Statewide Training Scheduled for New Teacher Mentors

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Plans for Sunsetting the C-Plan & Understanding the New CASA

A Note From David Tilly, Deputy Director Iowa Department of Education

The current accountability application, C-Plan, will sunset after this
school year. SINA/DINA plans will remain available for
districts/schools as they continue to work their plans next school
year.

A new application, Consolidated Accountability and Support Application
(CASA), will support school improvement and reporting tasks. CASA will
house Comprehensive School Improvement Plans (CSIPs), LAU Plans,
Mentoring Plans, etc.

Annual Progress Reports (APRs) will not be submitted to the state
through CASA in 2016-17. Districts will report directly to their
communities as the Department of Education works through the Every
Student Succeeds Act reporting requirements for 2017-18.

A webinar detailing the content of CASA will be presented May 18 from
9:30 to 11:00 a.m. A link to the webinar can be found @ the Iowa Department of Educations website-->Programs A-Z-->Differentiated Accountability-->Webinars-->Upcoming Webinars
 

FAST: 10 Myths in 10 Minutes

I feel like I'm overloading my blog posts today, but I have the great opportunity to share some awesome information that is being shared at this week's Differentiated Accountability pilot visit.  Check out these 10 Myths about FAST!

Mentoring and Induction Plans due September 2016

In September of 2016, all Iowa districts will be required to submit a plan for their Mentoring and Induction Program for beginning teachers in connection with the rollout of the Consolidated Accountability System Application (CASA). 

Need additional assistance in merging your current Mentoring and Induction plan with your TLC plan?  Click here.  Another GREAT resource for this work is the Iowa Department of Educations Beginning Teacher Mentoring and Induction Program Technical Assistance for Plan Revision

Stay tuned for further details.   

Building Your Comprehensive Assessment System

As we continue to travel and learn more on the statewide Differentiated Accountability pilot visits, I'm reminded of the critical need for schools to examine their Comprehensive Assessment Systems.  What do I mean?  A Comprehensive Assessment System is:

• An effective assessment system contains several different, but related types of information.  Each is valuable in making data-informed decisions.
• An efficient assessment system has infrastructure in place to ensure the timely and accurate collection of information.
• An efficient assessment system relies upon established collaborative structures and processes to utilize these data for both student level and system level decision making.

 Interested in digging into this work at a deeper level?  Click here for the Assessment System Facilitation Guide


*This information was taken from statewide Differentiated Accountability tools.

A New Mentoring and Induction Requirement for 2016-2017