Connect for Success ConferenceEricka R. Simmons

Adena Elementary, Lakota Local Schools

June 28, 2012

“Finding new ways to improve is not a condemnation of the past or present, but a statement that every

individual and organization

is a living entity that can better itself.”

John R. Drew. Ed. D

Knowing Your Data in a Learning Environment

•Critical Factors

The Culture of the Learning Environment

• Beliefs

• Expectations

• Norms

Resources Needed to Know Your Data

• Time

• People & Professional Development

• Data

Culture

Resources

Richard DuFour:

“A culture is simply the expectations, beliefs and behaviors that constitute the norm for an organization.”

•Definition of Culture

POSITIVE

• Celebrates Success

• Fosters Collaboration

• High expectations for

student & staff learning

• Believes that ALL students

have the ability to learn and

the right to learn at high

levels.

• Poor relationships amongst the

staff

• Little to no expectations set for

collaboration

• Negative tone within the building

• Blames students for lack of

progress

TOXIC

•Positive vs. Toxic CultureA second line of text could go here

•The Impact of a School’s Culture

“Ultimately the school’s culture has far more influence on life and learning in the schoolhouse than the state department of education, the superintendent, the school board, or even the principal can ever have.”

- Roland Barth

• Time to Review, Analyze, Interpret, & Discuss the Data

• Regularly scheduled data team meetings with the full staff & with teams before school and/or throughout the school day

• Beginning and end of the year staff meetings focused on data

• Time to Process the Data

• Ask probing questions about the data

• Make observations about strengths & weaknesses

• Look for patterns and trends in the data

•Resource: Time

Prioritize and

Schedule

Time

to

Collaborate

•People & Professional Development

• Data Point person(s)• District, Building, & Classroom Level

• Assessment Coordinator, Administrator, & Teacher Leaders

• Someone with knowledge of how to access & filter the data

• Facilitate Data Meetings• Guide discussions & build capacity

• Establish goals based on the data

• Build a Deep Understanding• AYP Targets & Value Added Measures

• Subgroups

• Item Analysis Data

• District & Building Data

• Systemic Approach { RTI }• Clear expectations for collaborating about the

data using agendas & meeting norms

• Establish a framework for making decisions about interventions & enrichment

• Use Multiple Data Sources• State report card, AYP workbook, Measure Up

Tool, Value Added reports in EVAAS, Universal Screeners, Common Assessment data, & Classroom data

• Data notebooks to organize data

•Resource: Data

“Relevant,

timely

information is

the essential

fuel

of the

continuous

improvement

process.” -Learning by Doing

• Put a Face to AYP

• Look closely at each individual student

• Collaborate about ways to impact each student’s reality

• Data Driven Decision Making

• Look at how students are achieving and how they are progressing through the curriculum

• Look at cohort achievement data to see how groups of students have performed over the years

• Listen to what the data says and use it to make decisions about ways to improve

•Let the Data Speak

• Knowing your learners and doing all you can to address their needs

• Studying the past (trends in data) to improve the future

• Willingly making adjustments to your practices (district, building, and/or classroom level) in order to meet the needs of ALL learners

•Bottom Line

Knowing

Your Data

Means….

•Q & A

“Success means doing the best we can

with what we have. Success is the doing,

not the getting; is the trying, not the triumph.

Success is a personal standard,

reaching for the highest that is in us,

becoming all that we can be.”

Ericka.Simmons@lakotaonline.com

•Contact Information