Aug. 10, 2011
News Release
Katy Anthes to lead CDE’s educator effectiveness work
Colorado
Department of Education Commissioner Robert Hammond today announced the
hiring of Katy Anthes, who will lead the state’s educator effectiveness
work.
Katy Anthes, CDE’s new executive director of educator effectiveness,
will lead CDE’s efforts to recruit, prepare, evaluate, support and
retain highly effective educators. She is responsible for aligning and
coordinating educator preparation program review, licensure, induction,
professional development, evaluation, retention initiatives, teacher
equity initiatives and other related functions to help maximize the
effectiveness of all educators across the state. An immediate priority
for Ms. Anthes is ensuring the successful implementation of the state’s
educator evaluation and development system, pursuant to Senate Bill
10-191.
In her current position as a partner with the Third Mile Group, Anthes
conducts project-based research for state, district and national
organizations on education, social policy and organizational development
issues. Anthes also teaches several master’s level courses at the
University of Colorado, Denver. Most recently, Anthes’ professional work
has been with the School Leadership Academy Board, which has directly
connected her to the educator effectiveness initiative and various
projects of it, including the State Council on Educator Effectiveness,
The New Teacher Project, the Colorado Legacy Foundation work and the
CDE’s educator effectiveness work. Anthes also recently co-led the
Expanded Learning Opportunities Commission for Colo. and has been an
evaluator for several district education programs across Colo.
throughout the past four years.
In addition to this direct experience, Anthes has seven years of
research and policy work at the Education Commission of the States. In
her role as policy analyst and program director, her specific expertise
was in school and district leader effectiveness. Since then, she has
also worked directly with the state of Texas and led their Texas
Education Leadership Council work over a two-year period.
Anthes holds a Ph.D. in public policy and master’s degree in public
affairs from the University of Colorado, Denver. She did her
undergraduate work at the University of Oregon. Anthes begins her work
at the Colorado Department of Education on Aug. 15.
The Great Teachers and Leaders Bill (S.B. 10-191) established new
expectations for local personnel evaluation systems and required the
state board to promulgate rules concerning the planning, development,
implementation, and assessment of a system to evaluate the effectiveness
of licensed personnel. The state board held its most recent rulemaking
hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Additional hearings and opportunities for
public comment on the draft rules are available in September and
October. The board will consider adoption of the educator effectiveness
rules on Wednesday, Nov. 9, which will then be brought to the General
Assembly for review. For more on CDE’s educator effectiveness work,
visit
http://www.cde.state.co.us/EducatorEffectiveness/index.asp
For technical assistance, E-Mail: CDE_Communications_Office@cde.state.co.us