📝 EVALUATOR: Comprehensive vs. Focus Criteria: Marking/Displaying Focus Criteria (Connect)

Here, you will learn to manage comprehensive and focused criteria.

Washington State/TPEP Supporting Documentation on Comprehensive Vs. Focus

Comprehensive suggestions are hard-coded based on WA State logic*  

• First suggestions are made for the Preliminary Summative and Student Growth Impact.
• Second, when selections are made, a Final Summative Rating is suggested. If needed, the corresponding Require Student Growth Inquiry and Require Plan of Improvement are suggested.

Marking Focus Criterion

Any criterion can be marked as focused by either the Evaluator or the Evaluatee. Once a criterion has been marked as focused, each instance of the criterion will display the focus icon for the entire evaluation year.

Helpful Resources: 📌 EVALUATOR Dashboard (Connect)

1. Start under Summary in the left navigation menu.
2. You will see a list of My Evaluatees.
   • The My Evaluatees list is also accessible on the left navigation menu under My Evaluatees. Click the arrow to reveal the list of evaluatees assigned to you for management.
3. Click the name of the evaluatee you want to manage.

4. You will see the "Manage Evaluation Year" page, which features several subpages (tabs) across the top.
5. Click the Details tab.
6. First, in the Evaluation Year Essentials section, click the magnifying glass in the Position Level field and select the checkbox to add or edit the position level (Focused, Comprehensive) for the year. The position level determines the tasks and their due dates.

• Prior Year Position Level will be automatically populated.
• Click the magnifying glass in the Primary Evaluator field and click the checkbox to edit the desired Primary Evaluator.
• Optionally select a Supplemental Evaluator similarly.

7. Under the Evaluation Year Configuration section, the Type (Comprehensive or Focused) will be automatically populated according to the position level selected earlier. To update an evaluatee’s status, you will need to update their position level.
   • When an Evaluatee is focused, click the magnifying glass in the Focused Criterion field and click the checkbox to the left of the criterion.
   • For some Criterion, an additional Student Framework Criterion field will appear. Select this criterion option similarly.

8. The Evaluation Task Summary section will automatically populate.
   • The late tasks total represents the required tasks past their due date.
   • The total minutes observed include all minutes entered for observation tasks.

9. When finished, click Save.
10. To manage evaluation years for multiple evaluatees simultaneously, click Summary in the left navigation and select the checkbox at the top left of one or more Evaluatees or click Select All.
    • Click the Selected Gear in the top left and select Manage Evaluation Year.

Displaying only the Focus Criterion

From an Observation/Evaluation Task (Observation/Evaluation):

1. Click on the Configuring Gear icon in the right corner of your screen.
2. Click the checkbox to the left of the Show Only Focused Required Criteria. This will eliminate the display of criteria that are not marked as 'Required' or 'Focus'. This will persist throughout the whole application.

From the Summative Evaluation

1. Click the checkbox in the top left: Show only focused & required criteria. This will eliminate the display of criteria that are not marked as 'Required' or 'Focus'. This will persist throughout the whole application.

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