ADEPT
ADEPT is South Carolina's system for assisting, developing, and evaluating professional teaching. Based on state expectations (i.e., the ADEPT Performance Standards) that are aligned with nationally recognized professional standards, the ADEPT system forms a seamless continuum for educators throughout the entirety of their careers. In addition to applications for classroom-based teachers, the ADEPT system also includes standards and models for assisting, developing, and evaluating special area educators (i.e., school guidance counselors, library media specialists, and speech-language therapists).
ADEPT Overview
- The ADEPT Framework (February 2008), a training video that provides an in depth look at the revised ADEPT system, is now available online
Watch the video Download the PowerPoint presentation (47 slides) - ADEPT System Guidelines (80 page pdf) approved June 14, 2006
ADEPT System Guidelines Implementation Timeline (1 page pdf) updated July 2007 ADEPT Steering Committee Acknowledgements (2 page pdf) ADEPT Steering Committee - ADEPT Regulation 43-205.1 amended June 24, 2005
- ADEPT Statute (10 page pdf) amended July 22, 2004
- External Review of South Carolina's Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT) Program June 2003
Complete Report (115 page pdf) complete study Executive Summary (5 page pdf) - Overview of the ADEPT System for teachers, administrators, and teacher candidates updated June 2006
- ADEPT Flow Chart and accompanying explanation of contract levels and evaluation processes
- ADEPT Frequently Asked Questions updated July 2005
Assisting Beginning Educators
- Mentor Assignment Requirements for 2008-09 (2 page pdf)
- Assisting Beginning Educators (49 slide ppt)
- ADEPT Performance Standards for Classroom-Based Teachers This document provides a complete description of the new APSs for classroom-based teachers, as presented in the State Board of Education-approved ADEPT Guidelines (2006). (19 page pdf)
- APSs for Beginning Teachers Teachers are encouraged to use this guide to the APSs to help them chart a course to more effective teaching. (8 page pdf)
- Competence-Building professional growth and development plan templates for classroom teachers revised September 2007
- Mentoring
Evaluating Educators
- SAFE-T is the new Summative ADEPT Formal Evaluation of Classroom-Based Teachers. In 2008-09, twenty-six jump-start school districts will begin using SAFE-T with their classroom based teachers who are employed under annual and continuing contracts and who are scheduled to undergo formal evaluations. SAFE-T will be implemented statewide in 2009-10.
- SAFE-T Guide for Teachers and Evaluators (69-page pdf)
- Teacher Templates (Word documents)
TT1: Long-Range Plan TT2: Unit Work Sample TT3: Reflection on Instruction and Student Learning TT4: Professional Self Assessment - Evaluator Templates (Word documents)
- SAFE-T Extensions. The following links are intended to provide guidance regarding the interpretation and application of various SAFE-T requirements. These clarifications are provided in response to questions that have arisen from the field.
Long-Range Plans: Number Required Classroom Observations: Number Required Preliminary Evaluation Period: Beginning Date - ADEPT Formal Evaluation Summary and optional evidence documentation template, based on the original ADEPT Performance Dimensions for classroom-based teachers revised June 2006 (11 page doc)
- State Board of Education-approved statewide criteria for successfully completing ADEPT formal evaluations
- ADEPT for Special Areas (approved October 2003)
Library Media Specialists School Guidance Counselors Speech-Language Therapists - ADEPT for Special Areas training videos are available online at http://knowitall.org/EducatorPlus/content/program.cfm?SeriesIDpassed=34.
- HOUSSE South Carolina's "high, objective, uniform state standard of evaluation"
Training for HOUSSE evaluators (32 slide ppt)
Developing Educators - GBE and Professional Teams
- Re: Thinking ADEPT - Goals-Based Evaluation (February 2008), a training video for the revised GBE model, is now available online.
Watch the video Download the PowerPoint presentation (40 slides) - Competence-Building professional growth and development plan templates for classroom teachers revised September 2007
- Research and Development professional growth and development plan template (optional) September 2007
ADEPT Data System (ADS) for School Districts
- The ADEPT Data System (ADS) is now open for school districts to enter the current contract levels for their teachers for the 2007-08 school year. The deadline for districts to enter this information is February 15, 2008.
- Introduction to ADEPT Designed specifically for district and school administrators, this presentation provides an overview of the ADEPT system. (53 slide ppt)
- Introduction to ADS This presentation provides user information for district personnel who are responsible for administering the ADEPT Data System. (45 slide ppt)
- ADEPT Funding Manual This section of the South Carolina Department of Education's Funding Manual explains ADEPT funding to school districts. (3 page pdf)
ADEPT for IHEs
- ADEPT Requirements for Teacher Education Programs (3 page pdf)
- ADEPT Training Module for Cooperating Teachers and Faculty Supervisors. Institutions of higher education may customize this optional template to include as part of their ADEPT training for cooperating teachers and faculty supervisors. (62 slide ppt)
- ADEPT Performance Standards: Candidate Preparation Matrix. This matrix explains the ADEPT Performance Standards for Classroom-Based Teachers and their accompanying key elements and critical components. Institutions of higher education may use this optional template for planning and instructional purposes. (10 page Word)
ADEPT At-A-Glance
- ADEPT Training
ADEPT Training Schedule ADEPT Training Information (2 page pdf) ADEPT Training Calendar (1 page pdf) - Statewide ADEPT Results for 2006-07 (10 page pdf)
- State Board of Education-approved district ADEPT Plans for 2006-07 (8 page pdf)