1. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. ROSTER VERIFICATION © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. Regional and District Leader Training Fall 2014

2. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Our Goals for Today  Understand the rationale for roster verification  Know how to use the BFKLink ® solution and support: Principals in preparing their school for the roster verification process Teachers in verifying and submitting rosters Principals in approving rosters for accuracy  Become aware of available support resources 2

3. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Why Roster Verification Now?  Accountability, Validity, Equitability Education, both in state and nationally, is moving toward holding classroom teachers accountable for their contributions to student growth. How do we feel about the validity of our current data system? What can we do to fill in the data gaps? How can we increase equitability by having classroom teachers participate in validating the data which will affect them most? 3

4. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Why Roster Verification Now?  Build trust in our educator effectiveness measures: Since educators are to be held accountable for student growth within their evaluations, they need a voice in informing the record of which students they taught.  Further improve our data quality and account for the complexity of teacher-student-course attribution : Additional Uses: Highly Qualified Teacher data, Early Learning Initiatives, Federal Loan Forgiveness WVEIS is limited in its capacity to reflect dynamic instructional scenarios.

5. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Roster Verification 5

6. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Challenge Learning Experiences Are Complex…  Student mobility  Support or enrichment provided by multiple teachers  Medical leave, new hires, resignations, and retirements  Teachers regrouped or reassigned to other classrooms  Co-teaching arrangements How can data systems account for all of the nuances?

7. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Challenge Data Quality Issues Across the U.S.

8. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Roster Verification  Roster verification was developed to give teachers an opportunity to verify the data in order to build trust and transparency.  Educators become involved in a process to ensure the record of instruction is official and right, not official and wrong.  This process builds on efforts to strengthen our data quality. 8

9. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Roster Verification  Roster verification is a process to accurately capture the instructional linkage between schools, teachers, and students.  For each course taught, teachers will confirm: the students enrolled in those courses, the months of instruction, and their instructional responsibility for each student.

10. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved SAMPLE SCREENSHOT

11. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Now the Details: Who, What, and When 11

12. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Participating Grades and Content Areas  Mathematics Classroom Teachers in Grades 4–11  Reading/English Language Arts Classroom Teachers in Grades 4–11  Classroom Teachers in Pre-K – Grade 3 Exception: Pre-K – Grade 3 teachers are exempted IF they teach in a school that has Grade Level(s) 4+  CTE & Institutional Education Teachers Exception: CTE teachers in Comprehensive High Schools are exempted IF all students receiving CTE instruction are enrolled only at the Comprehensive High School where instruction takes place. Required for the expanded use of student growth data Required for the 5% School-wide Growth Component

13. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Participating Teachers  Includes: General education teachers CTE and OIEP educators Co-teachers Special Education teachers, Title I teachers, Interventionists, and Transition or Remedial Specialists* Librarians and/or Counselors* Long-term Substitutes*  Does not include: Classroom Assistant Teachers or Paraprofessionals Student Teachers Short-term Substitutes 13 *These staff should participate if they plan instruction, provide instruction, or assign a grade within an identified content area.

14. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Three Phases of Roster Verification 14 School Setup Teacher Roster Verification Review and Approval

15. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Three Phases of Roster Verification 15 School Setup Teacher Roster Verification Review and Approval  Who: Principals and school support teams  What: Prepare rosters for teachers  When: March 16 – April 10, 2015

16. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Three Phases of Roster Verification 16 School Setup Teacher Roster Verification Review and Approval  Who: Teachers  What: Verify students taught and submit rosters  When: April 13 – May 8, 2015

17. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. The teacher roster verification dashboard

18. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. Phase 2: Teacher roster verification phase 1-2-3 step process

19. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. Phase 2: Teacher roster verification phase 1-2-3 step process

20. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. Teacher roster verification phase Principals monitor progress during this phase

21. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved The Three Phases of Roster Verification 21 School Setup Teacher Roster Verification Review and Approval  Who: Principals  What: Resolve issues and approve rosters  When: May 11–23, 2015

22. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. Phase 3: Review and approval phase Principals review and approve rosters

23. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Support Resources & Timeline 23

24. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Support Resources  Materials available through BFKLink ® and online (http://wvde.state.wv.us/evalwv/trainings.html): Guidelines & FAQ Training Videos Teacher Guide (PDF) Administrator & Support Team Guide (PDF) Teacher Tutorial Demonstration Site Directions  Battelle for Kids Support Desk will be available via a telephone hotline number during Roster Verification periods.

25. © 2014, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved Reminder Roster Verification Timeline September – October November – Early March May 11–23 25 March 16 – April 10 April 13 – May 8 WVDE Trainings for RESA & District Leaders RESA & District-Led Trainings / Communication to Educators Phase 1: School Setup Phase 2: Teacher Roster Verification Phase 3: Review and Approval Communications from WVDE

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