Improve consistency and accuracy in evaluations by aligning ratings among different raters.
Ensure that assessments measure what they are intended to measure, providing reliable data for decision-making.
Equip leaders with the skills and knowledge to drive positive change and improve educational outcomes.
About the Calibration Training
Calibration training is designed to provide school leaders with the tools and strategies to enhance rater reliability and validity in their evaluation processes. This training covers essential techniques and best practices to ensure consistent and accurate assessments, ultimately leading to improved decision-making and educational outcomes. Calibration training requires district-wide commitment with ongoing professional development. Calibration is a complex topic designed to enhance staff relationships through honest, valid, high-quality feedback designed to promote individual teacher growth.
Meet Your Calibration Training Expert
I'm Jo Swain, and I've dedicated my career to empowering school leaders through calibration training. With years of experience in education and a passion for driving positive change, I am excited to share my expertise with you. The calibration process provides increased consistency and validity amongst small and large district administrators. Join me on this journey to transform school leadership and make a lasting impact on education.
What People Are Saying
Discover how calibration training has helped educators like you enhance their leadership skills and drive positive change in their schools.
My many years of work with Jo Swain and Jigsaw Consulting with a focus on Leadership Calibration has been transformative. It helped me sharpen my lens around what “meets” and “exceeds” truly looks like with regard to teaching performance and encouraged me to ground my evaluations in observable practice rather than assumptions. This process has also reshaped how I interpret teacher performance overall—moving me from broad impressions to a much more precise, evidence-based view of instructional practice. Instead of asking, “Does this feel effective?” I now ask, “What did I see, hear, and observe that demonstrates impact on student learning?” This shift has allowed me to recognize strengths with greater accuracy, identify growth areas more clearly, and ensure that my evaluations truly reflect what is happening in the classroom while honoring the professionalism of my staff.
Montana Principal
As an elementary principal and struggling to make evaluations meaningful, calibration helped me focus on what was most important. I was able to have meaningful conversations with staff, help them set goals and focus vs trying to evaluate everything that was happening in the classroom when I was in there to observe. Calibration helped me concentrate on what was most crucial as an elementary school principal who struggled to make evaluations relevant. Instead of trying to assess everything that was going on in the classroom when I was there to observe, I was able to have meaningful conversations with staff and assist them in setting goals.
Retired Montana Administrator
Calibration helped me become more consistent, more evidence-driven, and clearer in my evaluations. After the process, I realized how much room I had to grow in aligning language, evidence, and scoring.
Administrator, Superior, Montana
My many years of work with Jo Swain and Jigsaw Consulting with a focus on Leadership Calibration has been transformative. It helped me sharpen my lens around what “meets” and “exceeds” truly looks like with regard to teaching performance and encouraged me to ground my evaluations in observable practice rather than assumptions. This process has also reshaped how I interpret teacher performance overall—moving me from broad impressions to a much more precise, evidence-based view of instructional practice. Instead of asking, “Does this feel effective?” I now ask, “What did I see, hear, and observe that demonstrates impact on student learning?” This shift has allowed me to recognize strengths with greater accuracy, identify growth areas more clearly, and ensure that my evaluations truly reflect what is happening in the classroom while honoring the professionalism of my staff.
Montana Principal
As an elementary principal and struggling to make evaluations meaningful, calibration helped me focus on what was most important. I was able to have meaningful conversations with staff, help them set goals and focus vs trying to evaluate everything that was happening in the classroom when I was in there to observe. Calibration helped me concentrate on what was most crucial as an elementary school principal who struggled to make evaluations relevant. Instead of trying to assess everything that was going on in the classroom when I was there to observe, I was able to have meaningful conversations with staff and assist them in setting goals.
Retired Montana Administrator
Calibration helped me become more consistent, more evidence-driven, and clearer in my evaluations. After the process, I realized how much room I had to grow in aligning language, evidence, and scoring.
Administrator, Superior, Montana
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