(INSTITUTION + RESEARCH) X INDEPENDENT SCHOOL = ?

• > empirical studies of people, settings, interventions

• + culture, history, environment matter

• / creativity, experience, humility, integrity are not optional

• = Information broker, analytics, data literacy, decision support,

student success

• Scholarship of integration (Boyer, 1990): IRs responsibilities are to

know and use the discoveries of others to form a blended perspective

of the school community relevant to real world, locally and globally

centered problems and opportunities [adapted]

DATA, DATA EVERYWHERE…• Inventory/Identify Data Sources (30+)

• Databases

• Department Spreadsheets

• Shared Drives

• Web Based Applications

• Identify Datasets

• Contents of a single database-query

• Worksheet download or

• Defined view

• Dataset Catalog

• Identify data stewards-request downloads

• Organize data files

…TOO MUCH TO LET US THINK! (W. JAMES POPHAM, 2008-2009 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, 66[4], 85-86)

Research in the Context of Punahou School-Data is NOT:

• A force all by itself – Nuance and context matter

• A perfect reflection of our Punahou world – Representation of our world often

using incomplete, imperfect, inaccurate or outdated information BUT may be the

best source of information augmented with other data sources

• The authority – Consider its purpose as “democratization of information”-knowing

something is not the same as being in a position to effect change

• Easily interpreted – more art than science: selection, filtering, framing, composition

and emphasis

• A distraction – It should illuminate-not all data are worth using, choose

purposefully

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHER AS CATALYSTINSPIRE CURIOSITY!

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHER AS SUPPORTPROMOTE EXPLORATION

• Created an “IRB” process• Created research protocols• Faculty advisor• Thought partner – informed

decision making• Connect consumers and

producers of data• Facilitate cross department data

literacy• Questionnaire development• Data analysis/visualization• Co-teach research methods –

Academy Gender Studies course

RELATIONSHIPS – INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

• Inventory – Data sources

• Architecture – IT

• Talk Story

• P Community

• Bridges

• R Community

• Code of Ethics

RELEVANCE – RESPONSIVE & INFLUENCES PRACTICE

• Questions of interest – Classroom, grade level, subject, cohort, etc.

• Memberships – National Student Clearinghouse, AERA, AIR

• Research on demand

• Research translation

• Helps to change reality not just embrace reality

✓What Makes Research(ers) Relevant?

✓Training

✓Values orientation

✓Perception of reality

✓Consider meanings of actions

✓Research aims

❖ Academic freedom

❖ Code of conduct

❖ Research genre

❖ Utility

RIGOR – TRUSTWORTHY & TRANSPARENCY

• Research design and methodology

• Research/Data collection tools

• Analysis

• Interpretation

• Practicality

• Transparent

• Explicit

• Confirmatory and hypothesis

driven research

• Experimental designs with

random assignment

• Generalization

• Measurement precision

• Quantification

HOW TO CONDUCT A DATA INVENTORY

• Which departments, grade levels, counselors, deans, divisions, etc. are most likely to have data?

• Who would you need to speak with to find out what data exists?

• What is more efficient: send relevant people a questionnaire or speak with them directly?

• What is the best way to receive information from each person across campus who collects data?

• What type of data do you want/need?

• Where is the data physically housed?

• Where is the data logically housed?

• What encryption is applied to the data when transiting?

• Who is the custodian of the data?

• What is the retention schedule applied to the data?

ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

• Data Informed v. Data Driven Decision Making

• Questions of Interest

• Junior School

• Academy

• Cross Department/Campus Functions

• Responding to Trustee Requests

MAHALO!

DUEHARA@PUNAHOU.EDU