Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

TO:
TPS Principals
SUBJECT LINE: Value-Added Report Access and Resources
DATE: 10/06/11
Principals,
Thank you for attending the training yesterday, designed to prepare you to share results with teachers on October 20. 1 In addition to
viewing your 2010–2011 school-level value-added results, you should now be prepared to provide professional development on the
topic of value-added to teachers, share school-level results with teachers and help teachers know how to respond to their own data.
At the training, you received a wrist-band flash drive with the following materials:
Principal Facilitation Guide
Video Message from Dr. Ballard
An e-learning series of videos, focused on value-added, with supporting PowerPoint files and PDFs with talking points, including the
topics:
• Introduction to Value-Added Measures
• The Oak Tree Analogy
• Interpreting Value-Added Reports
Making Meaning Guides for both Elementary/Middle Schools and High Schools
Additional Materials, including:
• An article, authored by Jim Mahoney, Executive Director, Battelle for Kids, focusing on multiple measures, entitled, Home
Runs, RBIs and Batting Averages—How Today’s Educators Measure Up.
• A whitepaper, exploring the challenges and opportunities of defining “great” teaching, entitled, Why Are Some Teachers
More Effective Than Others?
Additional Value-Added Resources, including:
• Report Access Instructions*
• Reflective Questions
• Exit Ticket
• Frequently Asked Questions
• A Value-Added Overview
In addition to yesterday’s training, and ongoing discussion of value-added analysis in the district, this e-toolkit will support your
discussions with teachers later this month. If you have additional questions about your reports, or how to access information, please
visit the TPS Student Progress Portal (www.battelleforkids.org/Tulsa) or email valueadded@tulsaschools.org.
Sincerely,
The Office of Teacher and Leader Effectiveness
*Report Access Instructions are attached to this email and have been updated as of 10/06/11. Please disregard the file on the
flash drive.
1 As indicated in previous communications, schools in the McLain and Rogers feeder patterns will provide this value added training
to their teachers in two staff meeting sessions in October (ex: 10/10 and 10/17; or 10/17 and 10/24)—dividing the training into two
parts. If you are a principal of a school within the McLain and Rogers feeder pattern, please wait until the second session of your
training to provide teachers with their school’s value added report, as all other schools in the District will be distributing school-level
value added reports on the 20 th of October.