Professional Development 

Proposal 
Illuminate Professional Development   

Clarissa Aldridge, Brittany Alexander, Heather 

Hagood 
03.29.2020 
FRIT 7232 Visionary Leadership in Instructional Technology 
 

 
INTRODUCTION 

Ms. Brittany Alexander is her site’s access contact person for Illuminate, an 
online testing portal where teachers are able to create their own assessments or 
see and use what others have created. Several reports are provided that analyze 
the assessment and provide “in​stant access to results, standards analysis, most 
missed items, and subgroup analysis.”(​Illuminate Education)​ ​This proposal is to 
provide professional development conducted by Ms. Alexander to new hires that 
do not have any prior experience with the Illuminate testing portal.  

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 

“In the real world, there is never enough money to meet all needs” as stated in 
the Comprehensive Needs Assessment pdf from the government; thus we will 
focus on inexpensive inhouse training by our contact person for Illuminate, Ms. 
Alexander as the head of this professional development. Three Illuminate 
professional development goals to be covered are test creation, administration of 
said tests, and report analysis and usage. Each goal will have minor objectives.  

Timeline  Description  Goal-Objective 

addressed 

Teachers will complete  Test creation  1. During the 

their goals from August 10-  2020-2021 school 
August 28, 2020.  year, 100% of 
teachers will be able 
to create new tests 
from an item-bank, 
upload test material 
pdf, or create a 
question by August 
28, 2020.  
2. During the 
2020-2021 school 
year, 100 % of 
teachers will learn 
how to duplicate, 

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 edit, and publish an 
existing test by 
August 28, 2020. 
3. During the 2020-2021
school year, 100 % of
teachers will learn
how to create multiple
versions of the same
test by August 28,
2020. 

Teachers will complete  Administration   1. During the 

their goals from August 31-  2020-2021 school 
September 9, 2020.  year, 100% of 
teachers will learn 
how to set up the 
administration of a 
test online including 
time window, 
student selection, 
password, secure 
browser, and tool 
options. On 
September 9, 2020, 
teachers will 
administer their 
first assessment and 
use the tools they 
learned. 
2. During the 
2020-2021 school 
year, 100% of 
teachers will learn 
how to use live view 
to monitor students 
during exam time, 
pause students, and 
force finish. On 
September 9, 2020, 
teachers will 
administer their 
first assessment and 
use live proctoring 
to monitor students 
during their 

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 assessment. 

Teachers will complete  Report Analysis and  1. During the 

their goals from September  2020-2021 school 
Usage 
9 -September 21, 2020.  year, 100% of 
teachers will learn 
how to find the 
reports (Matrix, 
assessment response 
frequency, teacher 
peer comparison, 
etc.) on Illuminate 
and understand the 
information from 
each report. On 
September 18, 2020, 
teachers will have to 
choose one report to 
show the Data 
Team.  
2. During the 
2020-2021 school 
year, 100 % of 
teachers will learn 
how to use data 
analysis to 
determine groups 
and instruction in 
class. On September 
21, 2020, teachers 
will create small 
groups based on 
their data.  

A PLAN OF OPERATIONS-​conduct professional development and a budget 

Items and or services  Cost 

Snacks   $40 

Paper copies of outlines of information  $192 

Stipend for Ms. Alexander   $500 

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EVALUATION PLAN  

pre/post-test: ​https://forms.gle/ABFat7UmqjpWaoXr8 

Overall course evaluation Google Form attendees will fill out before they leave:  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGef2W7e30TPYED4qzGYXYPqZNe8Iz
ZLT2b1rtDKpMgXXv0Q/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Ms. Alexander will be able to create a report that will track the new hires and 
how many assessments they have created since the professional development. 
Using this data she will reach out to teachers who have not begun to use the 
portal or who use it very little compared to their peers.  

Presentation Links for New and All Teachers 

Navigating Through Illuminate 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gBVd9q5hMy1zx1Sol6Ihf2sHXPv7b9sfqhAP_oigl
CI/edit?usp=sharing 

How to Create an Assessment Using the Item Bank 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GF8ZOfFh9z6mnkvTKjlGOlP9556W3c20EBRYPV
MNJY0/edit?usp=sharing 

How to Access and Administer Assessments in Illuminate 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PJSWUGwlMODEK-SBTUt7IdMg3FNqzqUqTkcqg
bxu8MY/edit?usp=sharing  

Student Testing in Illuminate 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/186V4rE0kT--udBETo3EUThfB8wQCe1HBDxVxleZ
NBCk/edit?usp=sharing 

Live Proctoring 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q2AstJgAFfwY7yVZZYM8Z-UGL7dR8FMyDmjOKtl
Fj3Q/edit?usp=sharing 

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Viewing Results and Reports for Teachers in Illuminate 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HGVExgAKfy6zlvI7vW1pGn9AZDKmHEE1TR8mz
uEim0k/edit?usp=sharing 

Teacher Reports 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQrKWo4XY4-fDgFyx7aWzr1Vpw--8Vvn/view?usp=shari
ng 

Creating Student Groups in Illuminate 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nfbES5YCsWxkNlfE8w_BR8cV3RK5jKFasNUAARJ
tu1Y/edit?usp=sharing 

REFERENCES 

COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. (n.d.). Retrieved March 5, 2020, from

https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/compneedsassessment.pdf

Illuminate Education. 2​ 020. Illuminate Education. Retrieved March 8, 2020, from

https://www.illuminateed.com/

Winfrey, Elaine. (2005). Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation. Retrieved March 8, 2020, from
http://www.4cleanair.org/Kirkpatrick.pdf 

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