Michigan Districts are shaping new systems and paradigms for performance evaluation. The School ADvance system provides a framework for districts to insure that their performance review systems reflect best practices that will stimulate learning and improvement.

Upcoming Training opportunities

• and projections for future action.
• Training Sessions announced for School ADvance users. Earn SCECHs and a Certificate of Completion by attending one of the following:
  
  • February 26-27 (No longer available)
  • March 26-27
  • April 22-23
  • June 18-19
  • August 26-27
  • Sept 16-17
  • Oct 8-9

• Users' Groups forming; Plan to attend one of these introductory sessions
  • April 17, 2013
  • May 14, 2013

Register online.
Register by fax.

News & Updates:

• MCEE February 2013 Update reports on the Council's progress to date
• In November 2012, School ADvance was one of several systems recommended by a 15-member Advisory Committee to the Michigan Council on Educator Effectiveness (MCEE). View the Committee's memo to the MCEE.
• In January 2013, the MCEE named School ADvance one of five finalists for review by focus groups.
  

Developed through a partnership between MASA, Michigan ASCD, and Zimco, Inc. Stages Evaluation Management System, School ADvance establishes nine research-supported domains of principal evaluation and developmental rubrics mapped to each domain.

• School ADvance Trainings and Users Group description & costs
• Request review copies of the School ADvance Principal or Central Office Rubrics
• Principal Evaluations Domains
• Central Office/Superintendent Domains
• Central Office/Superintendent rubric sampler
• Licensing Agreement
• References and Standards
• About the creators of School ADvance: Dr. Patricia Reeves, Patricia McNeill

Past presentations

• MASA Midwinter Conference 2013 Presentation (Superintendent evaluation)
• Educator Evaluation: Current Landscape and Your Roles & Responsibilities (with MDE/MASSP/MEA)
• MASA Fall Conference 2012 Presentation
• MASA Fall Conference 2011 Presentation

For more information about School ADvance, read Why School ADvance?, a set of selection criteria you should consider, or open our Frequently Asked Questions document.

Coming January 2013: School ADvance Users' Groups and Professional Development!

To learn more about School ADvance, call MASA or Michigan ASCD at 517-327-5910, or contact any of the following:
Linda Wacyk, lwacyk@gomasa.org
Pat Reeves, preeves@gomasa.org
Pat McNeill, pmcneill@michiganascd.org

To learn more about School ADvance Plus: Contact Dawn Zimmer at 888-549-4626 or dzimmer@zimco.net