PPfT (Professional Pathways for Teachers)

PPfT Information

• BACKGROUND - Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) is a Human Capital System that blends four primary components: teacher appraisal, teacher professional learning (PL) opportunities, teacher leadership opportunities, and teacher compensation for Austin ISD teachers. PPfT focuses on building the capacity of our teachers through a comprehensive system of supports and rewards with the ultimate goal of growing teachers and students. Below delineates the appraisal portion of  PPfT. For the PPfT system, a teacher is defined as staff with a half-time or greater teaching assignment, and whose  primary assignment is a teaching assignment. 

• OVERVIEW - Austin ISD developed the Professional Pathways for Teachers (PPfT) Appraisal in response to the state’s requirement for  a teacher appraisal system. The PPfT is a multi-measure system that covers 3 areas: 

  • Instructional Practice 

    • Two Formal Observations (one in the fall, one in the spring from  two different appraisers) 

    • Informal Walkthroughs are required (three in the fall, three in the  spring) 

    • Rubric related to five strands of instructional practice 

  • Professional Growth and Responsibilities 

    • Rubric related to five strands of professionalism 

    • Completed toward the end of the year 

  • Student Growth 

    • Student Learning Objective (SLO)

    • School-wide Value-Added 

• GOALS - The ultimate goal of the teacher appraisal system is to promote professional growth for all teachers, encourage more frequent, timely, and formative feedback and incorporate multiple indicators of success, including measures of student growth. 

• PPfT APPRAISAL RESOURCES  

  •  The AISD PPfT Appraisal Website provides links to resources for instructional practice, rubrics, timelines and the  PPfT Appraisal Guide

  • The PPfT Appraisal Support Guide provides information about components and policies, as well as directions and guidelines for how to complete the appraisal.