1. Compass Information System – Information for LSASPA Members

2. What we’ll discuss today…
New Compass Information System features
What is new (changes to CIS and why we made them) 3
Future plans for CIS 4
Recently released screens
Viewing data from previous years 5
Multiple evaluators and changes to employee roster 6
Flexible observation screens
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3. What is new in CIS Louisiana Believes
October 3rd Release: Beyond minimum requirements, districts and evaluators have a great deal of flexibility with respect to the frequency and length of observations this year, as well at the way observations are scored. The enhancements released in early October were designed to accommodate flexibility in classroom observations.
Flexibility in observations and site visits
Redesigned to reduce time spent entering data and to provide increased flexibility:
Single screen design for entering observations and site visits
Fewer required fields
New attachment function will allow evaluators to attach documents to observations and site visits
Flexible scoring options
Ability to enter non-scored observations
Ability to rate any number of components of the Compass or alternative rubrics
Evaluator assignments
More flexible evaluator assignment process:
Allows multiple evaluators for a single employee
Combined observer and evaluator user roles
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4. Future plans for CIS Louisiana Believes
Fall 2013 Release (November): This fall, we will continue to enhance CIS to support the needs of educators and evaluators.
Student achievement expected trend data shared by school
Expected VAM score reports will be shared with each school, including the scores for their currently enrolled students. These reports will be accessible by Principals and designated School Leaders.
Viewing/sharing of previous year data
Employees will be able to view their own observations, SLTs, and evaluations from the previous school year, as will their new school leaders (if they have transferred to a new site). The process for viewing previous year data will also be streamlined for all system users.
Grievances tracked and addressed in previous year evaluations
In accordance with the PES reporting guidelines in Bulletin 130, CIS will allow districts to report grievances, and will allow for invalidations and reversals of previous year evaluations based on grievance results.
Spring 2013 Release: Next spring, we will address the roster verification and evaluation processes.
Improved roster verification process
Roster verification improvements will be applied to course code assignments, verification process, and invalidations.
Updated final evaluation screens
Schools and districts will experience more flexibility in determining final evaluation ratings.
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5. Employee Roster Screen
Use View Only check-box to access data from previous years 1
Toggle to view different schools in your district/LEA 2
View dashboard view of employee information:
Employee Name
Job Title
Evaluation Type (rubric)
Evaluator(s) assigned
Professional Growth Plan (if entered)
Count of SLTs entered
Count of Observations entered
Count of Site Visits entered
Whether a value-added metric will be assigned
Whether a final evaluation has been entered
Whether the final evaluation has been marked incomplete 1
000-SAMPLE LEA 3 2 3 4
View only employees you are assigned to evaluate 4
Select an employee to access data in subsequent tabs
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6. Employee Roster Report
Export the employee roster report to see all employees within your district and ensure they have been assigned evaluation types and evaluators
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7. Certified Evaluators Report
Export certified evaluators report to see all employees in your district/LEA, who have attended trainings and are currently eligible to evaluate employees in CIS
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8. Observation Data Report
Export observation raw data report to see all observations submitted within your district/LEA
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9. SLT Data Report Louisiana Believes
Export SLT raw data report to see all SLTs submitted within your district/LEA
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10. Conduct observations/site visits1
Title the observation/site visit and enter basic information 2
Enter component-specific ratings and/or feedback Compass Rubric Only 3
Enter comments to the educator about areas of strength, areas for improvement, next steps, and/or overall notes 4
Select a scoring option or choose not to score the observation/site visit 5
Attach documents for the educator to review 6
Submit your observation/site visit for the educator to view or save for editing later
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11. Score observations/site visits1
Component-specific ratings
Compass Rubric Only
Component-specific ratings are not required, but can be used to inform all or some components of the Compass Rubric, if they are using a Compass Rubric. 2
Scoring options
If an evaluator chooses to enter component-specific ratings, the evaluator may decide whether to use these ratings to calculate the overall observation/site visit rating.
The evaluator may choose to calculate an overall rating for the observation/site visit by averaging the component-specific ratings or entering their own overall observation rating.
The evaluator may choose not to rate the observation/site visit at all (either at the component-level or the overall-level).
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12. View observations/site visits1
View component-specific ratings and/or feedback Compass Rubric Only 2
View feedback about areas of strength, areas for improvement, next steps, and/or overall notes 3
Select a scoring option or choose not to score the observation/site visit 4
Attach documents for the educator to review
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13. Print observations/site visits1
Select the observation/site visit you wish to print. 2
Use the ‘generate report’ button to generate a pdf summary of the observation/site visit
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14. FAQs Where to go for help: Additional Resources: Louisiana Believes
Network data specialist and district Compass contact list
For additional Compass resources, review the Compass library
For questions about Compass and CIS,
Additional Resources:
Compass Information System URL:
Additional CIS Guides
CIS District/LEA Administrators Guide
CIS School Leaders/Supervisors Guide
CIS Observations & Site Visits Guide
CIS Student Learning Targets Guide
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