Provided by: PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE SY PIMS/Educator Effectiveness/PVAAS Teacher Specific Reporting Mini PPT for LEA Admin Use

What is PVAAS teacher-specific reporting? Estimates the effect of a teacher’s performance on the academic growth of a group of students. Taking into account both their endpoint and their entering achievement level. By concentrating on growth, PVAAS puts the emphasis on what educators can influence. 2

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PILOT YEAR 4

Counts Towards 1 st 3 Year Avg. 5

SY SY SY15-16= 1 st PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY

SY SY SY15-16= Next PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY

Which Teachers? A PA certified educator with full or partial responsibility for content specific instruction of the assessed eligible content as measured by a PA state assessment Face to FaceOnline Instruction 8

PVAAS Teacher Reporting: Teachers in Which Tested Grades/Subjects/Courses? PSSA: With/Without Accommodations (Not PASA) Grades 4-8: Reading and Math Grades 4 & 8: Science Grades 5 & 8: Writing Future: Transition into ELA Assessment Courses Culminating in Keystone Exams: With/Without Accommodations Algebra I Literature Biology Approximately 30-40% of your teaching staff will be eligible for a PVAAS teacher specific score 9

What is content-specific instruction? Responsibility to plan the instruction of the assessed eligible content, provide the instruction of the assessed eligible content, and use the assessment information to evaluate the effectiveness of the instruction of the assessed eligible content on a PA state assessment. Defined on the Framework for Teaching by both Domains 1 and 3: Content specific instruction is a determination made locally by the LEA. 10

Are special education teachers, intervention specialists, reading/math specialists, ESL teachers, and gifted teachers eligible for a PVAAS score? Yes, if the teacher is responsible for Domains 1 & 3. There may be more than one teacher planning, instructing, and assessing the students (i.e., co-teaching, team teaching). 11

Are instructional coaches eligible for a PVAAS score? If the role of the instructional coach is only to provide support and consultation to PA certified educator(s)/adults this does not meet the criteria for PVAAS teacher-specific reporting. PVAAS teacher-specific reporting is provided to those who provide content specific instruction to the students. (Framework for Teaching, Domains 1 and 3) 12

Ensuring Accurate Information: PVAAS Roster Verification Provide PVAAS teacher specific reporting based on an accurate representation of a teacher’s responsibility and influence on the academic growth of students. 13

Essential Linkages in PIMS Make sure the right teachers are linked to the right students for the right proportion of instructional responsibility for the right tested grade/subject/course to yield PVAAS Teacher Reporting. Teacher Student Proportion of Instructional Responsibility Course & Grade/Subject 14

New Terms: % Instructional Responsibility % Student + Teacher Enrollment Full or Partial % of Instruction This % is your total Instructional Responsibility for a student. This % reflects how much the student will be weighted in the PVAAS analyses. The % Instructional Responsibility is calculated by multiplying the (% Student + Teacher Enrollment) by (Full or Partial % of Instruction). % Instructional Responsibility 15

From your LEA into PIMS 16

Teachers, school administrators and district administrators verifying data that is used to yield PVAAS teacher specific reporting– data that will ultimately be used as part of a teacher’s evaluation. The PVAAS rosters are prepopulated from the PIMS Course/HQT submitted by LEAs to PIMS (Student, Staff, Course Templates) What is this process all about? 17

When is SY13-14 PVAAS Roster Verification? April 28 – June 6 Verification Windows: Open and Close Dates LEA Pre-Step/Setup Window: 1 week Teacher Window: 2 weeks School Admin Window: 2 weeks District Admin Window: 1 week Hard Deadlines 18

Questions to Ask Have the LEA staff responsible for EE met with your LEA staff responsible for PIMS/SIS? Has your SIS vendor provided your LEA an update to the SIS system aligned to SY13-14 PIMS? All teachers eligible for PVAAS in the SIS? Scheduling Elementary Students in SIS? All Keystone courses identified? Structure for % Student + Teacher Enrollment in SIS? Structure for % Full/Partial Instruction in SIS?

District Level Planning – to Ensure Consistency Across LEA % Instructional Responsibility – Discussed LEA wide? Awareness? Do all district level admin know about Spring 2014 roster verification? Do all school admin know about Spring 2014 roster verification? Do the teachers eligible for PVAAS teacher specific reporting know about Spring 2014 roster verification? Training? When/how will district admin/school admin receive training on roster verification process and system? When/how will teachers receive training on roster verification process and system? Time to Complete Roster Verification in Spring 2014 When will teachers complete the roster verification process? How will they be supported? Questions to Ask

Sum it up! Complete and accurate data in PIMS this year will save your teachers and admin time Plan now for your teachers eligible for PVAAS Score Communications Professional Development Access resources and support 21

Additional Questions? 22 PIMS and EE: Brian Truesdale