Appraisal of Principals and Tumuaki
Webinar 2b - Inquiry Into Practice
What we will cover
• Strengthening our understanding and practices in Professional Inquiry into
Practice
• Setting goals/objectives (Strategic and annual)
• Looking at trends over time
• Overlaying our schooling improvement journey, my Inquiry into Practice
and my Appraisal
What you need
• Resource Booklet for this webinar
• The Principal’s Performance Agreement
• Effective School Evaluation: how to do and use internal evaluation
for improvement – an Education Review Office Resource
http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/effective-school-evaluation/
Setting my
Performance
Goal and my
Inquiry Focus
Spiral of Inquiry
What is the data/ information now showing?
Evidence here will benefit my learners as next steps
What data/ information do I have?
Appraisal conversations:
Progress and next steps
What does my data/ information look like now?
What has or hasn’t changed?
Graphic credit: Judy Halberg and Linda Kaser (2013)
Ref: Helen Timperley, Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert
Effective School Evaluation
Monitoring
and Evaluating
Impact
Prioritising to
Take Action
Learner Focused
Evaluation
Processes
Noticing
We can do better
Appraisal Conversations:
Progress and next steps
Collaborative
Sense making
Investigating
Setting my
Performance
Goal and my
Inquiry Focus
Setting Performance and Inquiry Goals
Performance Goals can come from
• Strategic Plan
Inquiry Goals come from
Identification of a significant achievement
challenge –
• Annual Plan along with Analysis of Variance
• Education Review Office recommendations
For example
• Feedback from previous Appraisal(s) and
Principal’s learning needs
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•
student engagement
student learning
academic achievement
The Key Questions for the Focusing Inquiry Goal are
• What is important (and therefore worth spending time on), given where
my learners are at?
• What strategies (evidence-based) are most likely to help my learners learn
what they need to learn?
• What will I notice about my changed practice and the impact on
my learners?
Goal
When setting goals a clear and motivating endpoint in relation to the needs
of learners must be identified
Do the Goals reflect
• The learning needs of students?
• The learning needs of teachers?
• The outcome that will be achieved if the goal is met?
Time bound
Changed practice
By the end of the year
I have strengthened my own inquiry processes through effectively leading the school improvement focus of
developing resilience within our students
.
so that at risk students are more engaged and well supported in their learning.
Outcome for students
Appraisal Components
Appraisal
Report
 Overall evaluative
judgements/ statements
with reference to PS/ PTC &
Career Structure Criteria
 Key strengths
 Next steps/concerns
 support to be provided
Performance
Management
 Renewal of practising
certificate (every 3 years)
 Annual performance
review (for growth and
development)
Goals
Appraisal Discussions
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Interpreting evidence
Affirmation
Feedback
Next steps
Evidence Curated
 Charter/strategic plan
 Student outcomes (AoV)
 Participation in
professional learning
 Feedback – staff,
students, parents, board
 Goals established
 Indicators of success
agreed
 Evidence sources and
perspectives agreed
 Timeframes and
actions
 Support to be provided
 Written into
Performance
Agreement
Using our evidence
Narrate
To describe the data
Curate
Pull the evidence together in an organised way so that we can make sense of it
Evaluate
Use the evidence to affirm progress and to identify next steps…
Appraisal Discussions
 Interpreting evidence
 Affirmation
 Feedback
 Next steps
Linking Inquiry to Appraisal
Using Evidence in Appraisal Conversations
An Example of a Principal’s Inquiry Into Practice
Linking Inquiry to Appraisal
By the end of the year
• I will have strengthened my own inquiry processes through effectively leading the
school improvement focus of developing resilience within our students…
• so that our at risk students are more engaged and well supported in their learning.
Outcomes
Sources of Evidence
Data from SMS system and our interpretation and
use of the data
Feedback from students – focus group interviews
Professional
Learning
Leadership
Practice
Analysis of Variance
___________________’s portfolio reflections
and coaching notes
Minutes of SLT meetings
Paul’s Evidence Shows
Sources of Evidence
Professional
Learning
Leadership
Practice
Outcomes
My
Evidence
My Evidence Shows
Overlaying our School’s Improvement Journey, my Inquiry into Practice
and my Appraisal
Monitoring
and evaluating
impact
Effective School Evaluation page 15 to 19
Prioritising to
take action
Learner focused
evaluation
processes
Noticing
We can do
better
Collaborative
sense making
Investigating
Pulling It All Together
• Affirm progress
• Identify next steps