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Generating a Professional Development Report for Your School

Swiftscore's Professional Development (PD) reports synthesize patterns across your teachers' recent evaluations into a single, school-level coaching summary. Instead of reviewing observations one at a time, a PD report rolls them up so you can quickly see trends, recurring themes, and recommended next steps for your staff.

Who this is for

Principals and instructional leaders who want a synthesized view of how their teachers are performing across recent evaluations, rather than reviewing each evaluation individually.

Before you start

A PD report draws on your school's evaluation history. For the synthesis to be meaningful, your school should have at least a few completed evaluations to summarize. If your school is brand new to Swiftscore and has no evaluation history yet, complete a handful of observations first so the report has data to work with.

How to generate a PD report

  1. Log in to your Swiftscore account and go to your dashboard. You'll see the teachers at your school.
  2. Click Create to start a new item.
  3. From the "What are you creating?" selector, choose PD Report.
  4. Set the scope. If you're a single-school principal, your school is pre-selected automatically — you'll only ever see and report on your own school's data.
  5. Choose a time window, such as the last 30 days or the last quarter, to define which evaluations the report should draw from.
  6. Click Generate. The report synthesizes your recent evaluations, so generation can take a little longer than a single evaluation — give it a moment to complete.
  7. You'll be redirected to your new PD report once it's ready.

What you'll see in the report

  • A header confirming the school the report is scoped to.
  • One or more synthesis sections (patterns, themes, trends, and recommendations) drawn from your teachers' recent evaluations.
  • References to specific teachers at your school, grounded in their actual evaluation history — not generic or placeholder text.

Your PD report only ever reflects teachers and evaluations at your own school. Data from other schools in your district is never included.

Tips

  • The more evaluation history your school has, the richer the synthesis will be. A report generated with only one or two evaluations will be lighter on patterns than one drawn from a fuller history.
  • Use the time window to focus the report — a shorter window (e.g., "last 30 days") surfaces recent trends, while a longer window (e.g., "last quarter") gives a broader picture.