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Center Grove board hears new teacher-evaluation rubric; district to use hold-harmless year
Summary
Kaylee Brown presented a redesigned teacher evaluation rubric and process to the Center Grove board, emphasizing a shift from summative to formative feedback, five domains of evaluation, pre/post observation conferences, teacher-set SMART goals, and a hold-harmless policy for the first implementation year.
Kaylee Brown told the Center Grove Community School Corp. board the district finalized a new teacher-evaluation rubric and process to begin next school year and will provide a “hold-harmless” year so a teacher’s overall rating cannot drop from this year’s rating while staff learn the new system.
Brown said the overhaul shifts the process from a primarily summative system to a more formative one with individual SMART goals, pre- and post-observation conferences, revised observation frequency, and a rubric organized into five domains: professional responsibility; planning and preparation for instruction; classroom environment; instruction; and objective measures of student achievement and growth.
Brown said a committee of 25 teachers and 10 administrators met seven times to draft the tool, drawing on the district’s current rubric, the RISE state model, and practices at peer districts (Brownsburg, Westfield, Washington). The committee added “look fors” — classroom examples educators and administrators agreed would show each level of performance — and prepared a staff evaluation handbook documenting procedures and expectations.
To support consistency among evaluators, Brown said administrators will hold monthly norming sessions that include recorded classroom clips for joint scoring and discussion. She also said the teacher evaluation committee will continue to meet quarterly next year to collect feedback and refine the tool. Brown added the district prepared a voice-over tutorial and other supports for staff during launch.
Board members asked about evaluator consistency and asked for a follow-up report after one year of implementation; Brown agreed to provide a Year-1 update, including aggregate counts of teachers who used the hold-harmless protection (no names). There was no board vote; the presentation concluded with appreciation from board members and a request for a follow-up report.
