DSAC Interview

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DSAC Interview Balanced Scorecard Start-up
Guide

• The Connecticut State Department of Education
• Supported School Districts

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Project Overview and Purpose
DSAC Interview District self-assessment using
research-based framework
DSAC Interview Report Fine-grain view of each
groups perceived strengths/needs
DSAC District Summary Report Large-grain view
of all groups perceived strengths/needs
Select Evidences of Desired Improvement
Measures of improvement in areas of need
identified above
Track Improvement in Balanced Scorecard
Regular meetings of the District Data Team
confirm progress
Use Balanced Scorecard as D.I.P. Balanced
Scorecard becomes an on-line, live document for
stakeholders
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Login
http//dsac.celt.org
Leave unchecked if on shared computer
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Select DSAC Interview
Select DSAC Interview
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Create or Select Interview
To return to an existing interview, click one of
these
Click here to begin a new interview
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Enter New Interview Information
Select your district
Date of interview
Select Group then Other
Type your group name Executive Cabinet Content
Support Areas Parents and Community Teachers
or Building Administrators
Select the level to which you are most closely
connected
Leave Position blank
Enter name of person from group doing the data
entry then SAVE.
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Select and Begin an Interview Section
Select a section here by clicking on Processes
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Rate Evidence and Best Practice
Click on this box to begin
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Rate Evidence and Best Practice (contd.)
STEP 1 Check if evidence can be found across all
grades and areas to support the statement
STEP 2 Choose rating for this best practice
Work from Right to Left (Rate evidence first)
SAVE then click on CLOSE
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Move on to next sub-process
Application automatically averages ratings on
best practices
Rate how well this sub-process has been defined
and formalized by the school district
Click here to assess the next sub-process
SAVE your work frequently
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Move on to next Process Reports
Select the next process for your group. Not all
groups must do all processes.
When youve don all of the processes for your
group, move on to viewing reports.
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Reports menu
Report of the single-group interview youve just
taken or viewed
Fine-grain report, averaged across all of the
districts groups
Coarse-grain report, averaged across all of the
districts groups. MOST USEFUL FOR PLANNING
PROCESS
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Interview Report
Note the hierarchy
These are the results from ONLY the currently
selected district-group interview
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District Detail Report
Listing of the district groups included in these
results
Averaged results across all district groups
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District Summary Report
From this point, the integration with
the Balanced Scorecard begins
Select a best practice that is in need of
development (01.1.4 for this example)
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Select Best Practices to be Developed and
Measured for Improvement
BE VERY FOCUSED AND JUDICIOUS HERE! You will be
holding yourself accountable for improvement in
these evidence areas.
Click Add to Cart when done
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Review Cart
On subsequent uses, select here and click SAVE
On first use, select Add to new scorecard
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Go to Scorecard or Continue Selecting Areas of
Need
To continue selecting evidences
To go to scorecard
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Auto-importing of Selected Best Practices and
Setting Baselines Targets
Best practice linked to the evidences you
selected imported automatically
The Strategic Objective is written by the
district in light of the selected best practice
and evidences
Evidences you selected are imported automatically
Set your baseline and one-year-target percentages
of completion for each evidence
If you have written Tier 1 goals at the top of
the scorecard, select the most pertinent one here
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Enter Project Information
Sponsor Person with budgetary and/or executive
authority for project Manager Day-to-day
oversight and responsible for deliverables.
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Enter Vision, Mission, and Tier 1 Goals
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Enter Your Progress Throughout the Year
All numbers should be entered as percent of
project completed.
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Supported District Contacts

• Bob Pitocco 860-713-6583 robert.pitocco_at_ct.gov
• Bristol, CTHS
• Ken Imperato 860-713-6813 kenneth.imperato_at_ct.go
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• Manchester, Naugatuck, West Haven
• Alan Kramer 860-713-6565 alan.kramer_at_ct.gov
• Windsor
• Tony Gasper 860-713-6892 tony.gasper_at_ct.gov
• Hamden
• Additional support
• Kathleen Wedge 860-713-6824 kathleen.wedge_at_ct.g
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• Deborah Richards, Bureau Chief 860-713-6804
  deborah.richards_at_ct.gov