Escambia Educator Evaluation

The Escambia Educator Evaluation (E3) is the result of a cooperative process between the School District of Escambia County and the Escambia Education Association to promote an efficient, highly effective instructional workforce while complying with new state legislation. We hope you will find this site helpful as you learn about our new system.

The Evaluation Process

Consider this simple concept for the educational process: It is, "What the teacher says and does; and what the student says and does." Those two halves, the teacher's professional practices (50%) and the students' learning growth (50%) equal the way educator performance is evaluated in Escambia County.

The evaluative process begins and ends with student achievement, so let's start at the beginning:

Step 1: Review historic student achievement data.

Educators first review student achievement data from the previous year. Depending on teaching assignment, relevant data will be based on the achievement of students assigned to a given teacher the prior year, students enrolled in the school, and students enrolled in the district. Detailed FCAT data is available through FCAT STAR.

Step 2: Complete your Professional Development Plan (PDP).

The Professional Development Plan involves student achievement data as well. After reviewing student data and your Danielson competencies, determine a goal for your professional development in each area. The PDP is completed electronically through our online Professional Development System.

Step 3: Review the student growth data on which you will be evaluated, and make your, "teacher's choice" selection.

Review the linked document to determine how the student growth half of your evaluation will be calculated. You will then make your "teacher's choice" selection for student achievement that will count for 5% of your evaluation at the end of the year.  This selection is made electronically through our online Professional Development System.

Step 4: Participate in observations and other assessment interactions.

Review the Teacher Evaluation / Observation Form to better understand the way your evaluator will assess your instructional practices. This form serves as the rubric that will be used for observations and the final appraisal for the educator professional practices half of the evaluation. Note that forms related to the observation process will be completed online through our Professional Development System.

Participate in the observation/interaction process with your evaluator. The chart below displays the minimum number of formal observations required for different employee subgroups:

A minimum of four interactions during the academic year is required for all teachers. Interactions can be informal observations when the evaluator observes the teacher's behavior in an unplanned setting, e.g. parent conference, grade level/department meeting, etc.

Teachers who receive an "unsatisfactory" as a result of an observation/interaction will start a "Strategies for Improvement" plan with their evaluator. The forms for this process are also completed online.

Step 5: Review your final evaluation with your evaluator.

Each educator's final evaluation is based on the two main components:

1. Educator professional practice rating

This rating is assessed with the Danielson framework as is applied via our E3 Evaluation Rubric through the observation/interaction process. The final appraisal scores are based on the last observation where a given component area was assessed.

While this portion of the evaluation is weighted 50%, it is scored on a 100 point scale. The scale is as follows:

*It is important to note that in addition to the point requirements, there are also requirements (shown below) that must be met in order for an educator to receive a rating higher than unsatisfactory.

The E3 Calculator is a great tool that can help illuminate these additional requirements and to see how different rating combinations would affect ones professional practice rating (be sure to view the scale near the bottom of the calculator).

For additional information about the professional practice portion of the evaluation, please visit the, "Educator Practices" section of this site.

2. Student learning growth rating

This rating is assessed through the value-added model required by the state. Student learning growth as measured by this model counts 50% of an educator's overall evaluation. While the "student growth" and "value-added" sections of this site explain the process in more detail, the end result will be a percent score assigned to a teacher that depicts the number of students whose FCAT and/or Algebra 1 EOC scores met or exceeded expectations.

While this portion of the evaluation is weighted 50%, it is scored on a 100 point scale. The scale for '12 - '13 school year is as follows:

3. Overall effectiveness rating

An educator's overall effectiveness rating is the average of the two parts of the evaluation: the professional practices and student learning growth portions.

The overall effectiveness rating is determined using the below scale for '12 - '13 school year: