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This user Guide will explain how to create an SLO template, select teachers to review, create an SLO, use the SLO dashboard and SLO reporting.
RightPath’s™ SLO Goal Form enables users to streamline creation of SLO Goal forms and the approval process.
Creating an SLO Template
The RightPath™ SLO system allows administrators the ability to create SLO templates. Teachers can select from these templates for their SLO creation. These templates allow for the administrator to fill out information that may be agreed upon such as the HEDI criteria for district-wide use or for a particular grade and/or subject, so that each user does not have to fill that out when the template is selected.
1. SLO template creation is accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select ‘SLOs’ and then click on the "Goal Form Search" option.
2. From the Goal Form Search page, click on the "Add SLO" button.
3. In the pop-up box, the user can fill out a name for the template (e.g. Fourth Grade Science), make sure the “Is a Template” box is checked, and then click the "Add" button.
Selecting Teachers to Review
The RightPath™ SLO system allows administrators the ability to select the teachers that they will be responsible to review. In some districts, this process is predetermined, but in others administrators can go in and select the teachers they are responsible to review.
1. SLO review selection is accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select "SLOs" and then click on the "SLO Reviewees" option
2. From the SLO Reviewer List page, users can search for an individual teacher, filter by a building, and then click the teacher or teachers’ boxes to add them to his or her review list. Once selections have been made the administrator can click the "Add Selected Teachers" button.
3. A message will appear to confirm the teacher or teachers have been added. The user can also see the teacher appear in the Your Review List. In addition, teachers can be removed from the review list by clicking on a teacher’s box and clicking the "Remove Selected Teachers" button.
Creating an SLO
Users can create an SLO goal from a template (prepopulated with certain pieces of information) or with a blank form using the directions below.
1. SLO review selection is accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select "SLOs" and then click on the "Goal Form Search" button.
2. From the SLO Goal Form Search page, users can add a blank SLO by clicking on the "Add SLO" button.
Users can also add an SLO using a template by clicking the box for "Include Template SLOs" and then searching by the template name or looking in the list in Search Results. To open the template, simply click on the title. Users will know they are choosing a template when the column for template says yes.
Once the template is open, click on the "Copy to a New SLO" button to create the SLO form. The user will then name the SLO and click the "Add New" button.
3. Once the SLO form is open the user can begin to fill out the form. The rich text box fields have the ability to spell check, highlight, bold, italicize, increase or decrease the size, change the font type, etc.
4. To save changes to the form, the user can click "Save SLO" button at the top and the bottom of the form.
5. To check the form for missing pieces of information, the user can click the "Check Form" at the top.
Items not completed will be shown as a list at the top of the form.
6. To add students from a class that is loaded in the system, simply click the box next to the class name and then click the ‘Add Students From Classes’ button. The user can also choose an exam that is loaded in the system from the dropdown. The total percentage of students that have been added will be added at the bottom of the student list.
To manually add a student, the user can simply add the student information at the bottom and click the blue disk to the left of the boxes.
8. To calculate or update the target scores, the user can click on the "Update Target Scores" button. The user must first select a student or students by checking the box next to their names or clicking the top box to select all students. This will open a window where criteria can be selected for calculating the target scores using the Success Index, Raw Growth, Percentage Growth, or Constant and then clicking the "Update" button.
Please note you can remove certain students or all students by clicking on the box or boxes next to the names and then clicking the "Remove Selected" or the ‘Remove All’ buttons.
9. Individual student’s information can be edited or comments can be made by clicking the pencil next to the student’s name. Once changes or comments are made, the blue disk that appears can be clicked to save the changes.
11. When all changes are made, click the "Save and Submit" button on the top or the bottom of the form. A message will occur at the top of the SLO form that informs the user that the form has been submitted.
SLO Approval / Administrator
1. SLO Goal Form Search page is accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select "SLOs" and then click on the "Goal Form Search" option.
2. From the Goal Form Search page, the user can search for the goal form that he or she wishes to approve. Once the goal form is found, simply click the eyeglasses to open the form. Please note that you can use the Reviewer Report or the Dashboard for a summary of forms awaiting approval. (See directions in SLO Dashboard or Reports sections of this user guide for more information.)
3. In the open form, the user can read and review the report. There is also a "Check Form" button that can be used to check for missing or incomplete information. When the user is done reviewing the form, click the "Submit Review" button.
This will open a pop-up box where comments can be made to the teacher. The user can then either click the "Approved" button or the "Request More Information" button.
SLO Dashboard
1. SLO Dashboard summary is accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select ‘SLOs’ and then click on the "SLO Dashboard" option.
2. The dashboard will show the user the number of teachers who have not started the process, not submitted but started, submitted for review, sent back for missing information, and approved. The Dashboard can be printed in Excel, Word, or PDF by clicking on the blue disk.
3. For more details on any of the categories shown on the Dashboard, you can click on the bar in the dashboard. A list will then open giving detailed information about that category.
SLO Reporting
In addition to the Dashboard, there are two other reporting options for SLOs. The first is the Reviewer Report which allows the administrator to see the status of all SLOs including comments. The second is the Bulk Report feature which allows the administrator to print all the SLOs created in one big report instead of printing them each individually.
1. SLO reports are accessible from the APPR dropdown menu at the top of any page in RightPath™. To access the platform, go to the "APPR" dropdown menu. From the dropdown list, select "SLOs" and then click on the "Goal Form Search" option.
2. From the Goal Form Search page, a user can access the Reviewer Report by clicking on the "Reviewer Report" button.
This will run the report which displays a list for the district that includes the following information:
3. Bulk reporting is available by clicking on the "Bulk SLO Report" button.
