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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.


TLE and PL Focus Policies

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.


Documents and Policies

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

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.


Contact TLE

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

Last Modified on Apr 24, 2025
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