When you log in to VerticalChange, you’ll see your Site Dashboard.
The Site Dashboard is where you will enter in all of the important forms and assessments for Quality Counts.
Before you begin entering in data, familiarize yourself with the other navigation areas of the application:
Home - hover over the left-hand navigation menu, on the Home icon. Clicking this will always bring you back to your Dashboard
Documents - hovering over the left-hand navigation menu and clicking on the Documents section will bring you to the Agency-Wide Documents section. Documents here are available to all users.
Tasks - hover over the left-hand navigation menu and click on Tasks. This is a list of any Tasks that you have been assigned by Quality Counts or other staff members
Return to your Dashboard by clicking on the home icon. At the top of the page, you'll see different tabs which have the following information:
My Work - the area where you will start, resume, and add additional forms and assessments for Quality Counts.
Site Information - this displays detailed QRIS and contact information for your Site. Please note - if you would like to update any of this information, please reach out to Shelley Trost at SBCEO.
Documents - this is a list of all documents that have been uploaded to your Site's page through your forms. These could be things like permits, transcripts, portfolios, etc.
QRIS Rating - this gives a detailed breakdown of your current QRIS Rating score per element and Tier
Rating Preview - this displays what your QRIS element ratings would be based on the most recent form and assessment data you have entered. This is not your official QRIS score - that is displayed on the QRIS Rating tab.
Lastly, you'll see that you have access to all of your Site's information on the yellow sidebar on the right. This is meant to be a quick preview of your information.
Now that you are familiar with the different parts of the VerticalChange system, go back to your Dashboard.
Dashboard Forms
Under the My Work tab, you'll see a list of all forms that you need to complete.
Each form will have a button to the right indicating what you need to do next:
Start - Click the Start button to create a brand new form. Once you click Start on the first form, the page will guide you through the forms below it to ensure you complete everything
Resume - If you started filling out a form, but had to save and come back to it later, you'll see an orange Resume button next to the form. Clicking this will take you back to the form you need to complete
Add New - This button means that you have already submitted one form, and it is giving you the chance to create another. This button is only necessary on the Family Child Care Provider / Lead Teacher form if you are adding new teachers to the Site. For all other forms, there is no need to add a new one.
Once you have completed a form, a preview of your submitted form will show underneath the heading on the Dashboard. For cases like the Family Child Care Provider / Lead Teacher form, it will list each form that was completed for each teacher.
If you need to make changes to an existing form, you can simply click on the hyperlinked form in the Dashboard to be taken to your form:
If you see that one of your forms has the words [Blank] or No available data to display - this means that there is important information missing from your form. Open up the form that is displaying this information by clicking on the link, and go through your form to make sure you've entered in everything correctly.
