Compass Information System –
Information for LSASPA Members
What we’ll discuss today…
New Compass Information System features
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What is new (changes to CIS and why we made them)
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Future plans for CIS
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Recently released screens
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Viewing data from previous years
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Multiple evaluators and changes to employee roster
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Flexible observation screens
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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.
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Flexibility in observations
and site visits
Redesigned to reduce time spent entering data and to provide increased flexibility:
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Single screen design for entering observations and site visits
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Fewer required fields
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New attachment function will allow evaluators to attach documents to observations and site visits
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Flexible scoring options
o Ability to enter non-scored observations
o Ability to rate any number of components of the Compass or alternative rubrics
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Evaluator assignments
More flexible evaluator assignment process:
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Allows multiple evaluators for a single employee
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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.
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Student achievement
expected trend data
shared by school
2. Viewing/sharing of
previous year data
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.
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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.
Grievances tracked and
addressed in previous year
evaluations
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.
Spring 2013 Release: Next spring, we will address the roster verification and evaluation processes.
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Improved roster
verification process
2. Updated final evaluation
screens
Roster verification improvements will be applied to course code assignments, verification process, and
invalidations.
Schools and districts will experience more flexibility in determining final evaluation ratings.
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Employee Roster Screen
Use View Only check-box to access
data from previous years
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Toggle to view different schools in your
district/LEA
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View dashboard view of employee
information:
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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
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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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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
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Title the observation/site visit
and enter basic information
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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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Select a scoring option or
choose not to score the
observation/site visit
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Attach documents for the
educator to review
Submit your observation/site
visit for the educator to view or
save for editing later
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Score observations/site visits
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Component-specific ratings
Compass Rubric Only
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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.
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Scoring options
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If an evaluator chooses to enter componentspecific ratings, the evaluator may decide
whether to use these ratings to calculate the
overall observation/site visit rating.
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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.
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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
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View component-specific
ratings and/or feedback
Compass Rubric Only
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View feedback about areas of
strength, areas for
improvement, next steps,
and/or overall notes
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Select a scoring option or
choose not to score the
observation/site visit
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Attach documents for the
educator to review
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Print observations/site visits
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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 compass@la.gov
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
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