Teacher Role Data Collection and Reporting

2010-11 and Beyond

A teacher can have many roles. As an educator a “teacher role” could be to monitor students, develop curriculum, student assessment or work with another educator on a course. In CWCS a teacher role is defined by what the teacher does in a given section. An individual, assigned to a Section ID, which assists in the acquisition of knowledge by another. Valid teacher roles for the Coursework Completion System include the collaborating teacher, monitoring educator, multiple teachers, or a single teacher.

Teacher Role	Code	Description/Comments
Collaborating Educator	CT	An educator working in collaboration with another teacher assigned to a section.
Monitoring Educator	ME	An educator (teacher, administrator, pupil services personnel) who is assigned to monitor students who are taking courses or enrolled in a program not being taught by a district teacher.
Multiple Teachers	MT	A member of a group of two or more educators assigned to a section and who is equally responsible for curriculum development and assessment.
Single Teacher	ST	The educator assigned to a section who is responsible for curriculum development and assessment.

USES: Teacher role is needed to meet the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and address existing gaps in the state LDS data sets, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will build a new student level data collection and begin accumulating new data the first quarter of 2011 and beyond. The main objectives of this effort will be to address 2 key components referenced in ARRA and specified in the America COMPETES Act, the ability to match teachers with students and capture student-level transcript information, including courses completed.

Submit questions, comments and suggestions about the WSLS or ISES to the 24x7 DPI Online Helpdesk Application or call 800-507-5744

Last updated on 11/7/2011 4:25:18 PM