1. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop May 9, 2007 St. Petersburg, FL 1:30 – 2:20 pm Concurrent Session Developing a Teacher Pipeline Data Warehouse Tod R. Massa Director, Policy Research & Data Warehousing State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

2. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Origins of VITAL Need for improved data – Stepping Up to the Plate… Virginia’s Commitment to a Quality Teacher in Every Classroom” Deficiencies in Teacher Preparation Data Collection: Fragmented agency responsibility for data collections Lack of personal identifiers Different schedules of data collection No standard data definitions

3. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Origins of VITAL Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant from USDOE “a data-collection system to provide credible and reliable information on teacher and teaching quality indicators.” imply ways of affecting teacher retention and effectiveness assess the supply of potential teachers aid in predicting and responding to shortage areas support research efforts to enhance teacher education programs.

4. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Origins of VITAL The project funded by the TQE grant, TEAL, had two parts: TEAL I is an automated teacher licensure system at VDOE TEAL II is the “comprehensive data system” called for in “Stepping up to the Plate…” at SCHEV

5. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Origins of VITAL TEAL II (renamed VITAL at the end of the grant) was developed by a committee representing the Teacher Preparation faculty at many Virginia colleges and universities with technical assistance and guidance from SCHEV, VDOE, and the principal contractor, HigherEd.org. VITAL has four Components: 1.Teacher Pipeline Application 2.Teacher Outcomes (Surveys) 3.School and Environment Descriptors 4.Reports and Analysis Components VITAL is truly a collaboration of which all the involved institutions have taken ownership.

6. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL – Teacher Pipeline Student Entry Data Continuing Student Data End of Program Student Data SDW

7. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL - Outcomes Student Entry Data Continuing Student Data End of Program Student Data SDW Expectations Experiences/ Changes in Expectations Outcomes/Plans Program Description

8. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL - School and Environment Descriptors CCD Qualitative Data on Schools Pipeline & Outcomes TEAL I Econ/Demog

9. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL - Conceptual Map TEAL I Unified Reporting and Analysis SDW VEC/Econ Qualitative Data on Schools Student Entry Data Continuing Student Data End of Program Student Data Expectations Experiences/ Changes in Expectations Outcomes/Plans Program Descriptions CCD

10. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Employment Program Description Licensure & School Employment Follow-up Surveys Candidate Enrollment School Working Conditions Learner Performance Prep Programs K-12 Schools Accountability Accreditation Policy Research DATA USES Virginia Improves Teaching and Learning

11. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2006State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL – For more information http://research.schev.edu/teal2 Or Contact: Robert A. Lapsley, VITAL Project Director State Council of Higher Education for Virginia James Monroe Building 101 North Fourteenth Street, 10th Floor Richmond, VA 23219 PH:804.225.2753 FAX:804.225.2604 robertlapsley@schev.edu robertlapsley@schev.edu