Preparations for SBAC TA Training

Good evening,

The following is a list of what needs to happen to prep for the SBAC TA trainings at your sites:

Site Things to Do to Prepare for TA Training:

• SBAC Site Coordinator will need to block out their Calendar from 7 am to 11 am in order to prepare and be present for the training

• After you meet with your teachers and discuss the CAASPP Security affidavits and review the classroom activity, please alphabetize your affidavits (by last name), scan and then upload to the CAASPP Security Affidavit Folder in Google Drive

• Book a room with a projector and Chromebooks for all participants. Chromebooks will need to be charged, and the SBAC App needs to be tested. (include a few extras)

• Print an EADMS student log in card for each participant (include a few extras)

• Locate and provide headphones for each participant and have them in the room and plugged into each Chromebook the day before the training

• Please post a value added comment or question to this blogpost

• Make sure teachers request an all day sub

Ed Services Things to Do to Prepare for TA Training:

• Print Directions For Administration (DFA) for each TA (include a 15% overage)
• Print and distribute student Global Commands Sheets
• Create Mail Merge cards with TA Temporary username/password (if necessary)
• Cross reference Google Form Security affidavits with Scanned hard copy affidavits and then create the TIDE user accounts
• Print copies for each participant of the TA Activities

SBAC Question of the Week

How will you (or your sites) handle testing with mixed grade levels? For example, if you are testing by 3rd period class and you have 6th graders with the ELA PT and 7th graders with the math PT in the same 3rd period class, what is your plan?

Performance Task Assignments

Good morning,

Please this link for your Performance Task assignments. Estimated Times for your testing situations can be found on pages 34 and 35 of the Site Coordinator's Manual. What PT did you get? Please post in the comments below.

Weekend Homework

Have a Great Weekend Turkeys!

SBAC TIDE User Accounts and Monday TA Training

Good morning, 

You should have just recently recieved your SBAC TIDE Username and Password. TIDE is the SBAC system you will use to manage accessibility options, generate testing sessions, run absent reports, and view student information. Your teachers will receive a similar email with their usernames and passwords but these will be generated as they go through the training and immediately after we review and sign the security affidavits. Since your user privileges are different I needed to set yours up ahead of time but you will be able to see this process with your Tech Coaches in the room. 

You will need to change your password and you can poke around the system. Please do not add any users. This will be handled from my office and only users who attend the training and have signed affidavits on file will receive a user account. Unauthorized user accounts will be monitored and deleted immediately. Please post a comment below regarding your process for adding users to TIDE. Yes, it is a trick question. Please read above for the answer. Also, please confirm (in the comments section) that you received the email from Smarter Balanced with your username/password. 

Please arrive by 12:45 for the TA training tomorrow. Here is the agenda and it is also posted on the calendar invite.