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1 Strive Principal/Campus Appraiser Training Flow How to Use Learning Resources Strive Training Tools We are providing these documents and videos for you to use to train your staff on using Strive. Feel free to customize these in any way you need to provide quality professional development for your staff. If you have your own LMS, feel free to use the resources to build PD training for your district. You can also access all the logos and colors used by Eduphoria in our online branding guide. We want to provide you with the best resources to accommodate all the training you need for your district. If you would like onsite or webinar training for your district, contact to have a trainer schedule this with you. Training Flow Strive is about the growth process involving appraisal and professional growth. A key to starting out the training is to emphasize how evaluation systems have evolved from compliance and check-boxes to building goals and actions for professional growth. Strive focuses on the learning and doing actions necessary for goal completion. Professional growth provides the specific learning moments within the entirety of the goal process. Strive is the place where educators and administrators go to plan and collaborate on their professional learning. I. Navigating the Campus Dashboard a. Navigation menu (left) b. Notification Bar (top) c. Filtering & Sorting (right) II. Using Staff Cards a. Viewable content on a Staff Card b. Viewing Appraiser Assigned c. Viewing & changing appraisal type d. Walkthrough Timeline e. Starting a New Evaluation from the Staff Card f. Viewing staff Goals, Evaluation docs, and Professional Development g. Start a New Evaluation from the Evaluation tab for the staff member

2 Strive Principal/Campus Appraiser Training Flow III. T-PESS a. Introduction to balanced leadership and collaborative improvement (Texas districts may want to review TEA T-PESS materials). b. T-PESS Goal Setting i. Completing required documents ii. Viewing walkthrough, observation or summative forms iii. Submitting evidence/attachments related to evaluation documents iv. Messaging your appraiser about your evaluations v. Signing an evaluation form to mark viewed c. Viewing Evaluations i. Completing required documents ii. Viewing walkthrough, observation or summative forms iii. Submitting evidence/attachments related to evaluation documents iv. Messaging your appraiser about your evaluations v. Signing an evaluation form to mark viewed d. Accessing Professional Development i. Viewing your professional development portfolio ii. Searching for professional development courses iii. Registering for professional development courses iv. Requesting credit for outside credits v. Completing surveys IV. SLO Student Learning Objectives & Student Growth coming soon a districts have option to pilot this at select campuses b. Connection with Aware for the Student Portfolio in Strive c. Referred to in Strive as Student Learning Objective (SLO) or Portfolio d. District SLO templates e. Modifying templates f. Creating templates g. Connecting to Aware data h. Attaching student work to portfolio items Your feedback is welcome! Thoughts, ideas, comments and feedback welcome regarding training materials provided for Strive training. This is a new idea for Eduphoria to provide this type of resource to districts to implement. Your feedback is welcome! Please complete this online form if you would like to provide feedback into the development of future online training resources.

3 Strive Principal/Campus Appraiser Training Flow

4 Strive Training: The Campus Dashboard When an appraiser logs in to Strive, the first view they will see is the Campus Dashboard. In this view, an administrator can view information about the campus such as their appraisees, notifications about pending tasks, evaluation types and create evaluation documents from the individual staff cards. The left navigation bar will remain with you as you access the tab elements. Personal View takes you to your personal goal setting, evaluations, and professional development access. Campus View is the main dashboard for viewing appraisal staff assigned to you. Appraisal Settings takes you to settings and documents if assigned rights to manage these/ Appraisal Reports provides access to the reports provided in Appraise. Help will link you directly to the Strive training articles provide by Eduphoria. Change Applications takes you to the main Eduphoria login screen to switch to other Eduphoria applications such as HelpDesk, Forethought, Aware, etc. Log Out will log you out of your Eduphoria account.

5 Strive Training: The Campus Dashboard Notification Toolbar: Across the top of this window is the Notification Toolbar and it will contain information regarding tasks to be completed for the campus selected. Notification types include: Goals pending approval Staff with unsubmitted goals Walkthroughs completed last week Pending credit requests Incomplete observations Simply click on any notification box to access the items in the notification group and the menu bars associated with completing the tasks. Managing Multiple Campuses Select the Campus Selection menu on the top right of the screen to choose assigned campuses.

6 Strive Training: The Campus Dashboard Filters & Sorting: Filtering allows quick views of how many staff are assigned to which appraisers. Clicking on listed appraisers will show the staff assigned to that appraiser for a view of the individual progress in the evaluation progress. Sorting tools allow for quick filtering to find specific staff by alphabetical, walkthroughs completed low/high and by appraisee type. Staff Cards: These are the profile views of staff associated with the appraisal process. Each card provides: the name of their appraiser a photo or initials of the staff member their appraisee type walkthrough timeline

7 Strive Training: Notification Toolbar Notification Toolbar: Across the top of the Campus Dashboard is the Notification Toolbar and it will contain information regarding tasks to be completed for the campus selected. Notification types include: Goals pending approval Staff with unsubmitted goals Walkthroughs completed last week Pending credit requests Incomplete observations Simply click on any notification box to access the items in the notification group and the menu bars associated with completing the tasks. To return to the Campus Dashboard, click the Campus View icon on the sidebar.

8 Strive Training: Staff Cards Staff cards are the profile views of staff tied to specific appraisers and viewable in the Campus View for a quick glance of the appraisal process. The staff card includes a photo or initials of the staff member, their appraisal type, as well as a timeline of walkthrough progress. The name in the top left corner indicates the Appraiser Assigned to the staff member. The Appraisal Type is indicated below the staff member s name. This can be changed by clicking on the Appraise Type and using the menu options to choose a different appraisal type.

9 Strive Training: Staff Cards The Walkthrough Timeline shows information for the past 5 months with dash indicators showing the last documented walkthrough on this view. To start a New Evaluation, click the + icon on the top right of the staff card and complete the form to select the evaluation form, title the classroom, select the date, and select the start and end time. To access the staff member s goals and professional development information, click on their photo or initials in the center of the Staff Card.

10 Strive Training: Start an Appraisal To start a New Appraisal click the + icon on the top right of the staff card and complete the information to begin the evaluation document. Click the Template blank to select the document from a menu. Click the Create Evaluation button when the information is filled in on the form. The new evaluation form will open to allow you to complete the information. The top menu bar provides options for Close, Save, Delete, Let Staff View, and Show Scripted Comments. You can also click the New Evaluation button on a staff member s Evaluation Tab when viewing their card from the Campus View.

11 Strive Training: TPESS Manage Goals Principals can manage their own Goals, Evaluations, and Professional Development for T-PESS. On the navigation menu, click the Personal View button on the navigation bar. Click the Goals tab. Goal Icon Indicators Next to each goal is an icon colored to match the status of the goal. A gray icon means the goal is in edit mode and has not been submitted for approval. A gold icon means the goal has been submitted and is waiting for approval. A blue icon means the goal has been approved and is on target for completion. A green icon means the goal has been completed. Add a New Goal Click the + button on the timeline bar.

12 Strive Training: TPESS Manage Goals In the New Goal window: Enter your New Goal Select the Indicators from the list provided Click the Add an Action button to add actions. An Additional Action button will appear after entering an initial action. Add dates for when each action item will be completed. Choose the Date for when the entire goal will be completed. Click the Save button. Copy an Existing Goal Click on an existing goal in your Goal list to access the menu bar. Choose Copy to New Goal. Make changes to the goal, standards, and actions. Select from the menu bar: Close, Save, Delete, Copy to New Goal, or Submit for Approval.

13 Strive Training: TPESS Evaluations Principals can manage their own Goals, Evaluations, and Professional Development for T-PESS. On the navigation menu, click the Personal View button on the navigation bar. Click the Evaluations tab. Click on an evaluation from the list. After viewing the evaluation information, choose the option to Close from the menu bar.

14 Strive Training: TPESS PD Principals can manage their own Goals, Evaluations, and Professional Development for T-PESS. On the navigation menu, click the Personal View button on the navigation bar. Click the Professional Development tab. Register for a Course In the top section, you can view Enrolled Courses which will list courses you are already enrolled in. Below this is the list of Available Courses with filtering and search tools to find specific courses you can enroll in. Use the Filter to sort by Credit Types and/or Categories. Click the Register button to enroll and add the course to your Enrolled Courses list at the top of the page.