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House Bill 3 provides districts with local control and flexibility to evaluate teachers and assign designations. However, developing a local teacher designation system requires significant planning, robust stakeholder engagement, adequate time to prepare all necessary materials for rollout, and a strong communication plan before the first implementation year.
The Local Designation System must include both a teacher observation and a student performance component:
Teacher observation based on T-TESS; District application must show evidence of validity and reliability.
Student growth measures are determined by the district. Can include pre- and post-tests, value-added measures, student learning objectives (SLOs), and portfolios. The district application must show evidence of validity and reliability.
Districts can use other factors in determining the teachers eligible to receive a designation, such as student surveys, teacher leadership responsibilities, teacher mentorship responsibilities, family surveys, demonstration of district core values, teacher peer surveys, and contributions to the broader school community.
The systems must be submitted to TEA for approval and undergo a data-validation process, which Texas Tech University will conduct.
Approved by TEA April 2022
TIA Qualifiying Minimum Scores
Teachers must meet the minimum criteria in both TTESS and Student Growth to earn a Designation at that level. If both minimums are not met, the lower Designation will be submitted.
Student Growth
All CMISD teachers must track student growth with a beginning-of-the-year assessment and an end-of-the-year assessment.
Beginning-of-the-year assessments will be administered during the first 6 weeks of the school year.
Targets will be individualized for each student using the Gap Closure Model. The percentage of growth varies by grade level and subject area. Some students in Special Education have a lower percentage of required growth.
Multiple data points will be used to monitor student growth: Unit Tests, Nine Week Tests, Middle-of-Year tests, and benchmarks.
Growth targets are subject to change yearly, or if there are skews in the overall data for the district.
Post-tests/End-of-Year tests will be administered in May to determine student growth.
Teachers must achieve the following overall student percentages to earn a designation.
Recognized = 55% Exemplary = 60% Master = 80%
Caddo Mills ISD uses the TTESS appraisal rubric to evaluate teacher effectiveness. All teachers will be observed each year, with the exception of those teachers on a Less Than Annual Waiver. Teachers who have earned a Master Designation have the option to waive their annual observation for 3 years.
Teachers must earn the following score on their Summative Evaluation in order to qualify for a designation.
Recognized = 3.7 Exemplary = 3.9 Master = 4.5
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