Using PVAAS as a School Leader

The power in PVAAS comes from using key PVAAS reports to inform the work you do every day as a school leader. This includes enhancing the professional growth of teachers, setting goals and priorities, planning professional learning, planning student programs and supports, and designing course offerings and a master schedule. This page offers resources specific to a school leader’s purpose in using PVAAS.

Getting Started

These resources offer information to assist you in getting started with using PVAAS data.

• School Leaders - Connect PVAAS Reports to Your Purposes (PDF)
  
• The PVAAS Super 7 - Get Ready for the Fall 2022 PVAAS Reporting Release! (YouTube)
• School Leaders: The Super 7 Steps to Prepare for PVAAS Data Release (PDF)
  
• Flowchart for School Leaders (PDF)
  
• Key Reports for School Leaders (PDF)
• Foundations to Understanding Using PVAAS Projections – For Admins (YouTube)
  
• PVAAS & PIMS Data: Quality In, Quality Out (YouTube)
• What Decisions? So, What Data – For School Leaders (YouTube)

Enhance Professional Growth of Teachers

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to support teachers and enhance their professional growth.

• Common PVAAS Questions from Teachers
  
• It Starts with One Good Conversation! Engaging Your K-12 Teachers across Content Areas to Promote Positive Student Outcomes (YouTube)
  
• Teacher Self-Reflection Guide (PDF)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Conferencing with Teachers (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Informing Walkthroughs and Observations (YouTube)
• It's Not Too Late to Use PVAAS to Adjust Your Plan! (YouTube)
• Setting Classroom Growth Goals and Priorities with PVAAS (YouTube)
• Supporting Teachers in Monitoring Student Progress – Elementary Focus (YouTube)
• Supporting Teachers in Monitoring Student Progress – Secondary Focus (YouTube)
• Using PVAAS as a Recipe for Success Video (YouTube)

Set Goals/Priorities

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to set school-wide goals and priorities.

• Keeping The End in Mind - Establishing Your Priorities and Goals to Focus Your Work (YouTube)
  
• Signposts on the Road to Recovery: Indicators for Your District/School (YouTube)
• Complete Guide to Using PVAAS to Set Growth Goals & Priorities (PDF)
• Educators in Action: Supporting Data in a Year of Change (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Setting Goals& Priorities (YouTube)
• Dig Deep to Improve Your Practice & Action Plans Webinar (YouTube)
• Ensure Equity & Access for ALL Students - Using PVAAS Growth of Student Groups to be "Future Ready" Webinar (YouTube)
• Establishing Meaningful Growth Goals & Priorities Webinar (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Integrating Data (YouTube)
• Integrating PVAAS Data With Other Data (YouTube)
• It's Not Too Late to Use PVAAS to Adjust Your Plan! (YouTube)

Plan Professional Learning

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to plan professional learning for your school staff.

• How to Use PVAAS to Plan Professional Learning (PDF)

Plan Student Programs & Supports

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to plan programs and supports for students in your school.

• A Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways (YouTube)
  
• What’s the Return? Evaluating and Reporting the Impact of Your Programs on Student Growth (YouTube)
  
• Customizing Course Selections to Ensure the Right Fit for Every Student (YouTube)
  
• No Data Tool Stands Alone: The Friendship Between PVAAS and CDT (YouTube)
  
• Connecting PVAAS to Student-Centered Goals (YouTube)
  
• Getting Real User Conversation: Making Gains with High Achieving Groups of Students (YouTube)
• It's Not Too Late to Use PVAAS to Adjust Your Plan! (YouTube)
• Using Multiple Data Points to Inform Keystone Retesting Decisions (YouTube)

Design Course Offerings & Master Schedule

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to design a master schedule and plan course offerings that meet the needs of all students.

• Master Schedules Informed by Students' Needs (YouTube)
  
• Success in Secondary Mathematics: Using Data to Inform a Systems Approach (Grades 6-12) (PDF)
  
• Getting Real User Conversation: Scheduling Students & Preparing for College/Career Conversations (YouTube)
• Lead with the Guide! A "How-To" Session for Using the Success in Secondary Math Guide Webinar (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Determining Master Schedules and Course Pathways (YouTube)
• Planning for Next Year; Beyond Past Practices to Effective Data Use – A Secondary Focus (YouTube)
• Secondary Scheduling: Using Data to Determine Need (YouTube)

Support and Assistance

For answers to questions regarding statewide support or professional learning, please contact the PVAAS Statewide Team via phone: 717-606-1911 or email: pdepvaas@iu13.org.