1. Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit I-CAT Training 12.21.10 Mike Bevelacqua mbevelacqua@gwaea.org mbevelacqua@gwaea.org Julie Foltz jfoltz@gwaea.org jfoltz@gwaea.org Some of the material in this presentation is covered under the Copyright Law, Title 17, U.S. Code

2. Phyllis Anderson GWAEA Iowa Core I-CAT Technical Contact panderson@gwaea.org panderson@gwaea.org Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

3. Ethernet Set Up Please turn off your wireless when connected via ethernet cable Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

5. Today's Outcomes Understand how I-CAT software will manage data to support the alignment process. Deepen understanding of alignment with the Iowa Core. Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

6. Success Criteria I can… prepare the I-CAT software for use in my district (administrative level). support teachers in their use of the I-CAT software (teacher level). generate reports from the I-CAT software. make an informed decision about my districts use of alignment data management tools. Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

13. Administrative Level Setup Firefox Log in and Change Password Setup Courses Select Participants (Teachers/Instructors) Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

14. http://www.gwaea.org/iowacorecurriculum/alignment.html Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

15. Break Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

16. Teacher LevelData Entry Open I-CAT software in Firefox web browser Log in and change password Select the "domain", "discipline", "course", and "grade span" from drop down menus Click "continue" Select "details" you teach (use squint test) Save (see "Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit Cheat Sheet" PINK) Continue with other domains and/or courses. Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

17. Data Displays Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

18. Think Pair Share How do you think you might use Data Displays with your staff? Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10

20. Before you leave... I-CAT tool is being expanded for future passes You can use multiple tools (Power School, I-CAT, other) Iowa Curriculum Alignment Toolkit (I-CAT) Training 12.21.10