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Table of Contents
Section I: Background
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Teacher/Principal Evaluation in Maryland
Chapter 3: Piloting Teacher Evaluation in Maryland
Chapter 4: Teacher/Principal Evaluation Proposed Regulation
Chapter 5: Comprehensive Teacher Induction Program
Section II: Description of the Teacher/Principal Evaluation Framework
Chapter 6: Framework and Definitions
Chapter 7: Teacher Professional Practice- Qualitative
Chapter 8: Principal Professional Practice- Qualitative
Chapter 9: Teacher Student Growth Measures- Quantitative
Chapter 10: Principal Student Growth Measures- Quantitative
Chapter 11: Criteria for Selecting Student Growth Measures
Chapter 12: Calculating Growth & Statistical Model to Measure Student Growth
Chapter 13: Calculation of Evaluation Ratings
Section III: Options for Collecting Evidence
Chapter 14: Maryland School Performance Index
Chapter 15: Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
Chapter 16: Portfolios
Section IV: Implementation Guidelines
Chapter 17: Attribution
Chapter 18: Annual Evaluation
Chapter 19: Dashboards
Section V: Professional Development
Chapter 20: Professional Development for Teacher/Principal Evaluation
Chapter 21: Training/Professional Development of Evaluators in use of                Teacher/Principal Evaluation Model
Section VI: Process for Submission
Chapter 22: Request for Planning Information for Statewide Field Testing
Chapter 23: Process for Submission of Local Model/Level of Review and Approval
Section VII: Conclusion
Chapter 24: Conclusion
Appendices
Section I: Background
Appendix I: Education Reform Act 2010
Section II: Description of the Teacher/Principal Evaluation Framework
Appendix II: Sample Teacher Professional Practice Rubric
Section III: Components of the Framework
Appendix III: Student Growth Percentiles
Section IV: Implementation Guidelines
Appendix IV: Research Support Network Report on Student Learning Objectives
Appendix V: SLO Chart with Teacher and Principal Element
Appendix VI: Guiding Questions for Developing SLOs
Appendix VII: Alignment of SLOs with the Charlotte Danielson Framework
Appendix VIII: SLO Alignment with the Professional Practice Indicators for Principal Evaluation

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