Representatives of five Race to the Top grantees--Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island--gathered in Providence, Rhode Island on December 12, 2012 under the auspices of the Quality Evaluation Rollout (QER) Working Group to plan strategies for improving communication between teachers and State education agencies (SEAs) on teacher evaluation systems. Each State brought to the meeting a "problem of practice" statement to serve as a focus for cross-State dialogue about the potential of emerging practices for engaging teachers. The leaders around the table represented different education systems, evaluation plans, history and policies, yet their reflections continually returned to a few principles, fundamental to effective communications but rediscovered through the trial-and-error process of communicating with teachers about evaluation. This brief explores emerging practices that put these principles into action and enable States to communicate more effectively with teachers about evaluation. Even those leaders many months into the development of evaluation systems may find this discussion of individual practices useful and the reinforcement of strategic communication fundamentals a valuable reminder.