PPfT (Professional Pathways for Teachers)

PPfT Appraisal is a multi-measure system that covers three areas:

Instructional Practice
Professional Growth and Responsibilities
- - Pre-Post Assessment Measure
  - School-wide Value-Added

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
- Professional Growth and Responsibilities
- Student Growth

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.

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