A simple yet effective plagiarism checker. Simply copy/paste your text, or upload a Word document, and The Plagiarism Checker will scan the document and report on possible plagiarism. Click the links to see the infringed document.
This math site contains great information on basic math skills. Interactive quiz-based activities are included to help students test their knowledge of the concepts.
Dig.ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. This is great material for podcasting. If you're into sampling, remixing and mash-ups grab the sample packs and a cappellas for download and you can upload your version back into ccMixter, for others to enjoy and re-sample.
PDFsam is a free tool to split, merge, and extract PDF documents. The fairly straightforward interface gives you considerable flexibility over your PDFs.
360 Cities contains a large collection of panoramas and photospheres from all over the world. Select your city, and view all the possible explorable panoramas on the map. 360 videos are included as well.
Evaluation System | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
USOE PEER Advisory Committee | District evaluation plans approved in May |
Districts send updated report on to USOE in May for approval | Districts pilot local evaluation systems and provide updates in spring of 2015 | USOE begins accountability audits in selected districts |
Observation Tools Teaching and Leadership | Year 1 observation measurement tools pilot in 16 districts |
Year 2 observation tools pilot in 38 user group districts (teaching and leadership); other districts piloting observation tools based on UETS and UELS |
Full implementation of observation tools aligned with UETS and UELS Pilot electronic platforms selected by districts |
Full district implementation of professional performance component Electronic platforms in place |
Student Growth |
Student Growth Workgroup SAGE adopted USOE begins to develop |
USOE conducts pilot study of SLOs in volunteer districts SAGE Year 1 test data USOE continues to develop statewide example SLOs (Early Childhood, PE, Health, K-3 Science) |
Statewide pilot of SLOs Statewide pilot of SGPs SAGE Year 2 implementation year Districts begin SLO development plan using example SLOs and USOE SLO Toolkit |
Full district implementation of student growth component: SGPs for tested subjects and grades and SLOs for non-tested subjects and grades |
Surveys for Stakeholder Input | Year 1 pilot of survey questions (Utah Education Policy Center) (teachers, parents, students) |
Year 2 Pilot of survey items (Utah Education Policy Center) USOE creates rubric for scoring educator response to survey feedback for effectiveness |
Districts decide survey(s) to use and then pilot in local schools | Full district implementation of stakeholder Input component |
Weighting of Evaluation Components | USOE works with consultants to formulate study of determining weights of three components | USOE pilots statewide to determine weights of three components using district data | Utah State Board evaluates the component weights selected to determine final weighting | |
Rater-reliability and Calibration | Online resources created and distributed to districts to ensure rater-reliability of teaching and leadership observations | USOE rater-reliability certification process with master-coded exemplars in place and professional development provided in districts |
USOE reliability certification pilot conducted in districts Observer certification required |
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Professional Development | Professional development (PD) for districts piloting observation tools for teaching and leadership |
USOE and districts provide PD for instructional effectiveness using UETS PD on Leadership and role of administrator in improving teacher performance |
USOE and districts continue PD on following:
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USOE and districts continue PD as needed |
**2016-2017 school year includes performance pay for principals as outlined in SB101-2014 | USOE:March 25,2014
Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. With curated artwork from illustrators and animators around the world.
Congratulations to Chris Zimmerman, Shelly Bush and Emily Oyler from the Weber School Foundation on receiving the Weber School District's E+ Team Award! Through events like the Christmas Tree Jubilee, the Foundation helps raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for students and teachers in our district. These donations help pay for such things as our all-abilities playgrounds, iPads for autistic children, classroom and teacher grants, and field trips to educational sites. It's with great pride we recognize this amazing team and their contributions to our schools!