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TSR Online Track Overview
Jennifer Lindley
Colleen M. Allen

Agenda
• Welcome to the TSR Online Track!
• Overview of CLI Engage
• TSR Online: 2015-16
• Questions?

2014-2015 Pilot
• Dallas ISD
• Fort Worth ISD
• Houston ISD
1,400 Pre-K and 850 Kindergarten
teachers total participated in
the pilot (approximately 48,000
children).

A new online platform
for free, statewide
delivery of
A partnership with the

Where is TSR online?
www.cliengage.org

TSR Service Delivery Models
ISDs, Open Enrollment Charter Schools, Head Start
Programs, Child Care Programs (for profit/nonprofit,
faith and community based), Local Government,
Community Based Organizations (CBO),
Colleges/Universities, Education Service Centers
(ESC), Local Workforce Development Boards
ISDs, Open Enrollment Charter Schools, Head
Start programs, Texas Rising Star Certified
Providers, Agencies participating in TSR Online+
and TSR Comprehensive receive free access to
these resources
ISDs, Open Enrollment Charter Schools ONLY

Benefits of a Statewide Professional
Development and Assessment Platform
• Quality: extensively researched
training and assessments
• Equity: rural programs and those with
less funding receive same quality
improvement tools
• Scalability: hosting at SCECD keeps
cost down and supports expansion
• Flexibility: SCECD will integrate other
state resources (ITELGs, PKGs), Texas
Rising Star, CIRCLE CDA

Potential Reach of engage platform
2,500 teachers in
pilot phase
All Texas public pre-K
teachers (approximately
8,650 teachers, 228,000
children annually)
All Texas Rising Star
certified child care
centers
All Texas Head Start
teachers (approximately
17,110 teachers, 145,000
children annually)
All TSR center-
based and home-
based childcare
providers
Prior to engage,
TSR reached
about 500 ISD
teachers per year.

TSR’s Approach
 Facilitated teacher professional
development
 Technology-driven child progress
monitoring
 Ongoing teacher coaching
 Research-based supplementary
curriculum
 Lifting quality across settings

Components of engage
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
e-CIRCLE
Professional development
courses on effective
instructional practices
CIRCLE Activity Collection
Scripted lessons tied to
progress monitoring results
Video-based Coaching
Video-based, personalized
instructional feedback and
goal setting
DATA-DRIVEN
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
CIRCLE Progress Monitoring
User-friendly progress
monitoring that gives teachers
immediate feedback about a
child’s progress and activities
that will support further learning
Classroom Observation Tools
– Classroom Environmental
Checklist
– Teacher Observation Tool
for Coaches
– Teacher Observation Tool
for Administrators

e-CIRCLE Professional Development
online course process: Lessons

Course Sessions

View a Course

Course Assessments

e-CIRCLE Professional Development:
Pre and post assessment
• 10 questions
• Multiple choice
• On content presented in the courses
• Two attempts

Discussion Prompts

Communication
Site-Wide Announcements
Facilitated communication
– Messaging through learner
– Profiles
– Discussion boards

Acquiring a Certificate for
Course Completion

Certificates

Reports Available
• Activity completion
% time spent in course modules
• Course participation
# of discussion postings
assessment results

New Courses Coming Soon!
• BEECH
• Infant/Toddler
• CIRCLE CDA
• What, Why, and How of Early
Childhood Assessment
• Executive Functioning
• Scaffolding
• Parents
• More!

DIRECT
ASSESSMENTS
OBSERVATIONAL
ASSESSMENTS
• Vocabulary development
• Story retell & comprehension
• Book & print knowledge
• Letter recognition
• Letter-sound correspondence
• Phonological awareness
• Early science skills
• Early math skills
• Early social studies skills
• Early writing skills
• Social & emotional
skills
• Approaches to
learning
• Physical health &
development

What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
Tier 3
Tier 2 –
supplemental small
groups (~15%)
Tier 1 – core curriculum
(~80%)
intensive, individualized interventions (~5%)

Head Start Child Development
and Early Learning Framework

Head Start Domains and
Social &
Emotional Dev.
Approaches to
Learning
Language &
Literacy
Cognition Perceptual,
Motor, and
Physical Dev.
Positive Social
Behaviors
Social/Emotional
Approaches to
Learning
Vocabulary
development
Early
Mathematics Skills
Fine and Visual
Motor Checklist
Classroom
Community and
Safety
Initiative and
Curiosity
Letter recognition
Letter-sound
correspondence
Early Social
Studies Skills
Gross Motor
Checklist
Emotion and
Behavior
Regulation
Flexibility Early writing skills Early Science Skills Health Status
Checklist
Self Care Art, Creativity
and Dramatic
Play
Book & print
knowledge
Story retell &
comprehension
Phonological
awareness

Benchmark Reports

Student Summary Report

Grouping Tools

• New activities launching in the Fall:
– Infant/Toddler Activities
– Parent Activities

Classroom Observation Tool (COT)
• Classroom Management and
Community
• Social and Emotional
Development
• Center/Independent
Workstation Activities
• Oral Language Use
• Read Alouds
• Phonological Awareness
• Print and Letter & Early Reading
• Written Expression
• Math
• Science
• English Language Learners
• Effective Use of Technology
• Student Progress Monitoring,
Assessment, & Lesson Planning
• Effective Use of Technology
The COT is a list of teacher behaviors organized by the following areas:

COT: Read Alouds
• Specific instructional
strategies
• Supported by
research
• Observing for
presence of good
behaviors
• On the radar =
observed
• Needs Support to
flag for follow-up

Reinforcing Positive Strategies
Remote Coaching
Data-based Feedback & Goal Setting
Instructional Improvement Goals

TSR Online: 2015-16

New Website

Google ID
• CLI Engage uses Google authentication
– All users must have their own Google ID
• Google IDs
– Gmail accounts
– You can use your own email address
(personal or work)
• Must use the same Google ID
• Forgot/change password

Create a Google ID

Invitation Process
• Email invitations to register
• Invitations are sent to a user’s primary
email address

Signing in to CLI Engage

Enter your username
and password.
Click Sign in.
Signing in with your Google ID

Data Upload
• Bulk entry screen
– Update a small number of entries
– Enter changes directly (type or
copy/paste)
– Up to 50 records at one time
• Batch upload process
– Excel file will be provided with required
fields

Data Fields – Teachers
• Required information for teachers:
– Name
– Primary & secondary email address
– Primary phone number
• Teachers are assigned to classes within
schools (within communities)

Data Fields – Students
• Required information for students:
– Name
– Date of birth
– Gender
– Language
– Grade level

Data Export
• Email with a secure link to download
your data (.CVS file)
• Have to be logged in with CLI Engage
credentials
• Researching data integration options

CLI Engage Database
• Community (ISD, Head Start grantee,
ESC, TSR Comprehensive Lead Agent)
– Community Users
– Community Specialists
• School
– Principals/Administrators/Directors
– School Specialists
• Class
– Teachers
– Students

CLI Engage Database
• Many-to-Many structure
ESC ISDClassrooms
Teachers

CLI Engage Database
• UTHealth data security
– FERPA
– HIPAA
• Users have access to ONLY their data
– Community users
– School users
– Teachers
– Parents

When You Can Upload Data
• Teacher and student data:
September 1st
• Update data at any time on CLI
Engage
• CLI will provide information to all
organizations in CLI Engage with
detailed upload information in
August

Technical Specifications
• Internet
– Wired connections vs. wifi
• Wired connections are recommended
• Internet Connection Speed
– Speed test (www.speedtest.net)
• Recommended: connection reading 15 Mbps
• Connection Issues
– Firewall and proxy server-related issues,
contact your IT department

• Operating Systems:
– Windows
– Mac OS
• RAM:
– Minimum performance: 4 GB RAM
required
– Optimal performance: at least 4 GB RAM

• Internet Browsers:
– Google Chrome (preferred)
– Mozilla Firefox (version 3.6 or later)
– Apple Safari (version 5.0 or later)
– Internet Explorer (not recommended)
• If using, MUST have version 11 or later

• PDFs
– Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 (or later)
– Free to download online
• Videos
– Streamed – no downloads!

TSR Help Ticket System
• Help for all TSR Online users!
– Teachers
– Administrators and Principals
– Specialists
• CLI Staff providing support for:
– Technical issues (system)
– Technical issues (tools)
– Login issues

Need help?
Submit a “Help Ticket” if
you need assistance
with the registration
process by clicking on
the green ticket on the
dashboard.

Q/A
Any questions?
If questions come up later, please ask
Colleen, Jennifer, or Miguel
Or email cliengage@uth.tmc.edu

Next Steps in the Track
• Tuesday PM:
– Open session
• TEA’s session on HB4
– Classroom Observation Tools
• Wednesday AM:
– Child Progress Monitoring
– Plenary Session – Dr. Chris Lonigan
• Wednesday PM:
– eCIRCLE Professional Development and Facilitation
• Thursday AM:
– Community Partnerships
– Closing Session

Pilot 2.0
• Help make CLI Engage better!
– ESC
– Urban district
– Rural district
– Head Start grantee
– Charter school
• Participate in quick surveys throughout
the year
– Talk to Jennifer if interested

See you this afternoon!

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