Observation Timeliness Dashboard Status Walkthrough
Let's walk through a sample observation and show what the dashboard status looks like at each step in the process. We'll walk through the first observation, Obs.2016-2017.1. It has been sent to the teacher for final viewing, but no further action has been taken.
Observation sent to teacher. No further action has been taken.
Report Sent to Teacher Date: 10/26/2017
Report Viewed Teacher Date: Report Not Viewed
Report Marked Complete Date: Report Not Complete
Teacher View: The teacher is presented with a button to view the observation report details.
Teacher Views Observation
Once the teacher clicks the View Report button, then the teacher is given the opportunity to enter a response.
On the Timlinesss Dashboard, the Report Viewed Teacher Date has been updated to reflect the the teacher viewed the observaiton.
Report Sent to Teacher Date: 10/26/2017
Report Viewed Teacher Date: 10/26/2017
Report Marked Complete Date: Report Not Complete
At this point the principal is waiting for a teacher response. If the teacher chooses to enter a response, then the observation will be marked complete after the response as been submitted. Each district has their own guidelines as to the amount of time that can elapse before the observation should be marked complete. If that time has elapsed and the teacher has not entered a response, then the principal should manually mark the observation complete.
Waiting for Teacher Response
Principal View: At any time the principal can choose to manually mark the observation complete. This will lock the observation and generate the final PDF version of the report. Once the observation is locked the teacher will have access to the observation report, even if they did not respond to the request to view and respond to the observation during the earlier workflow.
We're going to switch to looking at two different observation in the Observation Timeliness Dashboard to demonstrate the two alternate pathways an observation can take.
Teacher does not enter a response
Obs 2016-2017.3 is an example of an observation that was marked complete by the principal, presumably because the teacher did not enter a response in the required time.
Teacher enters a response
Obs 2016-2017.4 is an example of an observation that was marked complete by the teacher after the teacher entered a response.
