Using PVAAS as a Teacher

The power in PVAAS comes from using key PVAAS reports to inform the work you do every day as a teacher. This includes engaging in self-reflection, setting classroom goals and priorities, planning for individual students, providing differentiated instruction, and collaborating with school data team colleagues. This page offers resources specific to a teacher’s purpose in using PVAAS.

Getting Started

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

• Teachers - Connect PVAAS Reports to Your Purposes (PDF)
• Flowchart for Teachers (PDF)
• Foundations to Understanding Using PVAAS Projections – For Teachers (YouTube)
• What Decisions? So, What Data – For Teacher Leaders (YouTube)

Engage in Self-Reflection

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to engage in self-reflection towards professional growth.

• Teacher Self-Reflection Guide (PDF)
• Using PVAAS as a Recipe for Success Video (YouTube)

Set Classroom Goals & Priorities

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to set classroom goals and priorities.

• Setting Classroom Growth Goals and Priorities with PVAAS (YouTube)

Plan for Individual Students

These resources provide information on how to use PVAAS to identify students' levels of risk and plan for appropriate instruction and support.

• Customizing Course Selections to Ensure the Right Fit for Every Student (YouTube)
  
• Connecting PVAAS to Student-Centered Goals (YouTube)
  
• Secondary Scheduling: Using Data to Determine Need (YouTube)
• Using Multiple Data Points to Inform Keystone Retesting Decisions (YouTube)

Provide Differentiated Instruction

• No Data Tool Stands Alone: The Friendship Between PVAAS and CDT (YouTube)
  
• Getting Real User Conversation: Making Gains with High Achieving Groups of Students (YouTube)
• Teachers Monitoring Student Progress Mid-Year –Elementary Focus (YouTube)
• Teachers Monitoring Student Progress Mid-Year –Secondary Focus (YouTube)

Collaborate with School Data Team Colleagues

• Getting Real User Conversation: Scheduling Students & Preparing for College/Career Conversations (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.