GRIFFIN REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY Serving South Metro County School Systems since 1966...

GRIFFIN REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY

Serving South Metro County School Systems since 1966BUTTS – FAYETTE – HENRY – LAMAR – NEWTON – PIKE – SPALDING – UPSON

Dr. Stephanie L. Gordy, Executive Director

The Educational Leader’s Role in Understanding,

Managing, and Utilizing Data

Leadership Development Module


This Module Encompasses:

1. Understanding Data

A. Power of Data

B. Sources of Data

C. Sharing Data

2. Cultivating a Data Literacy Culture in the School System

3. Painting the Data Portrait at the School Level

4. Using Data to Make Decisions

5. Using Data to Monitor, Evaluate, and Change


Module Teaching Goals

• Provide a program that defines and explores educational data;

• Deliver opportunities for data exploration;• Inspire an interdisciplinary approach to applying data’s

power and meaning to teaching and learning;• Provide opportunities for learners to apply their learning

to real-life, applicable to classroom problems and scenarios.

• Make connections for learners to grow professionally in the areas of educational leadership and best practices in the use of data.


Module Learning Goals:

• To develop an awareness of data’s power. • To expose leaders to educational data trends

and resources.

• To utilize educational leadership data components interwoven with content knowledge and skills to ensure today’s educational leader understands the necessity for data literacy for the administrator and all stakeholders connected to the leader’s organization.


MODULE OUTLINE

• Understanding the Proliferation and Power of Data

• National Educational Data Sources

• Painting the System Data Picture

• Your School Data Portrait

• Utilizing Data Sources in Your Educational Setting

• References


DATA

Psychometricians try to measure it.

Experimentalists try to control it.

Interviewers ask questions about it.

Observers watch it.

Participants do it.

Statisticians count it.

Evaluators value it.

Educators learn from it.From Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods by Michael Quinn Patton


Why focus on educational data?

“While every journey must have a first and last step, my experience is that what ultimately determines the nature and enduring value of the journey are the steps in between. Each step has its own value and importance. Be present for the whole journey, learners that you are. Be present for the whole journey.” Halcolm


ASK QUESTIONS…“Blessed are the skilled questioners, for they shall be given mountains of words to ascend.

Blessed are the wise questioners, for they shall unlock hidden corridors of knowledge.

Blessed are the listening questioners, for they shall gain perspective.

Blessed are all questioners, for they shall gain insight,a precious type of wisdom.”

From Halcolm’s Beautitides

To develop an awareness of data’s power. To expose leaders to educational data trends and resources.To utilize educational leadership data components interwoven with content knowledge and skills to ensure today’s educational leader understands the necessity for data literacy for the administrator and all stakeholders connected to the leader’s organization.


Data, Data Everywhere

• So much data, so make sure you are– Organizing data around essential questions.– Using technology to disaggregate data and

make meanings.– Don’t go it alone! Data review is a team effort!– Data examination has to be a regular activity

in order for trends to materialize so that meaning can be captured.


“Data is the New Soil”

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html


National Data Resources

• National Center for Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/

• SchoolDigger http://www.schooldigger.com/

• The 2012 National Statistical Abstract (Education) http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/education.html


Georgia Data Resources

• Georgia Department of Education

• Georgia County Guide

• Georgia Census Data


Georgia Data Resources

Georgia Education by the Numbers


No more “gut feelings”

• Replace hunches and hypotheses with facts• Identify root causes of problems, not just the

symptoms• Assess needs and target resources to address

them• Use data to help stakeholders understand who

you are• Set goals and keep track of accomplishments• Focus efforts and track impact.


An Entity should Focus on…

• Student Learning Data

• Demographic Data

• Perceptions Data

• Process Data


Data is Great, but you have to Cross the Data

• If a grade level’s achievement scores are down, then how was the teacher attendance for that grade level?

• Do students with high satisfaction rates regarding their school have high achievement scores than those who are dissatisfied?

• What strategies are working for gifted students that could also be working for regular ed or special ed students?

• Is there a gender difference in students’ perceptions of the learning environment?

• Do student perceptions differ for those who are in extracurricular activities?


Is the Data Accessible for Stakeholders?


Stories Behind the Numbers

“Although it seems paradoxical, the essence of a successful discussion about data is a commitment to examine not only the data, but also the stories behind the numbers. Only when we articulate the “why” behind the data and turn the lens on our own teaching and leadership behaviors can we understand how to move from drowning in data to improved practices.”

Douglas B Reeves, The Learning Leader


“Quick Facts” or a “By The Numbers” Gives Stakeholders an Inventory

of Your School or System Information.


Creating a Culture of Data in Your School

• Data give teachers a sense of the impact they have on their students.

• Data give educators a sense of where they are relative to where they need to be.

• Educators need to go beyond standardized test scores to measure their impact on students’ growth.

• An over-abundance of data means teachers need guidance as they filter through what is available.


Teachers need Data Literacy

• Georgia LDS http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/SLDS.aspx#TR

• Data is Power videohttp://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/Data-is-Power-Video.aspx


Mining for Data Resources

• Teacher Attendance Data– Broken down by absence type, grade level,

and individual

• Perception Data– Survey Students– Survey Parents– Survey “Alumni”

• Maintenance Data


Every Step of the Journey… Start with Why…

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html


Reflecting on Creating a Culture of Data Literacy


Next StepsNeeds Attention Progressing Skillful

Use of data is considered the Educational Leader’s job.

Use of data is considered the responsibility of a designated group or team.

All staff engage in periodic, sched uled data discussions.

Educational Leader relies on district staff to interpret data.

Educational Leader has developed basic assessment literacy.

Educational Leader leads data discussions and models both understanding of the data and inquiry about them.

Educational Leader distributes test results to tested grades only.

Educational Leader forms vertical data team and is actively involved in data analysis.

Educational Leader models use of data with frequent references and questions.

Educational Leader urges teachers to work together.

Educational Leader honors district directives about use of time for collaboration.

Educational Leader redirects time to ensure data-enhanced teacher collaboration.

Educational Leader leads data use focused on annual state test results.

Data use includes state and dis trict assessments and other state-required data (for example, attendance, suspensions).

Data use includes multiple mea sures of student learning, plus objective and subjective data regarding students, staff, and fam ily and community factors.

Educational Leader assumes that initial train ing ensures implementation.

Educational Leader and staff agree on indica tors of implementation and meth ods of gathering evidence.

Evidence of implementation is gathered frequently, shared with all staff, and used to adjust profes sional development.

Teachers give textbook-related tests, record grades, and move on.

Teachers develop or select and give formative assessments based on most essential concepts and skills.

Results of formative assessments are used weekly for instructional planning and to plan interventions.

Educational Leader completes formal evalua tions as required.

Educational Leader completes formal evalu ation cycles and makes frequent informal classroom visits.

Educational Leader engages staff in discussions of evidence of student learning.

Educational Leader meets district directives for use of data.

Educational Leader sets goals for leadership that match schoolwide goals for student learning.

Educational Leader is transparent and models use of data to set goals and docu ment professional growth.


References

• Quick Facts About Georgia Public K-12 Education 2012.pdf from http://www.gadoe.org• Data is Power video http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/Data-is-Power-Video.aspx• David McCandless's TEDTalk regarding the need for data to be organic...

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html• Georgia Census Data http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/zlcb/?Welcome• Georgia County Guide http://www.countyguide.uga.edu/• Georgia Department of Education http://www.gadoe.org• Georgia LDS http://slds.doe.k12.ga.us/Pages/SLDS.aspx#TR• Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Top Ten Issues to Watch in 2012• Madison County Georgia Data Cycle• National Center for Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/ • 2012 National Statistical Abstract (Education)

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/education.html• Patton, Michael Quinn (2002) Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods, Third Edition.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.• SchoolDigger http://www.schooldigger.com/• Simon Sinek TEDTalk on Start with Why...

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html• University System of Georgia Fast Facts http://www.usg.edu/government/facts

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