Principal Retention

Background

District Dashboard Metrics

Identifying and training effective leaders can be a very expensive and time consuming process. It is therefore advantageous for campuses and districts to retain effective principals. 

Primary Metric

  • Principal Retention: percentage of principals returning from the previous year.

User Interface

Dashboard Example

Figure 1 shows the Principal Retention Rate metric as seen on the staff dashboard.

Figure 1 TSDS Principal Retention Rate

Status Definition

The status indicator is determined by district specific goals.  The TSDS default goal = 100%.

Table 2 shows the status indicators for the Principal Retention metric.

Table 2 Metric Indicators for Principal Retention Metric

Metric Indicator

Comparisons

Metric Name

Metric Indicator

Trend

Principal Retention

Red (Percentage) =  fewer principals returning to their same campus from prior year  than district goal

Green (Percentage) = percentage of principals returning to the same campus from the previous year is equal to or greater than district goal

Current and prior year

Trend

The dashboards currently do not support trends for this metric.  The UI supports the trends, but the ETL packages have not been developed.

Trend Definition.

Table 3 lists the trend indicators for the Principal Retention metric. .

Table 3 Trends for TSDS Principal Retention Metric

Trend Indicators for Principal Retention

Up green

Percentage is higher compared to previous time frame; upward trend is favorable

Unchanged

+ 5 percentage points

Down red

Percentage is lower compared to previous time frame; flag indicates unfavorable trend

Delta Definition

The Delta column appears only in the campus list and is the absolute value of the difference between the principal retention percentage and the campus goal. If the retention percentage is below the campus goal, the delta percentage is displayed in red. If the attendance percentage is equal to or above the campus goal, the delta percentage is displayed in black.

Periodicity

Best practice is to load the data for this metric each semester.

Table 4 Recommended Load Characteristics for TSDS Principal Retention Metric

Recommended Load Characteristics

Calendar

Throughout the school year

Frequency of data load

Yearly

Latency

Year

Interchange schema

Interchange-StaffAssociation.xsd

Tooltips

The standard tool tips for the metric definition, column headers, and help functions display for this metric.

The following are tooltips specific to the Principal Retention metric:

  • Green metric status: OK
  • Red metric status: LOW
  • 'More' indicates drill down views for this metric
  • is ‘No change from the prior period'
  • is ‘Getting worse from the prior period’
  • is 'Getting better from the prior period' 

Business Rules

The Principal Retention metric displays the percentage of principals returning to the same campus from the previous year.

Data Assumptions

  • Data is available in district source systems.

Computed Values

Table 5 defines how values are calculated for the metric. The result of the calculation displays in the Status column on the staff dashboard.

Table 5 Computed Values for TSDS Principal Retention Metric

Metric Values

Principal Retention

Total number of principals on a campus currently who were on the same campus in the prior year/the total number of principals in the district  the prior year

Data Anomalies

Footnotes

No footnotes are need for this metric.

Date of Refresh

No date of refresh is needed for this metric.

Active Campuses

This metric should not include teachers from campuses that have been closed or are no longer active. 

Anomalies

  • Maintaining a correct and consistent principal identity is important given that relevant principal data resides in a number of systems: human resources systems, financial systems, just to name a few. Most systems use some sort of unique identifier. However, sometimes this identifier is entered incorrectly or sometimes different systems use different identifiers. Beginning in 2013-14, all Texas educators will be assigned a 10-digit state unique ID.
  • Districts which have combined campuses or opened new campuses may have a lower principal retention rate. 

Drill Downs

Drill Down Views

The dashboards include the option to drill down and see more detail that is associated with a metric. Table 6 lists the drill down views that are defined for this metric.

Table 6 Drill Down Views for Principal Retention Metric
Campus ListList of campuses and whether or not they are meeting their goal for this metric for the specified period.

User Interface

Figure 2 shows the Principal Retention list.

Figure 2 TSDS Principal Retention List

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