2. Hello Adam Cibulka Chuck Syperski
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment at DuPage High School District 88
Chuck Syperski
Software Engineer at DuPage High School District 88

3. Background - Timeline Prior to 2014-2015
Paper-based workflow of all evaluation documents.
Pilot of new professional practice evaluation system based on the work of Charlotte Danielson.
Use of Excel workbook and Microsoft Word to manage all documents.
Continue use new professional practice rubric and integrate student growth pilot.
Expanded use of Excel workbook and Microsoft Word to manage all documents.
Year 1 of official implementation of both professional practice and student growth components.
Further expansion of use of Excel workbook and Microsoft Word to manage all documents.
Exploration of third-party vendors to manage workflow.

4. The Need for a Change
Excel limitations - Slow, character limitations and not flexible.
Working in two worlds - Multiple users unable to view without a structure for saving documents.
Living in a paper-based world - Summative evaluations were printing over 50 pages per employee.
Taking up of district storage space and slowing down the system.
Inability to collect data on areas to support staff.

5. 2016 - 2017 - Development of Spark
Our goal was to create a system that:
Managed the workflow of all stakeholders and was easy to use for all team members (admin, department chairs and teachers).
Provided immediate feedback for all stakeholders on the progress of staff and meeting specific timelines for evaluation.
Flexible enough to adapt to any evaluation system for any employee group (i.e., student growth for some employee groups, but not all).

6. 2016 - 2017 - Development of Spark
Process of development:
Engaged all stakeholders:
Administration
Department Chairs
Teachers
Human Resources

7. Components of Spark
The District 88 Evaluation process consists of the following components:
Meeting
Purpose
Initial Conference
To establish professional practice and student growth goals for the year.
Midpoint Conference
To check-in and make any changes to initial student growth goals.
Formal Observations
Planned classroom observations which includes a pre-observation conference, the scheduled observation and post-observation conference.
Informal Observations
Unannounced classroom observations which includes the unannounced observation itself and post-observation conference.
Summative Meeting
To establish final professional practice and student growth ratings.

8. Unique Features Information at a glance. Instant teacher feedback.
Automatic organization of information.
Online sketching and signatures.
Single login for many environments.

9. Show Me Spark

10. https://www.dupage88.net/spark Why do you care?
Because you probably need an evaluation system
We have an evaluation system
We are nice and we are giving Spark away, get it below…

11. Other Stuff
GrowIEP
Telescreen
UserCentral
Report Out
FOG Project

12. Questions and Contact Info
Adam Cibulka - DuPage High School District 88, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
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Chuck Syperski - DuPage High School District 88, Software Engineer
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