Teacher and Leader Effectiveness (TLE)

TLE (Teacher and Leader Effectiveness) oversees Oklahoma’s teacher/leader evaluation system that is used to inform instruction, create professional development opportunities, and promote the continuous improvement of the practice and art of teaching and leading. TLE and individualized professional development will help usher in an innovative, educator-centered path to professional growth. This fresh new component is the Professional Learning Focus  (PL Focus). The old “sit and get” method is gone, and with the PL Focus, teachers now have a front-row seat to their own professional learning and can tailor it to their needs and, more importantly, their students’ needs.

Attaining Career Status

Although TLE data collection and reporting were waived in March 2020, the school year is to be included as one of the four years of probationary status for educators. In order for an educator to attain career status, regulations set in HB2957 (2016) must be met. In accordance with HB2957 (2016), a career teacher who was employed for the first time in one school district under a written continuing or temporary teaching contract beginning in 2017-2018 or thereafter:

1. Has completed three consecutive complete school years in one district and has achieved a district evaluation score of superior for two of the three school years,  
   
2. Has completed four consecutive complete school years in one district and achieved at least an effective district evaluation score on the TLE for the last two years of the four year period, or
   
3. Has completed four or more consecutive complete school years in one district and has not met the requirements above, only if the principal of the school of which the teacher is employed submits a petition to the district superintendent requesting that the teacher be granted career status, the superintendent agrees with the petition and the local board of education approves the petition. The petition shall specify the facts supporting the granting of career status to the educator. These documents should be retained as part of the educator's personnel file.
   

House Bill 2957 (2016)
Transtitioning Probationary Educators to Career Status for TLE provides a guidance to districts and sites on the new requirements to move educators hired beginning in SY 2017-2018 and thereafter to career status.

FAQs Regarding the TLE and the Professional Learning Focus

Qualitative Reporting Documents
Videos and written instructions for completing the TLE Qualitative Report

• TLE Qualitative Report Guidance Document
• TLE Qualitative Report Template

Professional Learning Focus
Guidelines and templates for implementing the individualized learning component of TLE

Qualitative Components
Everything you need to know about the qualitative portion of the TLE including approved qualitative frameworks and guiding documents.

Archived TLE Files
Information about the quantitative portion of the TLE including Value Added Measures and Roster Verification.

• Oklahoma Educator Supply and Demand Network: Recommendation Report

Karen Mock, M. Ed.
Director – Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Office (405) 522-1835
Karen.Mock@sde.ok.gov

Celestia Bennett
Division Support Coordinator
Office (405) 521-6302
Celestia.Bennett@sde.ok.gov