West Virginia Support for
Improving Professional
Practice
(WVSIPP)
What we Learned
from Last Year. . .
• 3 Plan Components
 Support for ALL educators
– Provide strong school-based support and
supervision to assist beginning teachers
– Create a productive learning experience for
student teachers
– Use data from the educator performance
evaluation system to serve as the basis for
providing individual professional development
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WV State Board of Education
Comprehensive System of Support Guidelines
• Use local resources to focus on the priority professional
development goals
• Select master teachers, mentors, academic coaches based on
demonstrated superior performance and competence
• Adjust scheduling, use of substitutes, collaborative planning
time, calendar or other measures as may be necessary to provide
sufficient time for professional personnel ;
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of implementation and
outcomes of the county system of support for improving
professional practice.
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This year,
we add two more components:
1. Support for Other Staff (counselors,
academic coaches, administrators,
paraprofessionals, etc. )
2. Meeting Highly Qualified Teacher Compliance
AND
ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE –Title III
Changes in WVSIPP
– Addition of two new components
– Online portal for entering and submitting your
plan
– Window for entering/submitting your plan is
July 15 – July 31, 2014
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Where did you find data?
• Convene a district team
• Complete a needs assessment
• Identify priority areas of professional development
for individuals/schools/county based on:
• Data from individual professional evaluations
• Needs of teachers/administrators from self-assessments
• Student learning data from multiple measures including
Formative Assessments
• Needs of beginning educators
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Template
• The new template will allow for full online
submission
• You will receive an email verifying receipt of
your plan
• You will receive an email when your plan is
approved/not approved
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Reflect and Share
What data did you analyze to determine district
professional development, trainings, and support?
Identify strengths and weaknesses as determined by
the educator evaluation system and explain how
these findings guided your professional development
plan.
Component 1
Support for Beginning Teachers
Beginning
Teacher
Support
Beginning
Teachers
(0-2 years)
Action Steps
1.
2.
3.
Responsible
Persons/Job
Titles
Funding
Source/
Projected
Amount
Evidence of
Impact
**Check Boxes
Totals:
1.
2.
3.
Component 2
Support for Experienced Teachers
Action Steps
Support for
Experienced
Teachers
(3+ years)
1.
2.
3.
Responsible
Persons/Job
Titles
Funding Source/ Evidence
Projected
of Impact
Amount
**Check Boxes
Total
1.
2.
3.
Component 3
Support for Student Teachers
Action Steps
Support for
Student
Teachers
1.
2.
3.
Responsible
Persons/Job
Titles
Funding
Source/
Projected
Amount
Evidence of
Impact
**Check Boxes 1.
2.
Funding
3.
Component 4
Support for Other Staff
Action Steps
Support for
other Staff
1.
2.
3.
Responsible
Persons/Job
Titles
Funding
Source/
Projected
Amount
Evidence of
Impact
**Check Boxes
1.
2.
3.
Total
Component 5
Meeting Highly Qualified
Teacher Compliance
Action Steps
Meeting
Highly
Qualified
Teacher
Compliance
1.
2.
3.
Responsible
Persons/Job
Titles
Funding
Source/
Projected
Amount
Evidence of
Impact
**Check Boxes
1.
2.
3.
Total
Reflect and Share
• How does your district provide strong, school
based support to beginning teachers?
• How does your district provide strong, school
based support to emerging/struggling teachers?
• How does your district use data from the
evaluation system to determine PD for the
district, schools and individuals?
• How does your district create a productive
learning experience for student teachers?
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Reflect and Share
(these are the two new components)
• How does your district. . .
o provide strong, school based support to
Other Educators (counselors, academic
coaches, administrators, etc.)?
o meet highly qualified teacher compliance
status?
Resources and Support
• Everything regarding WVSIPP will eventually
be moved to the website for the
Office of Professional Preparation
• Links to WVSIPP will be found on the web
sites for the Office of School Improvement
and the Office of Federal Programs
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Reminder:
Window for submitting plan will be
from July 15 through July 31, 2014
Questions?