Provided by: pdepvaas@iu13 PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE

1. SY2013-2014 PIMS/Educator Effectiveness/PVAAS Teacher Specific ReportingMini PPT for LEA Admin Use Provided by: pdepvaas@iu13.org PVAAS Statewide Team for PDE

2. 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.

4. PILOT YEAR

5. Counts Towards 1st 3 Year Avg.

6. SY13-14 + SY14-15 + SY15-16= 1st PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16

7. SY13-14 + SY14-15 + SY15-16= Next PVAAS 3 Year Rolling Average in SY15-16

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

9. PVAAS Teacher Reporting: Teachers in Which Tested Grades/Subjects/Courses? Approximately 30-40% of your teaching staff will be eligible for a PVAAS teacher specific score • 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

10. What is content-specific instruction? • Responsibilityto 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.

11. 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).

12. 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)

13. 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.

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

15. New Terms: % Instructional Responsibility % 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).

16. From your LEA into PIMS

17. What is this process all about? 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)

18. When is SY13-14 PVAAS Roster Verification? Hard Deadlines • April 28 – June 6

19. 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?

20. Questions to Ask • 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?

21. 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 • pdepvaas@iu13.org

22. Additional Questions?