School District evaluations released by State

Historic City News received preliminary results from the Florida Department of Education district personnel evaluations which have been posted online. The Department will post an updated report as additional information is received.

A review of the report indicates that here’s no doubt some Florida school districts still need improvement and we should not have any failing schools, but, in St Johns County, we enjoy ranking 99.7% in the top two performance categories. Congratulations to Superintendent Joe Joyner and his team of first class education professionals.

“I want to thank all of the dedicated teachers and administrators around the state who are helping prepare Florida’s students for successful futures,” Commissioner Pam Stewart told local Historic City News reporters today. “Evaluations are just one of the many tools we have to analyze teacher performance, and I’m proud that the majority of our teachers scored so well.”

Of classroom teachers in St Johns County with evaluation data as of November 19, 2014, the percentage in each performance category reflected in the Florida Department of Education report:

Highly effective 49.5%
Effective 50.2%
Needs Improvement 0.3%
Developing 0.0%
Unsatisfactory 0.0%
Unevaluated 5.2%

Evaluation results are assigned by districts to teachers, non-classroom personnel and school administrators, based on the district’s approved evaluation system.

During the first week of August, DOE provided each school district with student growth results. The districts then applied locally established cut points, which were combined with Instructional Practice Score data, and incorporated student learning growth data from local assessments where appropriate, resulting in each individual’s annual evaluation.

Stewart explained that we’re continuing to examine many factors that affect student outcomes, including our assessments.

The preliminary report on 2013-14 personnel evaluations is online at http://www.fldoe.org/teaching/performance-evaluation.