Last week many of you received information about training for a course to be included in Evaluator III called “Assessing Academic Rigor”. Included in that information was an application to become a trainer for this two-credit course that is required for all administrators as a part of Evaluator III.
Evaluator III will be different from our past experiences with Evaluator Approval Training. Click here for the course description and here for the requirement page. Assessing Academic Rigor is the only required course. (It is a two credit course.) There will be additional optional courses offered. You will be required to take a total of four credits, Assessing Academic Rigor and an additional course from the list of options.
In a communication provided to AEA Educational Services Directors, it appears that members of the Evaluator III committee will make decisions about applications and trainers. Our understanding is that there will be 40 people statewide who will be selected to attend the training on July 6 and 7, 2010, and then will be expected to teach the “Assessing Academic Rigor” course during the 2010-11 school year. How those 40 will be distributed for AEAs and UENs will be determined by the members of the Evaluator III committee.
When we find out how many trainers there will be in AEA 11 and who they are, we will be scheduling sessions of Assessing Academic Rigor during the 2010-11 school year. Sessions of the additional courses will be scheduled when training becomes available.
The intent of the Evaluator III committee is to have pairs of trainers teach the courses. These pairs would consist of one individual with building or district level administrative experience and one individual with a background in the provision of professional development. If you are aware of any retired administrators who might be interested, please feel free to forward the application.
If you are interested in applying, the application (including expectations for training) is attached here. Heartland AEA is not involved in the decision-making process. Contact information for the committee selecting the trainers is included on the application.
