Instructional Support & Development

The Mentor Program is designed for all first-year E2CCB Instructional staff. The program is aligned to the NYS Mentoring Standards and provides opportunities quarterly throughout the year and sessions differentiated by role for continued employee success and growth.

Schedule

Our team strives to provide support for new hires throughout their first four years of employment. Our progressive sessions were built with the Professional Learning Standards in mind along with the strands of Data, Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education, Literacy, Behavior, and Social Emotional Learning.

Courses

Our Instructional Coaches offer on-site coaching to all instructional staff at each of our E2CCB sites monthly throughout the school year.

The Professional Learning Plan is revised yearly to meet the needs of the BOCES. A committee is formed based on volunteers from each of our bargaining units. Together, they analyze data and make suggestions for what the BOCES instructional staff needs in the upcoming year.

Professional Learning Plan

The Google Classrooms house content-specific resources available for our internal BOCES staff. This includes programs purchased, updates from our team, and collaboration opportunities.

Pre K-2 Lounge

Early Elementary Lounge

Middle School Lounge

High School Lounge

CTE Lounge

The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB) Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) plan evaluates teachers and principals in accordance with New York State Education Law §3012-d and Subpart 30-3 of the Rules of the Board of Regents to support continuous professional development and instructional quality across the district.

Teacher Evaluations

• Student Performance: Measured through State-provided growth scores or Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) focused on at least one year of expected academic growth. E2CCB does not utilize optional student performance subcomponents.

• Teacher Practice: Assessed using the state-approved Danielson’s Framework for Teaching (2011 Revised Edition) across all observable NYS Teaching Standards.

• Observation Weighting: Evaluated through observations split between primary supervisors/administrators (90%) and impartial independent evaluators (10%).

Principal Evaluations

• Student Performance: Evaluated using State-provided growth measures or building/program-wide SLOs aligned with student achievement targets.

• Leadership Practice: Assessed through the Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric to evaluate leadership standards.

• School Visit Weighting: Determined through school visits conducted by supervisors (90%) and independent evaluators (10%).

Scoring & Support

• HEDI Rating Scale: Evaluators combine Student Performance and Practice scores using a state-mandated scoring matrix to assign an overall rating of Highly Effective, Effective, Developing, or Ineffective.

• Improvement Plans (TIP/PIP): Any educator or administrator receiving a rating of Developing or Ineffective is provided with a customized Teacher Improvement Plan (TIP) or Principal Improvement Plan (PIP) by October 1 to deliver targeted support, clear goals, and timelines for growth.

• Appeals Procedure: A clear, locally bargained appeal process ensures any challenges regarding evaluation substance or procedures are resolved in a timely and expeditious manner.

Annual Professional Performance Review