Compass Information System – Information for LSASPA Members
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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 7 - 10
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What is new in CIS
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.
1. 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
o Ability to enter non-scored observations o Ability to rate any number of components of the Compass or alternative rubrics
2. Evaluator assignments
More flexible evaluator assignment process: Allows multiple evaluators for a single employee Combined observer and evaluator user roles
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Future plans for CIS
Fall 2013 Release (November): This fall, we will continue to enhance CIS to support the needs of educators and evaluators.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
1. Improved roster verification process
Roster verification improvements will be applied to course code assignments, verification process, and invalidations.
2. Updated final evaluation screens
Schools and districts will experience more flexibility in determining final evaluation ratings.
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Employee Roster Screen
Toggle to view different schools in your district/LEA
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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
View only employees you are assigned to evaluate
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Select an employee to access data in subsequent tabs
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000-SAMPLE LEA
Use View Only check-box to access data from previous years
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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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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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Observation Data Report
Export observation raw data report to see all observations
submitted within your district/LEA
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SLT Data Report
Export SLT raw data report to see all SLTs submitted within
your district/LEA
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Conduct observations/site visits
Title the observation/site visit and enter basic information
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Select a scoring option or choose not to score the
observation/site visit
Enter component-specific ratings and/or feedback
Compass Rubric Only
Enter comments to the educator about areas of
strength, areas for improvement, next steps,
and/or overall notes
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Attach documents for the educator to review
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Submit your observation/site visit for the educator to view or
save for editing later
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Score observations/site visits
Component-specific ratingsCompass Rubric Only
Scoring options
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• 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.
• 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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View observations/site visits
Select a scoring option or choose not to score the
observation/site visit
View component-specific ratings and/or feedback
Compass Rubric Only
View feedback about areas of strength, areas for
improvement, next steps, and/or overall notes
Attach documents for the educator to review
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Print observations/site visits
Select the observation/site visit you wish to print.
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Use the ‘generate report’ button to generate a pdf summary of
the observation/site visit
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FAQs
Where to go for help:
• Network data specialist and district Compass contact list
• For additional Compass resources, review the Compass library• For questions about Compass and CIS, email [email protected]
Additional Resources:• Compass Information System URL: https://leads13.doe.louisiana.gov/hcs • Additional CIS Guides
• CIS District/LEA Administrators Guide • CIS School Leaders/Supervisors Guide • CIS Observations & Site Visits Guide • CIS Student Learning Targets Guide