WELCOME! Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener Training Fall 2015

WELCOME!Florida Kindergarten

Readiness Screener Training Fall 2015

Take Off, Touch DownSteps for the Strategy1. All participants are seated.2. Present a statement. Participants to whom the statement applies stand up (“Take Off”). Those to whom it does NOT apply remain seated.

-Take off if you work in the South Zone-Take off if you work in the East Zone-Take off if you work in the West Zone-Take off if you work at the Lee County Public Education Center-Take off if you work at a charter or private school-Take off if you had an AMAZING summer-Take off if this is your first time attending FLKRS training

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Testing Coordinators Website-FLKRS

http://accountability/tc/flkrs.html

Agenda• What is the Kindergarten Readiness Screener

(FLKRS)?• Schedule• Who to Test• Roles/Responsibilities• PMRN • Work Sampling System (WSS)

What is FLKRS?Kindergarten Readiness Screener for ALL first

time kindergarten studentsPurposes:• To inform instruction• To provide teachers and parents with useful

information about their child’s readiness for kindergarten

• To annually calculate a readiness rate for public and non-public school providers of the VPK Education Program

What is FLKRS?Work Sampling System (WSS) is the only component for 2015 administration!

– Observation and Documentation System– Five Domains

• Personal and Social Development• Language and Literacy• Mathematical Thinking• Scientific Thinking• Physical Development, Health, and Safety

– Total of 47 Skills observed during classroom activities

Documents Needed

• Each teacher will need to be provided the following documents to administer FLKRS:– FLKRS Administration Manual which this year

contains The Work Sampling System Developmental Guidelines for Kindergarten Readiness

• Manuals were already sent to schools

– Work Sampling System Developmental Checklist or Class Record Form (also in the Manual)

Assessment Schedule• Send Parent Letters Home

– Letters located on Testing Coordinators-FLKRS website

– Send ASAP/beginning of school – Available in English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole

• WSS Observations (Aug 24-October 5th)– Ratings recorded on Individual Student

Developmental Checklist or on Classroom Roster, transferred into PMRN by October 6th

Who to Test• All public school kindergarten students who enter

within the first 30 days of school except for retained students– Some ESE students with Potentially Limiting Physical

Conditions may not be able to be assessed on every benchmark but every student should be given the opportunity to participate

Responsibilities• School Principal

– Register School and assign users– Enter school schedule into PMRN

• Designee/Testing Coordinator– Verify PMRN Access for Teachers– Assign/Edit User Roles/Ensure test administrators have access to the

PMRN– Verify and Add Students/Create Classes– Train Teachers/Test Administrators on FLKRS and PMRN– Access Score Reports, utilize for guiding instruction– Distribute FLKRS materials to test administrators– Monitor the testing window to ensure test administrators record results

in PMRN by October 6th. WSS entry screen won’t be available after that date.

Responsibilities• Test Administrators (Teachers)

– Observe kindergarteners and document observations• Cannot screen students they taught in VPK

– Record student observations for the WSS benchmarks in the PMRN

– Share student results with parents during conferences, etc.

Rally Robin

Rally Robin with your should partner:

• What is FLKRS? • What is the purpose of FLKRS?• What materials does a teacher

need to administer FLKRS?• Where are the parent letters

located? • What are the responsibilities of

the Testing Coordinators for FLKRS?

Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN) v5

What is PMRN?The Progress Monitoring Reporting Network (PMRN) is the administrative application that is used to enter evaluation data for FLKRS.

Accessing the PMRN• You can access the PMRN through any of

these browsers. Technical specifications for PMRN are published on the Testing Coordinators-FLKRS website, if needed.

Accessing PMRN• Logging in via https://pmrn.fldoe.org

PublicSchools

PrivateSchools

• Click the Log In button

• You should be taken to the Lee County page to log in

• After logging, the PMRN Home Page will open

Accessing PMRN

If prompted to select an organization, use the drop down list to locate Lee County School District.

Accessing the PMRN• Once you have signed into the Single Sign-On Portal you should see the

PMRN link under the Resources & Assessments header– If the link is not available (grayed out) you will need to contact your principal

or the IEN helpdesk to check your user access

Accessing the PMRN• On the PMRN Home Page, click the PMRN button,

then read and agree to the FERPA statement by clicking the “I agree” button.

NOTE: Your PMRN Home Page may show more options depending upon your role

What is FERPA? The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

Round Robin

Round Robin--What is PMRN?-How do you access PMRN?-What is FERPA?

PMRN User Levels and

Roles/Responsibilities

School Administrator [Principal]

• Has access to all information for school in PMRN• Beginning of School Year Registration

– Register School• Specific Instructions were emailed to principals

– Enter School Assessment Calendar– Add and Remove Users (via district SSO updates)

• Teachers must be included in both district SSO and Survey 8 to have SSO/PMRN access and students assigned

• Other users must be in district SSO, then school assigns role

Setting Assessment Calendar

System accounts for weekends and Labor Day so they do not need to be entered. PMRN is not available to enter data on these days either.

RoshHashanah

First Day of Student

Instruction

30 Days of Instruction

Non-Instructional

Days

WSS Data Entry Close

Date

8/24/15 10/5/15 9/14/15 10/6/15

School Designee User[Testing Coordinator]

• Each school may only have one School Designee User• Responsible for day-to-day PMRN administration• User Abilities

– Update User Roles– Users no longer Added through PMRN – no “Add User”

button – must be done through district SSO– Add, Enroll, Remove, or Withdraw students– Create classes (if not done through Survey 8)– Receive official communications from PMRN

Standing Pair ShareStanding Pair Share with shoulder partner:

-What are the three PMRN responsibilities of the principal?-What day needs to be added as a non-instructional day?-What is ONE responsibility of a School Designee User (Testing Coordinator) in PMRN?

Managing Users and Students in PMRN

Wait until August 31st until you manage users and students in PMRN

Activating Users (Public)• Click Users tab.• Click on teacher’s name.• Enter teacher’s email.• In left column: Click

boxes to allow access levels.

• In right column: Click boxes to allow access to the PMRN.

• Click Submit.

Removing Users

• Click Users tab• Click on teacher’s

name• Uncheck the boxes in both columns• Click Submit

Removing Users

• Confirm that this is the teacher to be removed and click Continue

Adding Classes

• Click Classes/Periods tab• Click Add Class/Period button

Adding Classes

• Use drop-down menus to complete information.• Click Submit

Adding Students

• Click Class Summary tab • Click the name of the class • Click Add Student

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Adding Students• Search for the student in the PMRN by

entering the student’s 10-digit ID number, or first and last name and birthdate

• Click on Search

Adding Students• If the student is located in PMRN, select the radial button for

the student and click Next

• Select Enroll in Class

Adding Students• If the student is not located in PMRN, select the “I want to

enroll a new student” radial button and click Next

• Enter the student information and click Add

Reassigning Classes• Classes can be

reassigned for teachers who are no longer in the school

• Click Classes/Periods• Select Teacher and

period to reassign• Select current teacher• Click Submit

Removing Students from a Class

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• Click Classes/Periods• Select teacher and

period • Click Remove Student• Click in box next to

student’s name• Click Submit

Deleting Classes• In Classes/Periods tab, click Delete Class/Period

next to the teacher’s name and period (option available only if no students are enrolled in class)

Withdrawing Students from PMRN

• Click Students• Select Grade• Search by one of

three methods• Click in box next to

student’s name• Click Withdraw

Selected Student

Work Sampling System

(WSS) Observational Tool

WSS Basics• The heart of the Work Sampling System is

focused on ongoing evaluation where a student’s work is assessed repeatedly through– Guidelines and Checklists

– Teacher observations

– Work samples and other methods of documenting

• Repeated assessment allows the teacher to identify patterns of student learning. Each skill for WSS needs to be observed repeatedly to be rated as in-process or proficient.

WSS Basics• WSS uses actual student work as part of the

documentation for observation. Teachers can select samples of work that cover multiple indicators.

• Teachers may also take photos or video of students performing activities that show skills being observed, and annotate as documentation

• Emphasis is on documenting observation– Be careful to record fact not opinion

WSS Basics

WSS Basics• Five Domains

• Personal and Social Development• Language and Literacy• Mathematical Thinking• Scientific Thinking• Physical Development, Health, and Safety

• Under the domain of Mathematical Thinking, we can look at several Functional Components: • Processes and Practices• Number• Operations and Algebraic Thinking• Measurement• Geometry

WSS Basics

• Each functional component is composed of a set of performance indicators. In Processes and Practices, we see specific performance indicators: − Reasons quantitatively and begins to use some tools− Begins to recognize patterns and makes simple

generalizations.

• These would be the specific indicators for which the teacher will be observing and collecting evidence of the child’s performance

WSS Basics• The evidence collected may include teacher observations,

work samples, and possibly other sources of information like other school personnel

• Teacher will rate students based upon collected evidence (Not Yet, In Process, Proficient)

• Rating will need to be completed and entered into PMRN system within the first thirty days of school. Users will not be able to access and view WSS screens after the first 30 school days.

• WSS Reports will be available in late October or early November

Round Robin

Round Robin--What can teachers use to collect evidence for the WSS?-What are the five domains?-When do the ratings need to be completed and entered in PMRN?

Special Needs/ELL Students

• When using the Work Sampling System with students with special needs, it is permissible to modify the way you assess or how the student demonstrates the skills, but not the checklist

• Look for non-verbal means a student can convey skill, especially for non-English speakers

WSS Developmental Checklist

• Located in back of FLKRS Test Administration Manual pp. 50-51, and on PMRN

• Shows all Domains, Functional Components and Performance Indicators

• Teacher completes one per student to record evidences collected, then makes rating

When a teacher selects ratings on the Developmental Checklist, they compare the evidences of the child’s performance of an indicator to the expectations detailed in

the WSS Developmental Guidelines to determine appropriate rating.

WSS Reference TableSuggested Activities

The Reference Table gives examples of suggested activities teachers can use to document student progress. It is available on the Testing Coordinator-FLKRS website.

WSS Rating Guide

The student was given opportunity to show skill,

but did or could not.The expectation is that there will be very few

students with this rating, as the guidelines are based upon normal 4 year old

development.

The student almost always

demonstrates the skill under different

circumstances and settings.

Other WSS Ratings

Entering WSS Rankings into PMRN• Before teachers can input ratings for each indicator, the FLKRS

Demographics page must be completed for each student

• The ratings for each indicator: Not Yet, In Process, and Proficient

will be recorded in the PMRN on the WSS data collection screen.

Teachers will review evidence, make interpretations, and then

select the appropriate rating for each performance indicator.

• WSS Data Entry Guide is located on the Testing Coordinator-

FLKRS website.

Completing Student Demographics• Select the FLKRS Demographics tab to begin the data entry process. Then,

select the student’s name from the dropdown and complete each section. Click Save.

• Repeat this for every student. The FLKRS demographics must be completed and saved for each student prior to entering her/his WSS data.

Entering WSS Ratings into PMRN• WSS ratings will be entered for each student by clicking on the Class Summary

tab, then selecting the WSS tab. Select the student in the drop-down box, then enter the ratings for each indicator.

Note: System automatically saves each entry so there is no “Save” button on this page. Entries may be changed as needed during test window.

Checking Status of Data Entry

• Select the Class Summary tab and select a class.

Checking Status of Data Entry

• Select the Class Summary tab for that class. The circles indicate data entry progress.

WSS PPT/Videos for Teacher Training

• DOE has created a Teacher PPT introducing WSS which is posted to the Testing Coordinator- FLKRS website.

• Pearson has also developed a voiced-over PPT and videos that may be used for teacher training. Will take about 2 hours. Provides specific examples of observation, documentation and includes discussion activities. Training located at:

https://www.brainshark.com/pearsonassessments/vu?pi=zGYzrYXXiz113Uz0

Contact Information

Michele StanfordMicheleASt@leeschools.net

IEN Helpdesk 855-814-2876ienhelp@fldoe.org

Any questions?