School System Improvement (SSI) Project Online Portal Training School System Improvement (SSI) Project Online Portal Training Portal Training for the Danielson Observer 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 Home Page

SSI Project Home Page ssiproject.rutgers.edu Once there, click on the TIF link.

SSI Project Home Page Teacher Incentive Fund Login Log into the portal using your school address. On your first login, use the password: ssi2014 Make sure to change your password afterwards. * You may also use the “Forgot your password” link to reset your password. You will receive an with a link, please follow the instructions in the to reset your password if you choose to.

Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page Welcome to the SSI Project Portal!Once you log in, you will have three options:Update your Profile InformationEnter or review CSS ObservationsEnter or review Danielson Observations Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page

Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) The focus of this training is on the Danielson Framework For Teaching (DFFT) for Observers The DFFT- Observer Form contains 4 Domains and 22 components Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Domain 3: Instruction Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities Observation Requirements Each DFFT Observation must be at minimum 30 minutes in length Perform the DFFT simultaneously with the Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) For example, fill out the Danielson Framework for Teaching and the CSS Observer Form together during an observation The DFFT and CSS must be used together for each formal direct classroom observation you perform with your teachers

Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) Observation and Portal Procedure Take notes on the DFFT during the observation and fill out the CSS After each observation, visit the SSI Portal and access the DFFT platform Enter your DFFT evidence into the SSI Portal Rate each component based on the evidence you collected Rate each Domain based on your component scores Rate the overall effectiveness determination for the lesson according to the DFFT Enter scores for the Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) and 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 Page Create New CSS Observation To create a new DFFT observation, click on Create New Danielson Observation. Let’s create a new Danielson Observation Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page Create New Danielson Observation

Create New Danielson Observation Fill out the required fields. Click Continue to begin logging evidence. Click Cancel to return to the TIF Home Page.

Enter Evidence for DFFT Components Enter text in the evidence column and check the corresponding component(s) in the right column. Click on Submit Evidence to submit evidence (submitted evidence will appear at the bottom of the screen under the associated component(s)). Click Previous to return to the DFFT Observation page. Click Cancel to return to the TIF Home Page. Click on Enter Ratings to begin assigning scores for each component.

Evidence Log for DFFT Observation Click Previous to return to the DFFT Observation page. Click Cancel to return to the TIF Home Page. Click Enter Ratings to assign a score for each component.

Enter DFFT Ratings – Top of Screen Submitted Evidence Appears

Enter DFFT Ratings – Middle of Screen Assign DFFT Component Scores Click Submit Ratings after assigning a value of for each component.

Enter DFFT Ratings – Bottom of Screen Submit DFFT Component Scores

After submitting ratings, you will be brought back to the TIF Home Page. A message will appear to confirm your observation was successfully submitted. DFFT Observation Submission

Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page View All Danielson Drafts To view or edit incomplete Danielson observations, click on View All Danielson Drafts.

View All Danielson Drafts All submissions are arranged from the most recent to the earliest and continue on to subsequent pages. To edit an incomplete submission, click Edit Observation. To delete a submission, click Delete Observation.

Teacher Incentive Fund Home Page View All Danielson Submissions To view or edit completed Danielson observations, click on View All Danielson Submissions.

View All Danielson Submissions All submissions are arranged from the most recent to the earliest and continue on to subsequent pages. To edit a submission, click Edit Observation. To view a submission, click View Observation. To begin rating this particular observation using the CSS, click Start CSS.

View All Danielson Observation Data

SSI Project Portal What’s Next? Thank you for completing the SSI Portal Danielson Framework for Teaching- Observer Training. As new features of the portal become available, we will provide you with updates and subsequent training. Next, you may need to review the SSI Portal Trainings for the Classroom Strategies Scale (CSS) and any other direct classroom observation measure your school will be using to evaluate teachers. You can find these additional trainings in your portal access . If you need this resent to you, please contact us. You can also access these trainings via the Resources page on our project website: If you do not see a training for your direct classroom observation 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 Portal What’s Next? After completing all of the trainings, please visit the following link to confirm you have reviewed the SSI Project Portal Trainings: Please Click Here to Confirm Completed CSS Teacher Training If you have any questions you can contact us at: School System Improvement (SSI)Project Rutgers University 41 Gordon Rd., Suite C Piscataway, NJ