This web page provides school principals with essential information on the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System. It offers guidance on implementing the evaluation framework, including best practices for conducting observations, providing feedback, and supporting teacher growth. With a focus on continuous improvement, this resource helps principals navigate the evaluation process to enhance instructional effectiveness and foster professional development.
HQSD resources and presentations, content specific HQSD presentations, activities to support teacher understanding of OTES 2.0
PGP resources, ODE documents, Standards for the Teaching Profession
This OTES 2.0 overview provides administrators and teachers information on the framework, the OTES 2.0 rubric, HQSD and Professional Growth Plans/Improvement Plans. This presentation contains all relevant links to access ODE resources, templates and FAQs.
OTES 2.0 is a professional growth model and is intended to be used to continually assist educators in enhancing teacher performance. An effective professional growth model considers a teacher’s instructional strengths, while supporting identified areas for improvement according to the profile of each educator. This process is to be collaborative, ongoing and supportive of the professional growth of the teacher.
The Teacher Performance Evaluation Rubric is to be scored holistically. This means evaluators will assess which level provides the best overall description of the teacher. The rating process is to occur on completion of each 30-minute observation and post-conference.
Developed in collaboration with administrators, this OTES Observable Behaviors Guide offers focused questions designed to support evidence collection during walkthroughs and observations. It aligns directly with the OTES framework, helping evaluators gather meaningful insights and foster more intentional feedback conversations.
Join this organization by creating a free account. You'll have access to principal, teacher, and superintendent evaluation crosswalks. Each crosswalk includes a clear overivew of standards and indicators, guiding questions to facilitate meaningful evaluations, and targeted resources to support professional growth.
In this presentation, participants will analyze the difference between the the skilled and accomplished columns in the OTES 2.0 rubric and engage in a looks like / sounds like activity that will build an understanding of the difference between Skilled and Accomplished.
Current OTES 2.0 evaluators will receive a reminder email to recredential 60 days prior to the expiration date of their OTES 2.0 credential.
You can then log in to Insight Advance and select the OTES 2.0 Recredentialing Assessment.
OTES 2.0 Contacts:
c.bubon@esceasternohio.org | Corey Bubon
c.sammartino@esceasternohio.org | Carrie Sammartino
j.kuzma@esceasternohio.org | John Kumza