Using PVAAS as a Teacher Leader

The power in PVAAS comes from using key PVAAS reports to inform the work you do every day as a teacher leader. This includes providing instructional leadership at the school and subject levels, planning professional learning, identifying levels of risk for individual and groups of students, and providing guidance and support to individual teachers. This page offers resources specific to a teacher leader’s purpose in using PVAAS.

Getting Started

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

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

Provide Instructional Leadership at School & Subject Levels

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to provide instructional leadership at the school level.

• Customizing Course Selections to Ensure the Right Fit for Every Student (YouTube)
  
• Dig Deep to Improve Your Practice & Action Plans Webinar (YouTube)
  
• Getting Real User Conversation: Integrating Data (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Making Gains with High Achieving Groups of Students (YouTube)
• Integrating PVAAS Data With Other Data (YouTube)
• Secondary Scheduling: Using Data to Determine Need (YouTube)

Plan Professional Learning

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

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

Identify Levels of Risk of Individual & Subgroups/Cohorts of Students

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to identify students' levels of risk.

• Connecting PVAAS to Student-Centered Goals (YouTube)
• Getting Real User Conversation: Scheduling Students & Preparing for College/Career Conversations (YouTube)
• Using Multiple Data Points to Inform Keystone Retesting Decisions (YouTube)

Provide Guidance & Support to Individual Teachers

These resources offer information on how to use PVAAS to provide guidance and support to teachers in your school.

• No Data Tool Stands Alone: The Friendship Between PVAAS and CDT (YouTube)
  
• Teacher Self-Reflection Guide (PDF)
  
• Setting Classroom Growth Goals and Priorities with PVAAS (YouTube)
• Teachers Monitoring Student Progress Mid-Year –Elementary Focus (YouTube)
• Teachers Monitoring Student Progress Mid-Year –Secondary Focus (YouTube)
• Using PVAAS as a Recipe for Success Video (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.