Maine PEPG Teacher Evaluation Software
Run your district's Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth system, locally designed under Maine's Chapter 180 rule, with multiple measures and a four-level rating.
PEPG is the entry point, not the whole story. In EX in Education, PEPG evaluations connect to coaching, goals, PD, and retention, so every educator moves from hired to thriving.
PEPG Classroom Observation
In short: Maine evaluates teachers through PEPG (Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth). Under Rule Chapter 180, each school administrative unit designs its own state-approved PEPG system built on a professional-practice model aligned to the InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards, with multiple measures and a summative rating on four levels. Maine sets no single statewide weight for student growth; each local plan defines whether and how student-learning measures are used. Many districts adopt common frameworks such as Danielson, Marzano, or Marshall.
Run this in your district
Reviewed for 2026-27 state requirements. Configure EX to your district's local process, or start from a ready-made observation form.
Maine's PEPG Evaluation Framework
Under Maine's Chapter 180 rule, every school administrative unit runs a Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth (PEPG) system. There is no single statewide rubric. Each district designs its own system with a steering committee, chooses its professional-practice framework, uses multiple measures, and produces a four-level rating. In EX in Education, that system becomes the doorway into a connected approach to coaching, PD, and retention.
Locally Designed, State Required
Chapter 180 requires each district to have a PEPG system but lets it choose the professional-practice framework behind it. EX configures to the framework your steering committee adopts, so evaluators score against your rubric without rebuilding forms.
- Adopt the state model or design your own
- Common frameworks include Danielson, Marzano, and Marshall
- Steering committee with a majority of teachers
- Configured to your district's process
Multiple Measures
PEPG systems draw on multiple measures of professional practice. Since September 2021, districts may choose to include student learning and growth measures but are no longer required to. EX tracks whichever measures your district uses alongside observation results.
- Professional-practice evidence from observations
- Student growth measures optional, by district choice
- Evidence kept in one record
- District-defined sources
Configure Your PEPG Framework
Many Maine districts organize professional practice into four domains, drawn from widely used frameworks such as Danielson. EX configures your district’s approved forms to match the framework your steering committee adopts, so evaluators can observe, score, and generate evidence from day one.
Planning & Preparation
What teachers do before instruction begins.
- Knowledge of content and pedagogy
- Knowledge of students
- Setting instructional outcomes
- Designing coherent instruction
- Designing student assessments
Classroom Environment
Culture, relationships, and classroom management.
- Respect and rapport
- Culture for learning
- Managing classroom procedures
- Managing student behavior
- Organizing physical space
Instruction
Instruction as it happens in the classroom.
- Communicating with students
- Questioning and discussion techniques
- Engaging students in learning
- Using assessment in instruction
- Flexibility and responsiveness
Professional Responsibilities
Reflection, records, communication, and continued growth.
- Reflecting on teaching
- Maintaining accurate records
- Communicating with families
- Participating in a professional community
- Growing and developing professionally
Formal Observations
- • Scheduled classroom observations
- • Evidence collected and organized against the framework
- • Timely, constructive written feedback
- • Frequency set by district PEPG policy
Informal Walkthroughs
- • Short observations, inside or outside the classroom
- • Announced or unannounced
- • Brief, timely feedback
- • Number set by district policy
Trained observers and a steering committee: Chapter 180 asks districts to design PEPG through a steering committee with a majority of teachers, with revisions reached by consensus, and to have observations conducted by trained observers who share timely, constructive feedback. EX tracks formal observations and walkthroughs together, with reminders so districts stay on cycle.
PEPG Summative Ratings, Tracked Over Time
Chapter 180 requires each PEPG system to produce a summative effectiveness rating on four levels. Districts commonly adopt the labels below, or define equivalent levels of their own. EX in Education records each rating, ties it to the evidence behind it, and carries it forward so growth is visible from one cycle to the next.
Highly Effective
Consistently exceeds standards and models practice for others
Effective
Consistently meets professional standards with clear evidence of practice
Partially Effective
Inconsistently meets standards and needs targeted support
Ineffective
Does not meet standards and requires intensive support
Under Chapter 180, an educator rated higher than Ineffective develops a professional growth plan built on clear goals tied to targeted areas of practice. Educators who need more support, and newly hired or conditionally certified teachers, receive mentoring and structured peer support. EX in Education keeps each teacher's rating history, growth plans, and cycle schedule in one place, and routes the ones who need support into coaching cycles so a rating leads to next steps, not just a score.
Built for Maine's PEPG Process
EX in Education gives Maine districts what they need to run PEPG aligned to Chapter 180, then connects that evidence to coaching, PD, goals, and retention across every school.
Configurable PEPG Forms
Observation forms configured to your district's framework and its rating scale, whether that is the state model or your own.
- • Your domains and indicators
- • Four-level rating scale
- • Evidence collection tools
Observation Cycles
Manage formal PEPG observations alongside quick walkthroughs, with scheduling and reminders in one connected system.
- • Formal observations
- • Informal walkthroughs
- • Cycle reminders
Multiple Measures
Record the professional-practice evidence and any student growth measures your district chooses to include.
- • Professional-practice evidence
- • Optional growth measures
- • District-defined sources
Coaching Handoff
Turn what an observation surfaces into a coaching cycle, so feedback leads to real support instead of a filed form.
- • Evidence to coaching
- • Structured feedback
- • Follow-up visits
Professional Growth Plans
Build the growth plans Chapter 180 calls for, with mentoring and peer support for new and conditionally certified teachers.
- • Goal-based growth plans
- • Mentor and coach support
- • Tracked across the cycle
Growth Goals
Set professional goals tied to what the evaluation surfaced, tracked in the same module that follows a teacher across the year.
- • Goal setting tools
- • Progress tracking
- • Linked to PD
Why Maine Districts Run PEPG Inside EX in Education
Run PEPG compliantly, then use what the evaluation surfaces to actually grow and keep your teachers. Evaluation is the doorway. Educator growth and retention is the product.
Less admin, more coaching
Structured workflows and feedback tools free evaluators to spend more of their time in coaching conversations, not paperwork.
Consistent across schools
Your district's PEPG rubric and process, applied the same way whether it is one building or the whole SAU.
Growth you can see
Ratings, growth plans, and coaching history sit together, so progress is visible over time instead of scattered across files.
Retention, not just ratings
When feedback connects to PD, goals, and support, teachers keep developing, and districts keep the ones they worked hard to hire.
How AI Supports PEPG Evaluations
AI in EX in Education helps evaluators work through PEPG faster while keeping every judgment in human hands. It drafts and organizes, evaluators decide.
Draft Feedback From Evidence
Turn observation notes into clear, framework-aligned feedback that the evaluator reviews and edits before it is shared.
Organize Evidence by Indicator
Sort notes and artifacts against your framework's indicators, so nothing is missed when it is time to score.
Suggest Growth Next Steps
Surface coaching moves and PD ideas tied to what an observation revealed, ready for the evaluator to assign.
Bring PEPG Into the Bigger Picture
See how EX in Education runs PEPG aligned to Maine's Chapter 180 requirements, then connects evaluations to coaching, PD, goals, and retention across every school.
Built for Chapter 180 PEPG requirements. Bring your district’s approved framework and we’ll configure it. Connected to coaching, PD, and goals.
Maine teacher evaluation: frequently asked questions
What is Maine's PEPG system?
PEPG stands for Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth. Under Maine Rule Chapter 180, each school administrative unit develops a locally designed PEPG system, approved by the Maine Department of Education, or adapts a state model PEPG system.
What does Chapter 180 require of a PEPG system?
A PEPG system must use a professional practice model with performance standards aligned to the InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards, with supporting descriptors and rubrics for each standard. Chapter 180 also requires multiple measures, professional growth planning, and the involvement of educators in designing and implementing the system.
Is student growth required in Maine teacher evaluation?
Maine does not mandate a single statewide weight for student growth. Because PEPG systems are locally designed and state-approved, each unit's plan defines whether and how student learning measures are used alongside professional practice.
How are ratings and observation cycles set in Maine?
Because Maine uses local control under Chapter 180, the rating categories, observation frequency, and evidence requirements are defined in each unit's approved PEPG plan, rather than by a single statewide scale.
Part of EX in Education
One piece of the educator experience.
Maine PEPG evaluations are one part of how districts support educators. In EX in Education, they connect to the bigger picture: walkthroughs, coaching, evaluations, goals, PD, recognition, surveys, and retention. Bring your own process, or start from a template, then run it across every school so every educator moves from hired to thriving.