2019–2020 Training Opportunities

This webinar, hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education, provides information about the following:

• The training opportunities that are available for new coordinators
• The various assessments included California’s assessment system
• Coordinator checklist and where to find more information to help you in your new role, as well as existing resources that you can share with your administrators and teachers.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Materials:

• July New Coordinator Training: Archived Webinar
• July New Coordinator Training: Completed Notetaking Guide

The New CAASPP Coordinator Training is a voluntary training session designed for the person who manages the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) testing process for their local educational agency (LEA) and is new to their role. This training session will focus on the roles and responsibilities of the LEA CAASPP coordinator in planning and preparing for a successful administration of the following summative assessments:

• Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics
• California Science Test
• California Alternate Assessments for ELA, mathematics, and science

Audience: LEA CAASPP coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Videos: New CAASPP Coordinator Training 2019–20 Videos

Materials:

• Blank notetaking guide
• Binder materials
• Filled in notetaking guide

The North-South Assessment Information Meeting provides school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools the latest information and updates on California's assessment system.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Dates:

• August 15–Sacramento / Webcast
• August 22–Ontario

Materials: The PowerPoint Presentations and notes for this training is available on the CDE’s 2019 Assessment Information Meeting webpage

• Blank notetaking guide

This webinar, hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education, provides information about the following:

• The timeline and responsibilities associated with California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC).
• The items calendared for September and October on the Coordinator Checklists.
• The interim assessment watch points.
• The future training and webinar opportunities.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Materials:

• September New Coordinator Training: Archived Webinar (Video) (Posted 01/23/20)
• September New Coordinator Training: Completed Notetaking Guide

Educational Testing Service (ETS), on behalf of the California Department of Education, will present a webcast that includes information about preparing your local educational agency’s (LEA’s) technology for the 2019–20 CAASPP online testing, the October 2019 ELPAC computer-based field test, and the computer-based Summative ELPAC beginning February 1, 2020.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators and Technology coordinators

Date: September 24, 2019, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Materials:

• Preparing Technology for 2019–20 CAASPP and ELPAC Online Testing (Video; 52:43)
• Preparing Technology for 2019–20 CAASPP and ELPAC Online Testing Webcast

This webinar, hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education, provides information about the following:

• Assessment training needs
• How to coordinate to address local training needs
• Understanding how to calendar assessments
• How to navigate the interim assessment system

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Materials:

• October New Coordinator Training: Archived Webinar (Video) (Posted: 01/23/20)
• October New Coordinator Training: Completed Notetaking Guide

The CDE will host a four-hour interactive pre-session at CERA to explore its improved data reporting systems, including the California School Dashboard. 

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Held by our county office of education (COE) partners, this training for new CAASPP and new ELPAC coordinators will focus on preparing for summative testing, the Test Operation Management System (TOMS), and coordinator checklist activities.

Audience: LEA CAASP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months

Registration: Registration for each local training is managed by the COE. Dates, locations, and contact information for each local training is as follows:

Materials:

• December New Coordinator Training: Completed Notetaking Guide

In-person workshop held in multiple locations throughout the state to provide coordinators with the information they need to successfully prepare for and administer the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics, the California Science Test (CAST), the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs), the California Spanish Assessment (CSA), and Initial and Summative ELPAC.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Dates:

• January 13–Sacramento
• January 14–Riverside
• January 16–Los Angeles
• January 21–Camarillo
• January 24–Redding
• January 28–San Diego
• January 30–Fresno
• January 31–San Jose/Webcast

Materials:

• CAASPP Pretest Session Webcast (Video; 08:34) (03/02/20)
• ELPAC Session – Pretest Workshop (Video; 02:23) (Posted 03/03/20)
• CAASPP – ELPAC Combined Session Webcast (Video; 02:06) (03/02/20)

This webinar for new CAASPP and ELPAC Coordinators is comprised of a coordinator checklist review, and an interactive question and answer session.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators who have been in their role for less than 12 months.

Date: February 18

Materials:

• February New Coordinator Training: Archived Webinar (Posted 03/09/20)
• February New Coordinator Training: Completed Notetaking Guide (Posted 03/06/20)

Hosted by the CDE, this webinar for all LEA coordinators will provide the latest updates for the spring summative test administration for the CAASPP and ELPAC.

Audience: LEA CAASPP and ELPAC coordinators

Registration: With the cancellation of school for so many districts across the state, the California Department of Education has decided to postpone the March webinar.

This webinar is designed for assessment, accountability, and Dashboard coordinators to provide them with updates on Governor Newsom’s executive orders and the recently approved federal waiver under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Staff from three CDE divisions—Assessment Development and Administration; Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting; and Improvement and Accountability—will discuss how the executive orders and federal waiver impact assessment, accountability, the California System of Support, and the Local Control and Accountability Plan development process, reporting requirements, and submission timelines. The webinar also will include an interactive question-and-answer session.

Audience: assessment, accountability, and Dashboard coordinators

Date: April 21, 2020, 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Materials:

• CDE Update to All Coordinators (Posted 05/11/20)
• Assessment, Accountability, and System of Support Updates Webinar Notetaking Guide (Posted 05/20/20)

CALPADS is a longitudinal data system used to maintain individual-level data including the English Language Acquisition Status field used to administer the Initial and Summative ELPAC. This 1-hour webinar will help LEA ELPAC and CALPADS Coordinators better understand the start-to-finish process of language designation. It will cover how to navigate the language fields of CALPADS, resulting in more timely and accurate lists of students who need to take the ELPAC.

Audience: LEA ELPAC and CALPADS Coordinators

Date: June 4th, 2020, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Materials:

• The Initial ELPAC and the CALPADS System: Archived Webinar (Video; 01:00:41) (Posted 06/11/20)
• The Initial ELPAC and the CALPADS System: Completed Notetaking Guide (Posted 06/11/20)
• The Initial ELPAC and the CALPADS System: Transcript (Updated 08/12/20)

Educational Testing Service (ETS), on behalf of the California Department of Education, will present a webcast that includes information about the changes to the English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC) due to the suspension of statewide testing. The webcast will include details about 2019–2020 student score reports, data, and how to access and use ELPAC results, impacts to 2020–2021 ELPAC testing, and an introduction to the Alternate ELPAC.

Audience: LEA ELPAC Coordinators

Date: June 24th, 2020, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Materials:

• 2019–2020 ELPAC—Then, Now, and Beyond: Archived Webcast (Video; 01:24:32) (Posted 07/01/20)
• 2019–2020 ELPAC—Then, Now, and Beyond: PowerPoint (Posted 07/08/20)

The Summer Institute 2019 is a two-day, in-person, professional development opportunity titled “Analyzing Student Work and Using the Interim and Digital Library Systems to Inform Teaching and Learning.” The Summer Institute is for classroom teachers, instructional coaches, and teachers on special assignment in kindergarten through grade twelve looking to understand how different types of assessment work together to support student learning. Participants will be trained on analysis and hand scoring of student work in order to help improve teaching and learning. However, administrators also may find this training useful to inform their support of classroom teachers. You may want to print and display the workshop flyer to advertise this training opportunity.

Audience: Classroom Educators

Dates:

• July 8–9—Sacramento
• July 16–17—Los Angeles
• July 18–19—San Diego
• July 22–23—Redding
• July 25–26—Riverside
• July 29–30—Fresno
• July 31–August 1—Hayward
• August 5–6—Woodland Hills

Materials: Materials for this workshop are available in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS). To access materials, select the Resources tab within TOMS and select Interim Assessment Secure Materials – Workshop.

Bringing it All Together: Building Connections between Assessments and the Classroom. This conference will provide classroom educators with information about using statewide assessment data to improve teaching and learning.

Audience: Classroom Educators

Dates: October 16–18 — Oakland