School System Improvement (SSI) Project Online Portal Training

School System Improvement (SSI) Project Online Portal Training

Portal Training for the CSS Observer Form

Instructions:1)Use the left-mouse click, Enter key, Space Bar, or Keyboard arrows to move through the presentation.2)Click or press a key once to make text and animations appear. 3)Wait for animations to finish before clicking or pressing a key again. 4)After viewing the training, confirm online the SSI Portal Trainings you have completed.

Access the SSI Project Homepage

http://ssiproject.rutgers.edu

SSI Project Home Pagessiproject.rutgers.edu

Once there,

click on the TIF

link.

SSI Project Home Page Teacher Incentive Fund Login

Log into the portal using your school email address On your first login, use the password: ssi2014

Make sure to change your password afterwards

Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page

Welcome to the SSI Project Portal!Once you login, you will have three options:Update your Profile InformationEnter or review CSS ObservationsEnter or review Danielson Observations

Teacher Incentive Fund Home PageClassroom Strategies Scale (CSS)

The focus of this training is on the Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) for Observers

The CSS-Observer Form contains 3 parts•Part 1 Strategy Counts•Part 2 Instructional Strategies and Behavioral Management Strategies Rating Scales

• Under the Instructional Strategies Domain there are 5 Dimensions• Under the Behavioral Management Strategies Domain there are 4 Dimensions

•Part 3 Classroom Checklist

Observation Requirements•Each CSS Observation must be at minimum 30 minutes in length•Perform the CSS simultaneously with the other direct classroom observation measure your school has selected

• For example, your school also uses the Danielson Framework for Teaching. Fill out the CSS Observer Form and the Danielson Framework for Teaching together during an observation

•The CSS must be used for each formal direct classroom observation you perform with your teachers

Teacher Incentive Fund Home PageClassroom Strategies Scale (CSS)

Observation and Portal Procedure•Complete the Part 1 Strategy Counts and note taking during each observation•After each observation, visit the SSI Portal and access the CSS platform•Enter your final Part 1 Strategy Counts•Enter your Part 2 Instructional Strategies and Behavioral Management Strategies scores•Enter your Part 3 Classroom Checklist scores•Submit your observation information•View the CSS Observer Report•Enter your final effectiveness determination scores for each dimension of the CSS•Enter scores for any other direct classroom observation measures your school uses•Meet with your teacher to go over their observation and provide feedback

Teacher Incentive Fund Home PageCreate New CSS Observation

To create a new CSS

observation, click on

Create New CSS

Observation.

Let’s create a new Classroom

Strategies Scale (CSS) Observation

Fill out the required fields.

Scroll down the page to

complete Part 1, Part 2, and the Classroom

Checklist.

Click Cancel to return to the

TIF Home Page.

Create New CSS Observation

Part 1: Strategy Counts

Enter the total Individual frequency

counts for each strategy

Enter the total Group frequency counts for each

strategy

Part 2: Instructional Strategies

For each item, first record the Frequency Rating Then, record the Recommended Frequency for each item

Part 2: Instructional Strategies

For each item, first record the Frequency Rating Then, record the Recommended Frequency for each item

Part 3: Classroom Checklist Complete Checklist Items and click “save draft”

Check Yes or No if an item was observed

CSS Observation SubmissionSubmit Observation

After completing the CSS Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 forms, you have two options:• Click on Save Draft to save your work and finish it later• Click Submit Observation to generate the CSS Observer Report

CSS Observation Submission

You will be brought back to the SSI Portal home page

A message will appear and confirm your observation was successfully submitted

Teacher Incentive Fund Home PageView All CSS Drafts

To view all CSS drafts, click on View All CSS Drafts

• All submissions are arranged from the most recent to the earliest and continue on to subsequent pages

• To edit an incomplete submission, click on Edit (To delete, click delete)

View ALL CSS Drafts

“View CSS Observation”

Navigating the CSS Observer Report

Teacher Incentive Fund Home PageView All CSS Submissions

To view All CSS Submissions, click on View All CSS Submissions.

Submissions are arranged starting from the most

recent.

View All CSS Submissions

To edit a completed submission, click on Edit

Observation .

Click Back to return to the TIF Home Page

Submissions show each teacher’s name, and the

observer’s name

Click View Observation to enter effectiveness

ratings.

View Observation from Principal

After entering a CSS Observation, you will need

to complete the effectiveness determination

ratings.

Click on View Observation to

generate the CSS Observer Report

and complete your ratings

CSS Observer ReportBy clicking on View

Report, you will generate the CSS Observer Report

Information about the CSS Observation

Directions on how to complete the CSS Observer Report

effectiveness determination ratings

Use the CSS Scoring Rubric to complete your effectiveness

determination ratings

Generate a printable report

CSS Observer ReportCSS Stage 1 Strategy Counts

View CSS Observer Report for Part 1 Strategy Counts

Graph of Part 1 Frequency Counts

Overall totals of Part 1 Frequency

Counts

CSS Observer ReportCSS Dimension Specific Report

Graph for each CSS Dimension

Overall score for each

CSS Dimension

Item ratings for each Dimension

Enter Effectiveness Ratings for each

Dimension

View CSS Observer Report for Part 2 Rating

Scale Dimensions

CSS Observer ReportCSS Combined Dimension Report

View CSS Observer Report Part 2 for overall Domains

Overall scores for each CSS Dimension

in the Domain

Enter Effectiveness Rating for overall

Domain

Overall graph for each CSS Dimension

in the Domain

CSS Observer ReportCSS Classroom Checklist Report

View CSS Observer Report Part 3

Classroom Checklist

After reviewing all of the information

above, you will enter an overall

effectiveness determination rating for this observation.

Enter CSS Overall Effectiveness

Determination

Click Submit to finalize the ratings

SSI Project PortalWhat’s Next?

Thank you for completing the SSI Portal CSS Observer Training. As new features of the portal become available, we will provide you with updates and subsequent training.

Next, you will also need to review the SSI Portal Trainings for the other direct classroom observation measure your school will be using to evaluate teachers. For example, if your school is using the Danielson Framework for Teaching, please review this training.

You can find these additional trainings in your portal access email. If you need this email resent to you, please contact us.

You can also access these trainings via the Resources page on our project website:http://ssiproject.rutgers.edu/resources/

If you do not see a training for your direct classroom observational measure (e.g. Danielson, Stronge, McREL, Marshall, etc.) at this time, stay tuned. We are working very hard to add your information into our portal and will have this information available to you as soon as possible.

SSI Project PortalWhat’s Next?

After completing all of the trainings, please visit the following link to confirm you have reviewed the SSI Project Portal Trainings:

Click Here To Confirm Completed CSS Observer Portal Training

If you have any questions you can contact us at:

School System Improvement (SSI)ProjectRutgers University

41 Gordon Rd., Suite CPiscataway, NJ 08854

Email: rutgers.ssip@gmail.com