Setting Up the TEMPSC Evaluation Process for Counselors

This article contains steps specific to setting up the Texas Counseling Association’s Texas Evaluation Model for Professional School Counselors (TEMPSC) evaluation process for school counselors. TEMPSC establishes guidelines for the assessment of school counselors and related professions. This framework is available in Strive by selecting Settings () > Framework Setup.

Note: This article walks you through setting up a TEMPSC evaluation process. When you are ready to conduct an evaluation, see Creating an Evaluation Document for staff.

Building the Evaluation Process With the TEMPSC Framework

If your district uses the locked TEMPSC framework, you must build a new evaluation process.

Retiring Your Existing TEMPSC Process

The first series of steps requires you to retire your existing TEMPSC process.

Quick Guide

1. Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

2. Locate the existing TEMPSC Counselor process you no longer want to use.

3. Select the Delete icon () to permanently remove the process.

Note: Completing the end-of-year archive preserves all evaluation data for the year, making it safe to delete old processes. If a process is assigned at least one staff member, it cannot be deleted. We will soon offer users a way to make processes inactive to help organize the Process Management table.

Illustrated Guide

Step 1: Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

Step 2: Locate the existing TEMPSC Counselor process you no longer want to use.

Step 3: Select the Delete icon () to permanently remove the process.

Note: Completing the end-of-year archive preserves all evaluation data for the year, making it safe to delete old processes. If a process is assigned at least one staff member, it cannot be deleted. We will soon offer users a way to make processes inactive to help organize the Process Management table.

Removing Counselor Forms From Different Processes

If your district previously evaluated counselors under a different process that included other employee groups, such as a School Staff process, perform the following steps to remove the counselor evaluation forms from the process.

Quick Guide

1. Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

2. Locate and select the process you want to edit.

3. Locate the Evaluation step of the process, and select the X beside any TEMPSC or Counselor forms to remove them.

4. Confirm that you want to remove the evaluation form from the process by selecting Proceed.

Illustrated Guide

Step 1: Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

Step 2: Locate and select the process you want to edit.

Step 3: Locate the Evaluation step of the process, and select the X beside any TEMPSC or Counselor forms to remove them.

Step 4: Confirm that you want to remove the evaluation form from the process by selecting Proceed.

Verifying Prebuilt Forms

Next, you must locate and verify that you have prebuilt forms from Eduphoria.

Quick Guide

1. Select Settings (), and then select Form Management.

2. Select the Prebuilt Forms tab.

3. Select each form type and verify that you have each of the following forms in the table:

   1. Reflections

      1. *TEMPSC Self-Assessment

      2. *TEMPSC Professional Development Plan (IF NOT USING INTERACTIVE GOALS)

   2. Evaluations

      1. *TEMPSC Pre-Evaluation Conference Form

      2. *TEMPSC MOY Conference Form

      3. *TEMPSC MOY Conference Form (IF NOT USING INTERACTIVE GOALS)

      4. *TEMPSC Final Evaluation

      5. *TEMPSC Final Evaluation Conference Form

4. If any are missing or don’t appear properly tagged, contact Support.

Illustrated Guide

Step 1: Select Settings (), and then select Form Management.

Step 2: Select the Prebuilt Forms tab.

Step 3: Select each form type and verify that you have each of the following forms in the table:

Note: Framework settings and tags are already set for prebuilt forms.

Step 4: If any are missing or don’t appear properly tagged, contact Support.

Building a New TEMPSC Process

Next, you’ll build a new TEMPSC process.

Quick Guide

1. Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

2. Select Build New Process.

3. Type “TEMPSC Counselor” in the Process Name box.

4. Set your Process Type as Evaluation and your Framework as TEMPSC.

5. Set the Start and End Dates of the process, then select Start Building.

6. Set up the evaluation process by creating and modifying steps and tasks.

7. Assign Forms or Goals to each task as you create them (see a sample process in Step 7 of this section’s Illustrated Guide). Only use Professional Growth Goals, not Student Growth Goals, for T-PESS.

8. For Forms tasks, attach the appropriate form (see a list of recommended forms in Step 8 of this section’s Illustrated Guide). Set the number required to complete and a due date for completion to help evaluators monitor their staff’s progress in the Overview and Activity Tracker.

Illustrated Guide

Step 1: Select Settings (), and then select Process Management.

Step 2: Select Build New Process.

Step 3: Type “TEMPSC Counselor” in the Process Name box.

Step 4: Set your Process Type as Evaluation and your Framework as TEMPSC.

Step 5: Set the Start and End Dates of the process, then select Start Building.

Step 6: Set up the evaluation process by creating and modifying steps and tasks.

Step 7: Assign Forms or Goals to each task as you create them. Only use Professional Growth Goals, not Student Growth Goals, for T-PESS.

Sample Process

Step 8: For Forms tasks, attach the appropriate form. Set the number required to complete and a due date for completion to help evaluators monitor their staff’s progress in the Overview and Activity Tracker.

Caution: If you choose not to use the interactive goals feature, you need to add the Professional Development Plan task to your BOY Conference and use the Reflection form with the same name. Select the MOY Goals Progress form labeled (IF NOT USING INTERACTIVE GOALS).

Recommended Templates

Your new TEMPSC Counselor process is now ready to use. Evaluators must select the TEMPSC Counselors process for the counselors they evaluate with this framework.