, proposed amendments were adopted to amend Subpart 30-2 and add a new Subpart 30-3 to the Rules of the Board of Regents, which relates to annual professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals, in order to implement Education Law §3012-d, as enacted by Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2015, Subparts D and E of Part EE.

These slides were presented to the Board of Regents along with this item as recommendations by the Department for the proposed regulation amendments. Please note, the red text throughout the slide deck represents changes made to the recommendations between the May 2015 and June 2015 Board of Regents meetings. The green text represents changes that were made to the recommendations during the June 2015 Board of Regents meeting.

Summary of Revised APPR Provisions 2015-16- The “Blue Memo”
The “Blue Memo” provides a summary of the regulations adopted by the Board of Regents to implement Education Law §3012-d.