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1 | 2025-2026 Teacher Evaluation Dates & Deadlines | |||||||||
2 | WELCOME BACK! The 2025-2026 Evaluation Calendar communicates the windows of rating periods (open - close dates) and deadlines. Take note of all dates communicated, to assist you in the timely completion of your respective evaluation processes. Always defer to these dates versus the dates in our evaluation platform. | |||||||||
3 | KEY | ATTENTION: ASSESSMENT DATES & DETAILS | ||||||||
4 | OBS | Observation | Tenured teachers should take note the following assessment windows in the Spring and plan their SPM (from start to finish) accordingly: STAR: April 20 - June 12 | PSSA Testing: April 20 - May 8 | Keystone Testing: May 11 - May 22 The SPM Final Reflection and Self-Rating window is April 6 - May 12. We realize some teachers want to use specific data (i.e. STAR) for their SPM. Please plan your SPM accordingly at the beginning of the school year, and consider - if your preferred data will not be available during the final reflection and self-rating window - using an alternative method of measuring student growth. Click here for SPM Goal Setting guidance using STAR data. INTERVAL OF INSTRUCTION for Goal Setting Tasks: October 29 - April 3 | Attendance Requirement for Students and Teachers: 80% If a student has 19 or more absences during the interval of instruction, they are not eligible to be counted towards the SPM or IEP Goals Progress goal. If a teacher has 20 or more absences during the interval of instruction, they are not eligible to be rated on their SPM or IEP Goal. Note: The student-count minimum for IEP Goals Progress = 8. There is no student-count minimum for SPM. | |||||||
5 | SPM | Student Performance Measures | ||||||||
6 | IEP | IEP Goals Progress | ||||||||
7 | MMS | Multiple Measures Summary | ||||||||
8 | PDP | Professional Development Plan | ||||||||
9 | ETC | Additonal Key Dates & Breaks | ||||||||
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13 | FALL 2025 | SPRING 2026 | ||||||||
14 | Aug 19 - Sep 2 | 2024-2025 Spring MMS Rating Letter Conferences should be scheduled by 8/29/2025 - Principals must have conferences with teachers who received 1st or 2nd Needs Improvement | Jan 12 - Feb 24 | SPM MID-YEAR REFLECTION AND REVIEW WINDOW Jan 12 - Feb 10: Teachers complete SPM Mid-Year Reflection Feb 11 - Feb 24: Supervisors review/approve SPM Mid-Year Reflection | ||||||
15 | Aug 25 | Informal Observation and Walkthrough Windows Open for Teachers | Jan 12 - Feb 24 | IEP GOALS PROGRESS MID-YEAR REFLECTION AND REVIEW WINDOW Jan 12 - Feb 10: Teachers complete IEP Goals Mid-Year Reflection Feb 11 - Feb 24: Supervisors review/approve IEP Goals Mid-Year Reflection | ||||||
16 | Aug 25 | Year-long Formal Observation Window for Tenured Teachers Opens Two (2) formal observations will be available to be completed at any time; best practice is 30 working days between formal observations | Jan 12 - Feb 24 | Mid-year review for Professional Development Plans | ||||||
17 | Aug 25 - Jan 6 | FALL FORMAL OBSERVATION WINDOW for TPE (non-tenured) TEACHERS | Jan 12 | SPRING FORMAL OBSERVATION WINDOW for PAR and NON-TENURED TEACHERS | ||||||
18 | Sep 8 - Oct 28 | SPM GOAL SELECTION WINDOW | Feb 9 -13 | 2025-2026 Fall MMS Rating Letter Conferences should be scheduled by 2/13/2026 - Principals must have conferences with teachers who received 1st or 2nd Needs Improvement - Only applicable to non-tenured (TPE) teachers | ||||||
19 | Sep 8 - Oct 28 | IEP GOALS PROGRESS GOAL SELECTION WINDOW - All teachers complete the IEP goals selection task to identify their eligiblity | Mar 30 - Apr 3 | SPRING BREAK | ||||||
20 | Oct 28 | DEADLINE: Professional Development Plans (PDP) implementation forms completed in PowerSchool | April 6 - May 12 | SPM FINAL REFLECTION and SELF-RATING WINDOW Apr 6 - May 5: Teachers complete SPM Final Reflection May 6 - May 12: Supervisors score SPM Final Reflection | ||||||
21 | Oct 28 | DEADLINE: SPM goal selection is submitted in PowerSchool | April 6 - May 12 | IEP GOALS PROGRESS FINAL REFLECTION and SELF-RATING WINDOW Apr 6 - May 5: Teachers complete IEP Goals Final Reflection May 6 - May 12:: Supervisors score IEP Goals Final Reflection | ||||||
22 | Oct 28 | DEADLINE: IEP Goals Progress goal selection is submitted in PowerSchool | April 28 | Formal Observation Window for Year 1 PAR Teachers Closes | ||||||
23 | Oct 29 - Nov 7 | Supervisors (Principal/AP) review and approve SPM goal selections | May 12 | DEADLINE: Supervisors submit SPM final scores for Teachers | ||||||
24 | Oct 29 - Nov 7 | Supervisors review and approve IEP Goals Progress goal selections | May 12 | DEADLINE: Supervisors submit IEP Goals Progress final scores for Teachers | ||||||
25 | Dec 24 - Jan 1 | WINTER BREAK | May 15 | DEADLINE: End-of-year review for Professional Development Plans | ||||||
26 | Jan 6 | DEADLINE: Supervisors Submit Fall Formal Observation Scores and Feedback | May 20 | Formal Observation Window for Non-Tenured and Tenured Teachers Closes | ||||||
27 | Jan 26 - Feb 6 | Principals/APs Review and Release Fall MMS Reports for non-tenured (or TPE) Teachers | May 20 | DEADLINE: Supervisors Submit Spring Formal Observation Scores and Feedback | ||||||
28 | Jun 8 - 12 | Review and Release Spring MMS Reports for Teachers | ||||||||
29 | Jun 12 | LAST DAY FOR TEACHERS | ||||||||
30 | Jun 12 | Walkthroughs and Informals Windows Close for Teachers | ||||||||
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