What have we been up to? Recent Indistar®

Upgrades and Additions

From April 2014- March 2015

Optimizations Meetings/Agenda updates

Reviewable Forms- reset updates

Form Processing

Form Speed

Notifications Bulletin Board new message

alert

Coaching Comment dashboard notification

Reports/Resources Coaching Activity upgrades

Implementation report

Snapshot Report

Accomplishment numbers

Resource Search Engine

Personalization Spotlight Indicators

Mission and Goals

Shared Accountability Regional Level

Leadership Team Page

Guest Page

Optimizations Meetings/Agenda

updates

Standard Agenda template that includes taking roll call, reviewing previous minutes, and celebrating team successes!

Indicator selection screens have been made more user friendly and now include filters

Users are no longer required to set up their next meeting

Optimizations Reviewable Forms- reset

updates

User completes form and sends for review

Reviewer makes comments and suggestions, submits back to school/district for updates

Once approved school/district submits final version to SEA

…Status arrow is reset for next time!

Forms also now have a ‘Processing’ notification when saved

All forms were optimized this year to increase speed

Schools and Districts can enter their mission statement, as well as goals to increase student achievement on the School or District Information page.

Mission

Goals

Personalization HELLO my name is

MissionsGoals

The Spotlight Indicators page can be found by clicking on the Spotlight icon from the main menu page …or the Navigation Toolbar.

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Spotlight Indicators

Spotlight Indicators are a way to streamline and focus the work of the Leadership Team.

Once the Leadership Team has decided on which indicators they will focus, they can simply go to the Spotlight Indicators page and click all indicators they would like to include.

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Selected Spotlight Indicators will be included in the Spotlight Indicator filter on the Assess, Create, and Monitor sections.

Once the Spotlight Filter is checked, it will remain so in all areas until unchecked.

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The Mission, Goals, and Spotlight Indicator report can be found on the School or District report listing page, as well as on the Guest and Leadership Team pages.

Mission

Goals

Spotlights

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Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Leadership Team page additions

Shared Accountability Guest & Leadership Team page updates

Shared Accountability Regional Level

Added as a new level in the Indistar tool, regional level users will have the ability to:

Shared Accountability Regional Level

Indicator Process

Coach Districts and Schools Regional Information & Details,

Resources, Meetings/Agendas, Worksheets, Reports

Ability to upload evidence and

other supporting documents

Notifications

Bulletin Board new message alert You’ve got NEW mail!Alerts team to new message

!

Coaching comment bubbles will now appear on a school, district, or coach’s dashboard to indicate that a new comment has been added for review.

Coaching Comment/Review notification

Reports/Resources

Coaching Activity upgrades

Now state administrators can view coaching activity for districts as well!

Snapshot & Accomplishment numbers

Resource Search Engine on www.Indistar.org

Search for resources on:

Implementation Report

View all fully implemented indicators, as well as those that a School or District Leadership team has chosen to work on!

Family Engagement for Parents Family Engagement for Schools School Community Journal Indistar® Improvement & Turnaround Innovations in Learning Capacity & Productivity

View real-time team progress