HigherEd.org, Inc.www.highered.org

Developing a Teacher PipelineData Warehouse

SHEEO/NCES Network Conference and IPEDS Workshop

May 9, 2007St. Petersburg, FL

John Milam

The VITAL system

• Virginia Improves Teaching and Learning Teacher Pipeline Application (TPA) Survey System Reporting and Analysis Tools

TPA overview

• The TPA is a core collection mechanism for marking students entry into the Teacher Pipeline

• All VA teacher education programs submit unit record data individually

• TPA data are the foundation for the Survey System and the reporting and analysis tools that were created.

TPA functionality

• Submission of unit record data via Bulk upload (Excel, Access, or Text

templates) or Use of HTML forms (one record at a time)

• Institutional review and validation• Data are then locked for use in

Reports Surveys DCT

TPA welcome screen

TPA bulk upload screen

TPA HTML forms

TPA validate/lock data

Survey system overview

• The Survey System is key to longitudinal tracking of teachers in the pipeline both during and after their preparation program

• Goes beyond the unit record data collection to give contextual information about teacher preparation programs, mentorship, employment, working conditions, and employer satisfaction

• Helps teacher preparation programs collect data on School-University Partnerships for required reporting

Survey system functionality

• VITAL Surveys

• Survey Manager for VA Teacher Preparation Programs

• SCHEV Survey Manager

VITAL surveys

• Candidate Term Surveys

• Teacher Surveys 1st, 3rd, & 5th Year Surveys

• Mentor Program Surveys

• Observer/Evaluator Surveys

• School-University Partnership Surveys

• Link to Survey Status Page

VITAL surveys

VITAL surveys

Survey manager for VA institutions

Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

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Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

Survey manager

Reporting and analysis

• TPA report functionality offers users immediate access to their unit record data Users can review & validate the data they

have entered Create CSV files to use in Mail Merges Run standard push button reports, and Generate custom institution reports

TPA reports

TPA reports

• Link to live reports demonstration

Reporting and analysis

• The Dataset Cutting Tool (DCT) provides users the ability to access all VITAL data TPA unit record data Survey system data

• Users select a primary data source• All available VITAL data selected then

join to this primary data source• Data available for analysis in SPSS,

SAS, Access, Excel and CSV

DCT reporting and analysis

• Link to live DCT demonstration

For additional information

Project website:http://research.schev.edu/teal2

Contact:John MilamHigherEd.org, Inc.21 S. Kent St.Winchester, VA 22601(540) 722-6060 jmilam@highered.orghttp://highered.org