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 Education Platform

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 Education Platform

Resources

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

TEI System Resources

2022-2023 TEI Guidebook (241 downloads)
2022-2023 TEI Administrator Evaluation Calendar (211 downloads)
2022-2023 Primary Appraiser Certification Pathway (110 downloads)
TEI RULEBOOK v7.0 (3824 downloads)
2021-2022 TEI Evaluation Calendar v1.0 (2823 downloads)
2021-2022 Primary Appraiser Certification Pathway (1059 downloads)
2021-2022 TEI Guidebook (8154 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Modification Presentation (3252 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI FAQ: Evaluation Modifications (11151 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Guidebook (3459 downloads)
2020-2021 Primary Appraiser Certification Pathway (787 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Evaluation Calendar v1.0 (3258 downloads)
TEI Administrator Certification Process (865 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI Guidebook (7143 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR v2.0 (2389 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI GUIDEBOOK (8532 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR v5.0 (3686 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI GUIDEBOOK (5560 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR (3530 downloads)
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EVALUATION OF TEACHERS- DNA (REGULATION) (4895 downloads)
2016-2017 TEACHER EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE INFOGRAPHIC (3665 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI GUIDEBOOK (4908 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI EVALUATION CALENDAR (2927 downloads)
2016 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1823 downloads)

TEI Evaluation Scorecard

HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (10221 downloads)
2021-2022 Choice/Magnet and Comprehensive Campus Roster (1006 downloads)
2020-2021 Annotated Scorecard (33658 downloads)
2018-2019 Teacher Category Cut Points (5980 downloads)
Understanding Your Average Evaluation Score (21249 downloads)
2017-2018 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (5672 downloads)
Accessing MyRecords Weblink Guide (5545 downloads)
Quick Guide to MyRecords (2658 downloads)
2016-2017 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (3971 downloads)
2015-2016 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (2647 downloads)
2014-2015 TEACHER CATEGORY CUT POINTS (2387 downloads)

Teacher Performance

2022-2023 TEI Evaluation Checklist (250 downloads)
2022-2023 Guidelines for Late Hires, Transfers, and Leave (63 downloads)
2022-2023 Spot Observation – Proration Guide (148 downloads)
2021-2022 Summative Performance Evaluation Worksheet (18627 downloads)
Guidance for Professional Development Plans (7174 downloads)
2021-2022 TEI Evaluation Checklist (2957 downloads)
2021-2022 Guidelines for Late Hires, Transfers, and Leave (684 downloads)
2021-2022 Spot Observation – Proration Guide (1715 downloads)
Teacher Performance Rubric (49367 downloads)
Teacher Performance Rubric Crosswalk (4487 downloads)
Teacher Performance Rubric Companion Guide (5485 downloads)
TPR: Guidance for Online Instruction (8264 downloads)
2020-2021 TEI Evaluation Checklist (3176 downloads)
2020-2021 Guidelines for Late Hires, Transfers, and Leave (878 downloads)
2020-2021 Spot Observation - Proration Guide (2503 downloads)
2019-2020 Summative Performance Evaluation Worksheet (3236 downloads)
Classroom Observation Evidence Collection Form (3094 downloads)
2019-2020 TEI Evaluation Checklist (2915 downloads)
2019-2020 Spot Observation Form (4387 downloads)
2019-2020 SPOT OBSERVATION - PRORATION GUIDE (2588 downloads)
2019-2020 GUIDELINES FOR LATE HIRES, TRANSFERS, AND LEAVE (1015 downloads)
2018-2019 Summative Performance Evaluation Worksheet (3033 downloads)
Teacher Intervention Plan (3545 downloads)

Student Achievement

2022-2023 Student Achievement Templates (36 downloads)
2021-2022 Student Achievement Templates (826 downloads)
2020-2021 Student Achievement Templates (1384 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI Achievement Measure Point Assignment (1341 downloads)
2018-2019 Student Achievement Templates (1226 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1663 downloads)
TEST COMBINATIONS FOR TEI METRICS (960 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1499 downloads)
2017-2018 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (2784 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI ROSTER VERIFICATION TIMELINE (1513 downloads)
2016-2017 TERRANOVA/SUPERA (1506 downloads)
2016-2017 UNDERSTANDING TEI'S STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMPONENT (1837 downloads)
2016-2017 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (1953 downloads)
2015-2016 TEI ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE POINT ASSIGNMENT (1731 downloads)
2015-2016 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES (1305 downloads)

Research

The Widget Effect - Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Difference in Teacher Effectiveness (1593 downloads)
For Each and Every Child - A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence (1139 downloads)

Teacher Incentive Allotment

HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (10221 downloads)
Dallas ISD NBCT Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions (1142 downloads)
Teacher Incentive Allotment Spending Plan (3137 downloads)
TEI/TIA Submission guide (3968 downloads)
TIA - Information Session (Sept. 2020) (1059 downloads)
Dallas ISD Teacher Incentive Allotment FAQ (4294 downloads)
TIA - Board Briefing, February 2020 (4629 downloads)

Student Experience Survey

2021-2022 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (576 downloads)
Spring 2021 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 6-12) (490 downloads)
Spring 2021 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 3-5) (432 downloads)
Spring 2020 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 3-5) (2066 downloads)
Spring 2020 Student Survey Proofs (Grades 6-12) (1635 downloads)
Maintaining Integrity of the Student Experience Survey (2399 downloads)
Oath of Integrity Student Experience Survey (609 downloads)
2018-2019 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1503 downloads)
Panorama Survey: Side-by-Side Comparison (Grades 6-12) (1321 downloads)
Panorama Survey: Side-by-Side Comparison (Grades 3-5) (1269 downloads)
2017-2018 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1908 downloads)
Sample Survey of Student Likes (2881 downloads)
2016-2017 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1973 downloads)
2015-2016 TEI Student Survey Point Assignments (1414 downloads)
STUDENT SURVEY VALIDATION REPORT (1187 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 6-12, English (2852 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 6-12, Spanish (1143 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 3-5, Spanish (2146 downloads)
2016-2017 Student Experience Survey Items - Grades 3-5, English (1287 downloads)

Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)

Student Learning Objective Rubric (45202 downloads)
SLO Student Score Sheet (56190 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Completing the SLO Goal Accomplishment Scoresheet (5695 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal Accomplishment (Teacher) (10200 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Scoring the SLO Goal Setting (Appraiser) (2870 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal Setting (31259 downloads)
Guidance for Professional Development Plans (7174 downloads)
2021-2022 Student Learning Objective Process (2329 downloads)
2020-2021 SLO Notes and Adjustments (2003 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: More About the SLO (21204 downloads)
Quick Reference Card SLO Component (6986 downloads)

Distinguished Teacher Review (DTR)

2022-2023 When Am I Required to Submit a DTR Application? (82 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR Application Sample (38 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR Eligibility Criteria (67 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR Application Toolkit (24 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR Key Dates (25 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR FAQ (35 downloads)
2022-2023 DTR Rubric (44 downloads)
HPC Selection Process & Campus Roster (10221 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR Application Sample (810 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR Key Dates (1236 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR Application Toolkit (2843 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR FAQ (1922 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR Eligibility Criteria (3051 downloads)
2021-2022 DTR Rubric (2162 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Training One Pager (1413 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Ambassador Contact List (761 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Eligibility Criteria (3997 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Key Dates (2650 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Application Toolkit (3519 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR FAQ (4673 downloads)
2020-2021 DTR Rubric (4319 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Application Examples (3139 downloads)
2019-2020 Tier 1 List (1168 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Rubric (1974 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Teacher Toolkit (1806 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Eligibility Criteria (2692 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR FAQ (1733 downloads)
2019-2020 DTR Key Dates (1223 downloads)
2018-2019 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1314 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR RUBRIC (3310 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR TEACHER TOOLKIT (4460 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR FAQ (1623 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2861 downloads)
2018-2019 DTR DATES (1269 downloads)
2017-2018 DTR RUBRIC (2563 downloads)
2017-2018 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2801 downloads)
2017-2018 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1475 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR RUBRIC (4367 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (2803 downloads)
2016-2017 TIER 1 SCHOOLS (1331 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR TEACHER TOOLKIT (3212 downloads)
2016-2017 DTR FAQ (3560 downloads)

Strategic Compensation

Understanding Your 2019-2020 TEI Compensation (10664 downloads)
2018-2019 COMPENSATION FAQ (4115 downloads)
How to Calculate your 2018-19 Salary (15506 downloads)
2017-2018 COMPENSATION FAQ (3202 downloads)
2016-2017 COMPENSATION FAQ (2240 downloads)
How to Calculate your 2016-17 Salary (4103 downloads)
Annotated Statement of Earnings (2592 downloads)

Cornerstone

Quick Reference Guide: Submitting the SLO Goal Setting (31259 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: More About the SLO (21204 downloads)
Oracle Appraiser Change (2830 downloads)
Quick Reference Guide: Observation Acknowledgment (839 downloads)
Cornerstone Technical Resources (1367 downloads)
Launching TEI Observations (2137 downloads)
Submitting TEI Observations (1375 downloads)

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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.

2021 – 2022 DTR Dates and Deadlines

Round 1: For Teachers with 2020-2021 TEI Data

Monday, September 13 – 2020-2021 TEI Scorecards are released
Thursday, September 30 – DTR Application Opens for Round 1
Thursday, October 28 —DTR Application Closes for Round 1 at noon

Round 2: For Teachers without 2020-2021 TEI Data or new teachers to Dallas ISD

Thursday, November 8 —DTR Opt-In Task Opens for Round 2
Thursday, November 19 —DTR Opt-In Task Closes for Round 2
Thursday, February 3 —DTR Application Opens for Round 2
Thursday, March 3 —DTR Applications Closes for Round 2 at noon

DTR TEI-Led Application Workshops

TEI will host two versions of the virtual DTR Application Workshops: The DTR Application Informational Workshop and The DTR Application Writing Workshop.

More Information

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 will provide an in-depth overview of the Distinguished Teacher Review Process and provide an overview of the 2021-22 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 will provide an in-depth review of the 2021-22 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 Ambassador-Led Application Workshops

Register Here

DTR Ambassador-led sessions will focus on an in-depth understanding of the DTR domains using the 2021-22 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. 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

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Wed., Dec. 14

5-6:30 p.m.

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

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Thur., Dec. 15

5-6:30 p.m.

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

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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

Compensation Calculator

Teacher salaries will not go below their individual salary floor. For teachers who have been with Dallas ISD as TEI was implemented, this would be their 2014-15 salary. For teachers who joined after the 2014-15 school year, their salary floor is their starting salary with Dallas ISD.

Changing compensation systems requires careful consideration of the employee’s context. For this reason, even though some teachers’ initial placement on the new system would suggest a lower salary based on their overall levels of effectiveness, the district will allow these teachers to maintain their 2014-2015 salary for as long as they are continuously employed by Dallas ISD as a teacher.

In order to ensure sustainability of the system during the transition from one compensation system to another, during the 2015-16 school year and 2016-17 school year of TEI implementation, maximum salary increases will cap at $5,000.

Stipends for hard-to-fill areas, such as bilingual teachers, will continue.

Adjustment for inflation or cost-of-living will be reviewed at least once every three years to determine if the scale is competitive.

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

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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