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Making HiQ2 Work

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Agenda

>What is the HiQ Program?>How does HiQ work?>What does HiQ tell us?

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“Non” Agenda

> Detailed discussion of the definition of “highly qualified” - No

> “I have a teacher who shows up as ‘not HiQ’. Why?” - Ask me later

> “Is someone with a certificate in… who passed a test in… going to be highly qualified to teach…” - Ask me later

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What is “HiQ”?>HiQ is an online educator

inventory system>HiQ is a database >HiQ is found in the Professional

Standards Commission’s portal, www.gapsc.org

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What is “HiQ”?> HiQ is an online educator

inventory system...

  …to assist school systems

  …to determine if an educator meets the Federal definition of “highly qualified” when placed in a particular teaching assignment

  …and to gather data to report to USDOE, to use for AYP, etc.

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What is “HiQ”?

> HiQ is a database

  Updated annually by combining the DOE’s Fall CPI data collection and the PSC’s Certification Information System (CIS)

  Subjected to a manual edit cycle

  Automatically updated from the Certification Information System (CIS)

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What is “HiQ”?

> HiQ is found on the Professional Standards Commission’s portal, www.gapsc.org

  …accessible to authorized account holders

  …”rights” are edit or view-only

  …”scope” can be building-only, system-only, RESA-wide, or State-wide

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What is “HiQ”?

> HiQ is found on the Professional Standards Commission’s portal, www.gapsc.org

Active users of www.gapsc.org 800

Users with HiQ “edit” rights 400

Users with HiQ “view-only” rights 100

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“Highly Qualified?”

> Bare-bones Definition of “Highly Qualified”

  A “highly qualified” educator has “documentable” knowledge of the subject area content when teaching a “core” subject.

> Core Subjects

  English, Reading, Math, Science, Civics and Government, History, Geography, Economics, Art, Foreign Language, “Early Childhood”

  (In Georgia “Art” is Chorus, Music, and Visual Arts)

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www.gapsc.org - the “Portal”

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HiQ Main Page

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HiQ Main Page Detail

Locate an educator directly or from a list

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HiQ Main Page Detail - Select System

List educators by school system

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HiQ Main Page Detail - Select Building

List educators by school building

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HiQ Main Page Detail - Select Status

List educators by HiQ statusNot HiQHiQCannot Determine - check codingHiQ not applicableCorrected records

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HiQ Main Page Detail - Select Type

List educators by “type”TeachersParaprofessionals (Title I schools only)Long Term Subs

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HiQ Main Page - Selections Made

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HiQ Main Page - List Records

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HiQ List - Two Options!!!

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HiQ Lists - Two Options!!!

> Printable View - prints ALL rows on All pages of the list

> Download Records - generates a file suitable for opening in Excel

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HiQ List - Click SSN to See Detail

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Alternative to the List - enter SSN or Certification Number to see detail

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HiQ Detail - Bottom of Page

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HiQ Detail Summary

> Name (SSN)> HiQ status for each teaching assignment

  Subject, job and part-of-day can be edited

  Some assertions can be made (terminated, HOUSSE, possible error, etc.)

> If subject/job codes are ambiguous , a list of possible code “edits”

> If not highly qualified, a list of certificates/tests needed to be considered highly qualified

> Certificates currently held> Tests passed

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HiQ Detail - Status

> What are the possible values for the HiQ status?

  “Highly qualified”

  “Not highly qualified”

  “Cannot determine”

  “Not applicable”> Note: for final report, the percent highly qualified is

“Highly qualified”

(“Highly qualified” + “Not highly qualified” + “Cannot determine”)

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Example #1 - “Not HiQ”

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Example #1 - “Not HiQ” continued

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Example #2 - “Not HiQ”

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Example #2 - “Not HiQ” continued

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Example #3 - “Not HiQ”

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Example #3 - “Not HiQ”

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Agenda - Recap

>What is the HiQ Program?>How does HiQ work?>What does HiQ tell us?

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HiQ - What’s It Good For?

> “Narrow” point of view...

> … HiQ reveals the percentage of “highly-qualified” educators for reporting to USDOE and the State of Georgia

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HiQ - What’s It Good For?

> Thinking outside of the box...

> … HiQ exposes mis-alignment of teaching credentials to subjects/grades being taught

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HiQ - “Alignment”

> Opportunities for realignment of teaching assignments

> Opportunities for professional development when available workforce lacks sufficient credentials

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HiQ - “What-if”...

> HiQ might be used by a school system to compare the current workforce to future needs

> HiQ might be used by a teacher to ask

  “what can I teach” right now…

  “what could I teach if”...

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HiQ - “What-if”...

> An “expanded” HiQ might ask...

  Where are we assigning educators out-of-field? (Not limited to those teaching NCLB core subjects)

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Thank you!!!!

Chuck McCampbell

Professional Standards Commission

chuck.mccampbell@gapsc.com

(404) 232-2627

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