State Council of Higher Education for Virginia SHEEO NCES

State 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 January 2006 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

State 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 January 2006 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

State 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. ” • • January 2006 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. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

State 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 January 2006 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

State 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, Higher. Ed. org. VITAL has four Components: 1. 2. 3. 4. Teacher Pipeline Application Teacher Outcomes (Surveys) School and Environment Descriptors Reports and Analysis Components VITAL is truly a collaboration of which all the involved institutions have taken ownership. January 2006 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

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

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

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

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

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

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia VITAL – For more information http: //research. schev. edu/teal 2 Or Contact: Robert A. Lapsley, VITAL Project Director State Council of Higher Education for Virginia James Monroe Building 101 North Fourteenth Street, 10 th Floor Richmond, VA 23219 PH: 804. 225. 2753 FAX: 804. 225. 2604 robertlapsley@schev. edu January 2006 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia