TEI Overview
Defining Excellence
Supporting Excellence
- A Year in a Life – Jennifer Belchi-Segura
- A Year in a Life – Lillian Sooter
Rewarding Excellence
Resources
Panorama Student Survey Results

TEI Overview
Defining Excellence
Supporting Excellence
- A Year in a Life – Jennifer Belchi-Segura
- A Year in a Life – Lillian Sooter
Rewarding Excellence
Resources
Panorama Student Survey Results

Resources

Please click on a section heading below to further explore additional TEI resources.

2019-20 TEI Appraisal (COVID-19)

TEI FAQ - COVID-19 (7694 downloads)
Employee Appraisal FAQ for Supervisors and Appraisers - COVID-19 (1779 downloads)

TEI System Resources

2020-2021 TEI Guidebook (9546 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Evaluation Calendar v1.0 (619 downloads)
HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (4758 downloads)
TEI Administrator Certification Process (429 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI Guidebook (6054 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR v2.0 (1904 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI GUIDEBOOK (7831 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR v5.0 (3298 downloads)
TEI RULEBOOK v6.0 (2763 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI GUIDEBOOK (5034 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR (3020 downloads)
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EVALUATION OF TEACHERS- DNA (REGULATION) (4221 downloads)
2016-2017 TEACHER EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE INFOGRAPHIC (2994 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI GUIDEBOOK (4290 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR (2488 downloads)
2016 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1405 downloads)

TEI Evaluation Scorecard

Annotated Scorecard (21291 downloads)
2018-2019 Teacher Category Cut Points (1843 downloads)
Understanding Your Average Evaluation Score (18550 downloads)
2017-2018 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (4659 downloads)
Accessing MyRecords Weblink Guide (3730 downloads)
Quick Guide to MyRecords (1625 downloads)
2016-2017 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (3203 downloads)
2015-2016 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (2218 downloads)
2014-2015 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (1853 downloads)

Teacher Performance

Teacher Performance Rubric (13905 downloads)
Teacher Performance Rubric Crosswalk (1947 downloads)
Teacher Performance Rubric Companion Guide (2651 downloads)
TPR: Guidance for Online Instruction (5326 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Evaluation Checklist (515 downloads)
2020-2021 Guidelines for Late Hires, Transfers, and Leave (50 downloads)
2020-2021 Spot Observation - Proration Guide (328 downloads)
2019-2020 Summative Performance Evaluation Worksheet (1824 downloads)
Classroom Observation Evidence Collection Form (1518 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI Evaluation Checklist (2067 downloads)
2019-2020 Spot Observation Form (2416 downloads)
2019-2020 SPOT OBSERVATION - PRORATION GUIDE (1997 downloads)
2019-2020 GUIDELINES FOR LATE HIRES, TRANSFERS, AND LEAVE (596 downloads)
2018-2019 Summative Performance Evaluation Worksheet (2086 downloads)
2018‐2019 No Appraisal Documentation (504 downloads)
Teacher Intervention Plan (2683 downloads)

Student Achievement

2018-2019 TEI Achievement Measure Point Assignment (664 downloads)
2018-2019 Student Achievement Templates (709 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1145 downloads)
TEST COMBINATIONS FOR TEI METRICS (569 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1068 downloads)
2017-2018 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (1936 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI ROSTER VERIFICATION TIMELINE (1104 downloads)
2016-2017 TERRANOVA/SUPERA (1144 downloads)
2016-2017 UNDERSTANDING TEI'S STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMPONENT (1470 downloads)
2016-2017 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (1602 downloads)
2015-2016 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1337 downloads)
2015-2016 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (915 downloads)

Research

The Widget Effect - Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Difference in Teacher Effectiveness (1098 downloads)
For Each and Every Child - A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence (853 downloads)

Teacher Incentive Allotment

TIA - Information Session (Sept. 2020) (175 downloads)
Dallas ISD Teacher Incentive Allotment FAQ (1302 downloads)
TEI/TIA Submission guide (992 downloads)
Teacher Incentive Allotment Spending Plan (3094 downloads)
TIA - Board Briefing, February 2020 (4021 downloads)
HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (4758 downloads)

Student Experience Survey

Spring 2020 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 3-5) (963 downloads)
Spring 2020 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 6-12) (702 downloads)
Maintaining Integrity of the Student Experience Survey (1813 downloads)
Oath of Integrity Student Experience Survey (243 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (881 downloads)
Panorama Survey: Side-by-Side Comparison (Grades 6-12) (872 downloads)
Panorama Survey: Side-by-Side Comparison (Grades 3-5) (910 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1506 downloads)
Sample Survey of Student Likes (2463 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1564 downloads)
2015-2016 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1080 downloads)
STUDENT SURVEY VALIDATION REPORT (870 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 6-12, English (2468 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 6-12, Spanish (854 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 3-5, Spanish (1661 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 3-5, English (900 downloads)

Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

Student Learning Objective Rubric (22031 downloads)
SLO Student Score Sheet (26605 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal-Setting (15006 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: More About the SLO (9418 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal Accomplishment (Teacher) (4623 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Scoring the SLO Goal Accomplishment (Appraiser) (1618 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Completing the SLO Goal Accomplishment Scoresheet (1389 downloads)
Quick Reference Card SLO Component (5219 downloads)

Distinguished Teacher Review (DTR)

2020-21 DTR Key Dates (88 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Application Toolkit (78 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR FAQ (80 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Rubric (411 downloads)
HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (4758 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Ambassador Contact List (412 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Application Examples (1857 downloads)
2019-2020 Tier 1 List (720 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Rubric (1579 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Teacher Toolkit (1344 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Eligibility Criteria (2258 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR FAQ (1338 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Key Dates (951 downloads)
When Am I Required to Submit a DTR Application? (2792 downloads)
2018-2019 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1029 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR RUBRIC (2985 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR TEACHER TOOLKIT (4131 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR FAQ (1259 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2555 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR DATES (948 downloads)
2017-2018 DTR RUBRIC (2180 downloads)
2017-2018 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2504 downloads)
2017-2018 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1164 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR RUBRIC (4053 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2446 downloads)
2016-2017 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (865 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR TEACHER TOOLKIT (2734 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR FAQ (3169 downloads)

Strategic Compensation

Understanding Your 2019-2020 TEI Compensation (6229 downloads)
2018-2019 COMPENSATION FAQ (3462 downloads)
How to Calculate your 2018-19 Salary (14727 downloads)
2017-2018 COMPENSATION FAQ (2786 downloads)
2016-2017 COMPENSATION FAQ (1986 downloads)
How to Calculate your 2016-17 Salary (3753 downloads)
Annotated Statement of Earnings (2103 downloads)

Cornerstone

Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal-Setting (15006 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: More About the SLO (9418 downloads)
Oracle Appraiser Change (1564 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Observation Acknowledgment (586 downloads)
Cornerstone Technical Resources (690 downloads)
Launching TEI Observations (1656 downloads)
Submitting TEI Observations (954 downloads)

TEI Overview
Defining Excellence
Supporting Excellence
Rewarding Excellence

Current Teachers
Administrators
Potential Teachers
Parents & Community

Resources
Calendar

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DTR Application Workshops - TEI Team/Facilitators

This year, TEI will host two versions of the virtual DTR Application Workshops (You must be logged into Cornerstone before clicking on the links below):

The DTR Application Informational Workshop (1.5 hours) will provide an in-depth overview of the Distinguished Teacher Review Process and provide an overview of the 2020-21 DTR Rubric. It is intended for first time applicants, or teachers wanting to learn more about the DTR Process.
See Cornerstone for dates and times. Click Here to Register

The DTR Application Writing Workshop (2 hours) will provide an in-depth review of the 2020-21 DTR Rubric and provide teachers with an opportunity to begin a draft of their DTR Application. It is intended for returning applicants, or teachers with an understanding of the DTR Process who are ready to begin the writing process.
See Cornerstone for dates and Times. Click Here to Register

DTR Application Writing Workshops - DTR Ambassador/Facilitators

This year the DTR Ambassadors will host three domain-specific workshops. These sessions are DTR Ambassador led and will focus on an in-depth understanding of the DTR domains using the 2020-21 DTR Rubric. Teachers will collaborate with peers, brainstorm experiences, expand on those experiences, and begin a draft of their DTR application. Please see Cornerstone for available dates and times. (You must be logged into Cornerstone before clicking on the links below)

DTR Application Writing Workshop for Leadership (1 hour)
Click Here to Register.

DTR Application Breakout Writing Workshop for Lifelong Learning (1 hour)
Click Here to Register

DTR Application Writing Workshop for Contributions to the Profession (1 hour)
Click Here to Register.

DTR- Application Workshops

Tues., Dec. 13

5-6:30 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dtr-application-workshop-tuesday-december-13-2016-tickets-30035967387

http://tiny.cc/December13

Wed., Dec. 14

5-6:30 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dtr-application-workshop-wednesday-december-14-2016-tickets-29793391837

http://tiny.cc/December14

Thur., Dec. 15

5-6:30 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dtr-application-workshop-thursday-december-15-2016-tickets-29792920427

http://tiny.cc/December15

Wed., Jan. 11

5-6:30 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dtr-application-workshop-wednesday-january-11-2017-tickets-30036129873

http://tiny.cc/January11

2020 – 2021 DTR Dates and Deadlines

Round 1: For Teachers with 2018-2019 TEI Data

Friday, September 25 – 2019-2020 DTR Snapshots are released
Thursday, October 8 – DTR Application Opens for Round 1
Thursday, November 5 —DTR Application Closes for Round 1

Round 2: For Teachers without 2018-2019 TEI Data or Teachers without DTR-Eligibility from 2018-2019 TEI Data

Thursday, October 8 —DTR Opt-In Task Opens for Round 2
Thursday, October 22 —DTR Opt-In Task Closes for Round 2
Thursday, March 4 —DTR Application Opens for Round 2
Thursday, April 1 —DTR Applications Closes for Round 2

Performance-Based Compensation

The Dallas ISD’s strategic compensation plan gives teachers overall, and especially those who prove to be effective, the opportunity to significantly increase their salaries in shorter spans of time.
For example, under the former step salary schedule, it takes a new teacher with a bachelor’s degree 10 years to earn a salary of $51,953, regardless of performance. Under TEI evaluation system, a new teacher could begin earning that amount in fewer years as a result of effective teaching. Teachers with more years of experience who have proven to be effective also could earn significantly higher compensation in fewer years.

An effective teacher’s earning potential over time also could be greater under the TEI’s strategic compensation plan.

Under the 2013-2014 step salary schedule, a teacher who has a bachelor’s degree would earn approximately $753,131 over 15 years. With the TEI compensation plan, the average teacher with a bachelor’s degree would earn approximately $861,000 over 15 years. This teacher would earn $107,869 more over the course of 15 years. Teachers who improve at a faster rate would earn more; less effective teachers would earn less.
The concept behind TEI is to pay an effective teacher a significantly higher salary compared to his or her peers in other districts and set high expectations for professional behavior and practice.

DTR Application Portal

2018-19 DTR applicants can view their historical applications by accessing the links below. Additionally, please be sure that you refer to the following helpful tips below when accessing the portal(s):

Use your EAD username (email address without the @dallasisd.org)
Use the correct password (the EAD password, same password used for email or logging into computer)
Caps lock is off and Number lock is off
Preferred browsers include Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox

2014-2015: https://www2.dallasisd.org/dtr

2015-2016: https://www2.dallasisd.org/dtr2

2016-2017: https://www2.dallasisd.org/dtr1617

2017-2018: https://www2.dallasisd.org/dtr1718

Student Experience Survey Items

In alignment with research and in an effort to encourage positive teacher-student relationships, students will have the opportunity to give feedback on their classroom experience with their teachers through student perception surveys.

The survey will be administered to students in third through 12th grades and be available in English and Spanish. Teachers in Category B and D do not have a student survey.

Learn more about the Measures of Effective Teaching project and student experience surveys.

View sample student experience survey questions here.

Student Learning Objectives

The purpose of this measure is to capture information on student learning growth based on assessments that are important and meaningful but are not standardized measures already used in the achievement template. The intent is to focus professional conversation on student learning in order to support teachers in reaching the learning targets. The SLO is established at the beginning of the year with the approval of the teacher’s evaluator and is assessed at the end of the year using a rubric.

Findings from Community Training and Assistance Center’s (CTAC) four-year study show that elementary, middle and high school students whose teachers had high quality Student Learning Objectives outperformed their peers on state and national standardized tests.

Learn more about Student Learning Objectives on the district’s Curriculum Central site.

Research

Research Links

Increasing teacher quality has a greater impact than any other educational investment. With the growing recognition of the direct impact of teachers, there has been an increased focus to qualify and quantify what constitutes effective teaching, how effective teaching can be measured, and what decisions and actions should result from these measurements.

A recent report by the Equity and Excellence Commission concluded that “America’s K-12 education system, taken as a whole, fails our nation and too many of our children.” Much of the report focuses on the need to provide students with access to high quality instruction and on improving teacher capacity to teach all children well. According to the authors of the report, “states must re-examine and align their systems of recruiting, retaining, preparing, licensing, evaluating, developing and compensating effective teachers.”

http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/eec/documents.html

The majority of teacher evaluation systems currently do not distinguish among teachers in terms of their effectiveness at raising student achievement, so districts don’t provide the meaningful development and support to help low and moderately performing teachers grow and also fail to recognize exemplary educators. According to The Widget Effect, “The core purpose of evaluation must be to maximize teacher growth and effectiveness, not just document performance as a prelude to dismissal.”

The Widget Effect

The Measures of Effective Teaching study, conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is perhaps the most comprehensive and thorough investigation into which measures most accurately and consistently identify effective teachers. Conducted over three years, the MET study included more than 3,000 teachers in six different districts across the country, including Dallas ISD.

The MET study provided clear evidence that an approach to teacher evaluation that incorporates multiple measures will consistently identify effective teachers. The three measures identified by the study are classroom observations, student achievement data, and student surveys.

www.metproject.org

As early as the 1950s, education leaders and policy makers were calling for changes in the way that educators are compensated, aligning pay more closely with the actual impact of a teacher on student learning. Over the last 20 years, studies have consistently found that teachers with master’s degrees are no more effective than teachers who hold only a bachelor’s degree; yet, school districts use a degree as a factor in determining a teacher’s salary.

The Texas Teaching Commission recommends that with the exception of cost of living adjustments, all raises should be tied to teacher effectiveness.

http://www.educationsector.org/publications/rush-judgment-teacher-evaluation-public-education
http://www.nctq.org/dmsView/Restructuring_Teacher_Pay_To_Reward_Excellence_NCTQ_Report

http://www.edtx.org/uploads/general/pdf-downloads/teaching-commission/Report-EducateTexas_CFT-web.pdf

What is TEI?

TEI defines and evaluates excellence through three lenses: performance, student achievement and student surveys, that encourage and reward excellence in the classroom and beyond.

TEI Infographic Link

Defining Excellence

Understanding Your Compensation

Scorecard Needed! (from staff resource list)

Teacher Performance Rubric

The rubric describes in detail the teacher and student behaviors of excellent teachers as well as the performance levels along the continuum for each indicator. The rubric is comprised of 19 indicators of teacher practice across four domains

Domain 1: Planning and Preparation

Does the teacher develop standards-based lessons incorporating content knowledge, students, data, and assessments?

Domain 2: Instructional Practice

Does the teacher check for understanding while engaging students in clearly presented, objective-based rigorous work?

Domain 3: Classroom Culture

Does the teacher maintain high student motivation, a welcoming environment, and well-allotted instructional time?

Domain 4: Professionalism and Collaboration

Does the teacher engage professionally with students, families, community, and professional colleagues?

Throughout the school year, campus administration will conduct frequent 10-to-15-minute observation walk-throughs, as well as one extended observation in which administrators observe teachers during instruction. These visits will inform a teacher’s summative performance evaluation. The score received on the summative is used to determine the points awarded for the performance component of their TEI Evaluation.

RUBRIC

Distinguished Teacher Review Process

A Distinguished teacher is one who earns an effectiveness level of Proficient II or higher. These teachers achieve high scores in the three components of TEI – teacher performance, student achievement, and student surveys (if applicable). Distinguished teachers also meet additional performance criteria assessed through a central review process called the Distinguished Teacher Review .

We encourage you to watch a short video that provides a high‐level overview of the 2015‐16 Distinguished Teacher Review by clicking on the following link: https://youtu.be/fUopTUewd64. (or this can be embedded on page?)

Based on Dallas ISD’s target distribution goals for teacher effectiveness levels, 20 percent of teachers are expected to carry this distinction, though there is no quota or school-level limit.

To reach Master Teacher Status, a teacher must have been rated at the Exemplary II level for at least two years consecutively and have taught in a Tier 1 school as a distinguished teacher for a minimum of four consecutive years.