TEACHING STRATEGIES (TS)
GOLD SAL TRAINING
2014-2015
What Will Be Covered
• Role of the SAL
• Why TS Gold – CAP4K
• State Windows & Deadlines
• Training Requirements & Opportunities
• SPF
• Proficiency bands
• Reports
• Resources
• Website/App overview
Housekeeping
• Please sign-in
• TS Gold accounts
• Agenda
• Handouts
• Rosters!
• Data Privacy
Data Privacy
• DPS is committed to protecting student data
• TS Gold is an approved vendor and DPS has negotiated a
contract that includes FERPA-compliant language.
• Be mindful when sharing student data
• how you share it
• who you share it with
• Never share your password!
• More information: http://www.dpsk12.org/studentdataprivacy/
Role of the Site Assessment Leader (SAL)
Assume an assessment leadership role at the school
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Serve as the primary contact for the ARE Department.
Represent the school at required in-services.
Meet regularly with the principal and teachers (e.g., individually, grade level teams, departments, data teams etc.) about assessment to
provide them information about assessment requirements and the use of assessment results.
As required, keep records of staff attendance at assessment in-services.
Communicate assessment information with school and district staff
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Provide training for teachers about the procedures for administering assessments, keeping test materials secure, and preparing
materials for return.
Share pertinent information regarding assessment with school personnel regularly at faculty meetings.
Communicate and demonstrate ethical testing procedures.
Report all testing irregularities to your principal and designated central staff.
Recognize that violations of testing guidelines can result in serious consequences for the student, test administrator, and/or school and
act proactively to prevent them.
Use all available sources of information in role as SAL
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Check district email at least once a day.
Work with your office staff to notify you of assessment deliveries to avoid lost items
Know your mail pick-up and delivery days in the week in order to meet assessment pick-up deadlines
Verify access to the school’s electronic folder and distribute information to staff as needed.
Access and use the ARE website for updated information and distribute to staff as needed
Be familiar with all aspects of federal, state, and district tests, including
Coordinate the administration of federal, state, and required district assessments
Why TS Gold?
Senate Bill 08‐212, Colorado’s Achievement Plan for Kids
(CAP4K):
• passed in 2008 with the goal of aligning Colorado’s preschool
through postsecondary education system
• includes provisions related to school readiness
• school readiness describes the status and ongoing progress a child
makes within the domains of physical well‐being and motor
development, social and emotional development, language and
comprehension development, and cognition and general
knowledge
• information gathered from school readiness assessments is to be
used for supportive and instructional purposes and cannot be used
to deny a student admission or progression to kindergarten or first
grade
Why TS Gold?
CAP4K Requirements:
• Beginning in the fall of 2013, local education providers are
required to ensure all children in publicly‐funded
preschool or kindergarten receive an individual school
readiness plan.
• Local education providers must administer the school
readiness assessment to each student in kindergarten.
• The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is advising
districts to phase‐in this provision of CAP4K in either the
2013‐14 or 2014‐15 school year.
Why TS Gold?
CAP4K Requirements:
• In approving school readiness assessments, CAP4K
directs the State Board of Education to consider
assessments that are research‐based, recognized
nationwide as reliable instruments for measuring school
readiness; and suitable for determining the instruction and
interventions students need to improve their readiness to
succeed in school.
• The first approved assessment tool for the menu is
Teaching Strategies GOLD.
• More information can be found on the CDE website at
http://www.cde.state.co.us/schoolreadiness
State “Windows” & Checkpoint Deadlines
FALL
Observe & document: August 26 – October 20
Make final determinations (observation & documentation continue):
October 20 – October 27
Checkpoint decisions finalized online: October 27, 2014
WINTER
Observe & document: October 28 – January 26
Make final determinations (observation & documentation continue):
January 26 - February 2
Checkpoint decisions finalized online: February 2
SPRING
Observe & document: February 3 – May 4
Make final determinations (observation & documentation continue):
May 4 – May 11
Checkpoint decisions finalized online: May 11
Teacher Training: Required
1) Teaching Strategies GOLD® Basic Course (online)
Module 1: Introducing Teaching Strategies GOLD®
Module 2: Looking Closer: Teaching Strategies GOLD®
Module 3: The Assessment Cycle
Module 4: Exploring the Features of TS GOLD® Online
Completion due date: December 19, 2014
• Each module is interactive, taking you through a guided, self-paced learning experience. You
will type in individual reflections, view video clips, and complete short activities and quizzes.
• We recommend that you complete the modules in order from Module 1 to Module 4, but you
can choose to view any module in any order. You must complete all 4 modules to receive a
certificate of completion.
• The modules do not save your answers, and there is no scoring for correct answers. If you
close the module and return at a later time, you will not see your answers from a previous
session.
• Each interactive module includes audio. You will need speakers or headphones to hear the
audio. A transcript of the audio can be viewed under the Transcript tab.
**A clickpath on how to access this training can be found on the ARE TS Gold webpage.
Teacher Training: Required
2) Teaching Strategies GOLD® ‐ Inter Rater Reliability Certification
(online)
Completion due date: January 15, 2015
• Interrater reliability is the extent to which the ratings assigned by two
or more individuals (observers/raters) agree. It addresses the
consistency with which a rating system is used by multiple persons.
• Being awarded Teaching Strategies interrater reliability certification
means that your ratings of children’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors
agree (within an acceptable range) with the ratings determined by
Teaching Strategies GOLD® developers.
• To be awarded interrater reliability certification, at least 80 percent of
your ratings in each of six areas of development and learning must
agree with the master ratings (within the acceptable range of ±1).
Teacher Training: Optional
3) Facilitated trainings (Led by Early Ed Coordinators)
Basic Course Modules
• October 20 (TBD)
Documentation training
• October 21
• January 5
• February 17
• April 13
4) App training…coming soon!
TS Gold Assessment
What is TS Gold?
• Authentic, observational assessment system for children from birth to kindergarten (1 st grade
is coming soon)
• Shows what children can do as well as their strengths, needs, and interests. With this
information you can scaffold children’s learning
• Collects evidence of children’s knowledge, skills and behaviors during meaningful everyday
experiences
• Inclusive of children with disabilities, children who are developing typically, and children who
are above expectations
• Fully aligned to the Common Core (crosswalk posted on ARE TS Gold webpage)
• Designed with early childhood teachers and caregivers in mind
• Based in the latest research and proven valid and reliable
• Available in English & Spanish
• Formative (preliminary data) AND summative (checkpoint data)
What is TS Gold?
Primary Purpose:
• Observe and document children’s development and learning
over time
• Plan instruction and scaffold children’s learning
• Identify children who might benefit from special help, screening
or further evaluation
• Report and communicate with family members and others
• The information obtained should be used as just one part of a
larger system of collecting data for decision making
What is TS Gold?
• Covers 10 Areas of Learning
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Social-Emotional
Physical
Language
Cognitive
Literacy
Mathematics
Science and Technology
Social Studies
The Arts
English Language Acquisition
• 38 Objectives (a statement of expectations of knowledge, skills,
and behaviors)
• 21 Dimensions (specific aspect or subskill of an objective)
What is TS Gold?
Areas of Learning
• Literacy
Objective
• 15: Demonstrates phonological awareness
Dimensions
• 15a: Notices and discriminates rhyme
Is it objective?
• When teachers and staff members use the tool with
fidelity and collect appropriate documentation within each
dimension of learning, it is an objective measure of
student growth
Who is assessed?
A minimum of 5 students in each kindergarten classroom
must be assessed. ECE will continue to assess all
students.
Whenever possible the 5 students should be:
• 3 students with historical data
• 2 students new to DPS or TS Gold
• 1 student perceived to be above grade level
• 1 student perceived to be at grade level
• 1 student perceived to be below grade level
• 1 Student classified as an ELL and/or having an IEP
Documentation & Preliminary Data
• Documentation should be ongoing and uploaded in a continuous, timely manner,
and preliminary data should be entered for each child on a weekly basis.
• Preliminary data will help guide instruction. Without preliminary data, you can’t
gain any formative information. THINK: SLOs
• ECE: A minimum of 1 piece of documentation is required for each objective and
dimension per child at each checkpoint. The more documentation you have, the
better!
• Kinder: A minimum of 1 piece of documentation is required for each objective
and dimension (1-23 only) per child at each checkpoint. The more documentation
you have, the better!
• The Documentation Rubric guides teachers on documentation that meets
expectations. (posted on ARE TS Gold webpage)
• Do NOT wait until the week before the checkpoint to upload documentation!
Documentation & Preliminary Data
Documentation includes:
• observation notes
• photos
• video clips
• audio clips
• scanned work
• on-the-spot checklists
• assessment opportunity cards
**Use the TS Gold App to make documentation easier!
**Documentation trainings will be offered throughout the year!
Proficiency Levels
SPF
• 2014-2015 TS Gold KINDER data will NOT be included in
the SPF for any schools.
• Early Ed Centers will continue to use ECE data for the
Early Ed SPF.
TS Gold Online
Home page
http://teachingstrategies.com/
Home page
http://teachingstrategies.com/
Finding Classes/Students
TS Gold Documentation App
Download the App:
• Open the App Store icon on your iPad or iPhone
• Search for “GOLD Documentation”
• Download the app to your device—it’s free!
• All you need is an Apple ID and password.
**A more detailed guide on how to use the app can be
found on the ARE TS Gold site.
Reports
Finding Reports
Recommended Reports
For Family Communication:
• Family Conference Form
• Development & Learning Report
Advantages:
• Family-friendly language
• Concise
• Allows teachers to focus on child strengths and specific next steps
Recommended Reports: Family Conference
• Narrative summary
for families
• Highlights students
strengths & areas
of support
Recommended Reports: Development & Learning
• Provides
recommended
activities to
promote the next
level of growth
• Can be shared with
families
• Some districts use
this as a report
card
Recommended Reports
For data team discussions & planning for differentiation:
• Class Profile Report
• Individual Child Report
• Snapshot Report
Advantages:
• Easy to generate at any point during the year
• Visual representation of color-bands and widely-held expectations
Recommended Reports: Class Profile
• Groups students
for differentiation
Recommended Reports: Individual Child
• Compares data
from checkpoint to
checkpoint
• Some districts use
this as a report
card
Recommended Reports: Snapshot
• Shows outcomes
data at any given
time
Recommended Reports: Individual Learning Plan
NEW!
A new Individual Learning Plan has been added for Colorado users. This plan
meets the CPP requirements for an Individual Learning Plan as well as the
CAP4K requirement that every state funded preschooler have an Individual
School Readiness Plan.
**More information coming soon
Resources
TS Gold Resources: ARE Site & Email
http://testing.dpsk12.org/resources/tsgold.html
tsgold@dpsk12.org
TS Gold Resources
TS Gold Resources
TS Gold Resources
TS Gold Tech Support:
• Phone: 866-736-5913
• Email: techsupport@teachingstrategies.com
• Hours:
• Monday-Thursday: 6:00am-5:00pm MST
• Friday: 6:00am-4:00pm MST
What’s Next
What’s Next
What to do next:
• Make sure all of your teachers have a TS Gold log-in and have
downloaded the app (if they have an ipad mini)
• Present this training to your ECE and kindergarten teachers.
Things to highlight:
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Training opportunities and deadlines
The importance of preliminary data and documentation requirements
State checkpoint deadlines
Resources
• ARE and the Early Ed Coordinators will send updates on training
completion, documentation and other important information
including deadline reminders and new/upcoming training
opportunities
Tool Overview