PowerSchools: click here to access our Employee Appraisal Platform (Formerly Known As TalentEd / Performance Matters)

All ECPS Employees are to be evaluated on one of the following plans: 

1. Instructional Personnel 
2. ESPE - Educational Staff Professionals
3. EPE - Professional Personnel
4. ELA - School Principals & Assistant Principals
5. ELA-D - District C&I Leaders
6. EAE - District Leadership & Executive Staff

2025-2026 Evaluation Plans & Timelines

• 2025-2026 Timeline for Instructional Personnel
• 2025-2026 Timeline for Ed. Support Staff Personnel

1. Instructional Evaluation Resources

ALL Instructional Personnel will be evaluated using the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAPs). If an instructional employee is not a "Traditional" Classroom teacher, it is up to the Evaluator and the Employee to mutually agree on the best interpretation of the FEAPs to be applied to that employee's assigned duties. 

View the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) purpose and overview of the FEAPs.

• Instructional Evaluation guide - ALL personnel considered 'teacher'
• Media Specialist FEAP Crosswalk
• Therapeutic Specialist FEAP Crosswalk
• School Counselor FEAP Crosswalk 
• Dean (Middle & High) FEAP Crosswalk
• Instructional Evaluation Guide: Evaluating teachers of students with significant cognitive disabilities
• Instructional Scoring Calculator

• NEW! - Click to view Tutorial Video on how to complete your PDP. 
• Pre- & Post- Observation Questions (Google Doc copy so you may type your answers in advance)

Danielson Resources and Rubrics (Previous Eval. Model)

2. Educational Staff Professionals Evaluation Resources

• ESP-E Rubric 
• ESP-E User Guide

3. Professional Personnel Evaluation Resources

• EPE Rubric
• EPE Evaluation User Guide

4. ELA - Principal/Assistant Principal Evaluation Resources

ALL School-based Administrators will be evaluated using the Florida Educational Leadership Standards (FELS). There are 8 Standards with 50 descriptors to be rated.

• Florida Department of Education FELS Information
• Principal/Asst. Principal Rubric & Look-fors 

5. ELA-D Escambia District-Level Leaders (Curriculum & Instruction)

• ELA-D Rubric Framework
• ELA-D Scoring Calculator (xls)
• ELA-D Scoring Calculator (word)

6. EAE Escambia Administrator Evaluation 

• EAE Rubric Framework
• EAE Scoring Calculator (xls)
• EAE Scoring Calculator (word)

Statutes & State Board Rules Related to Employee Appraisals

The statute on Performance Pay and on the Evaluation System requirements are defined in Florida Statute 1012.34. The disaggregation by teacher begins with Florida Statute 1012.01.

For questions related to:

Evaluation Rubrics, Master Contracts, & Federal/State Statues/Policies related evaluations:
Caroline Gray, Coordinator of HR Services (850) 469-6256

How to use the Evaluation System (PowerSchools) or training related to evaluations:
Shannon Gehrke, Professional Learning TSA (850) 806-8308
Brian Alaback, Dir. of Professional Learning (850) 806-8301

Evaluator Calibration Process:
Shannon Gehrke, Professional Learning TSA (850) 806-8308

Evaluation Calculations and VAM (Value Added Model) /Student Performance Measure Calculations:
Nate Hazewinkel, Dir. of Evaluation Services (850) 469-5386
Charlie Henderson, Evaluation Services Specialist (850) 469-5308

Submit a Helpdesk Ticket: submit questions, request assistance, or support evaluations or PowerSchools (TalentEd) talented@ecsdfl.us