In this webinar, the former chief academic officer for Partnerships to Uplift Communities Schools and now the current chief implementation officer at BloomBoard, Kelly Montes De Oca, will discuss how you can drive more effective professional learning across your school or district by using a framework for instructional
improvement focused on data and mastery rather than seat time and credit hours.
Not exact matches
This week our Big
Data Barometer,
focusing on the mood around the French elections, shows a further decline although tentative signs of
improvement can be seen.
He is an epidemiologist by training and an acclaimed public health researcher, whose work has
focused on driving
improvements in
data quality to support changes in health care.
More specifically, she
focuses on the development and use of multidisciplinary approaches, combining
data from different sources, to identify the determinants of disease transmission in different ecological settings, providing evidence for the
improvement of current control policies, as well as the development of new ones.
«Hospital administrators, policymakers, surgeons and hospital epidemiologists can use these
data to make a business case for quality
improvement efforts
focused on SSIs,» authors noted.
Focus group
data analysis
on the 2011 Sit N Fit Chair Yoga pilot study showed pain reduction, improved mobility, a feeling of security and
improvement in sense of well - being.
Data analyzed
on adults with moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease showed significant
improvement in balance, gait speed, walking ability as well as increased
focus and concentration.
Since introducing the three targeted programs and implementation model in 2016, Buchanan says the school has seen:
improvements across a range of classes using the NAPLAN writing scale of up to 40 per cent;
improvements in spelling using NAPLAN assessment and internal
data of up to two years within a 12 month period; and its first spike in NAPLAN numeracy
improvement for Years 3 and 5 (the two year groups staff
focused on through the program).
Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a
focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked
improvement in achievement and climate
data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.
I hope to make the work of instructional leaders sustainable and scalable so that the
focus on data - driven instruction, a
focus on culture and continuous
improvement becomes the norm and not the exception.
With the PLC at Work model,
data analysis
focuses on the progress of each individual student, looking at specific percentage
improvements and sharing strategies around how to maximize strengths and overcome weaknesses.
This required
focusing on specific areas of leadership practice separately (e.g., methods of clinical supervision, school -
improvement planning, classroom walk - throughs, uses of student performance
data), or within comprehensive guidelines or frameworks for leadership practice.240 In one of the higher - performing urban districts in our sample, district officials organized a three - year principaldevelopment program based
on Marzano «s balanced leadership program.
The strongest relationship here is with Emphasis
on teamwork -LRB-.45),
Focus on quality -LRB-.39), District culture -LRB-.38), Use of
data -LRB-.35), Jobembedded professional development for teachers -LRB-.35), Relations with schools and stakeholders -LRB-.35), Targeted
improvement -LRB-.31), and Investment in instructional leadership -LRB-.23).
The article discusses the use of
data - driven decision making in education and school
improvement programs,
focusing on how its effective implementation can improve student outcomes.
They were Principal Self - Rating
on Shared Leadership Skills, Principal Self - Rating
on Improvement Planning
Focus, Principal Rating of District School
Improvement Focus, Principal Rating of District Shared Leadership Skills, District Policies to Support Organizational Learning, and District
Focus on Data - Based Decision Making (see Table C1.6.2 in Appendix C).
Looking at the effect of diversity, we find a significant main effect for Principal Self - Rating
on Improvement Planning
Focus, Principal Rating of District School
Improvement Focus, and District
Focus on Data - Based Decision Making (see Table C1.6.3 in Appendix C).
Presenter: John Foster, NOCTI The NRCCTE is developing two professional development models
focused on improving secondary CTE that address: supporting teachers entering the profession through alternative routes and the use of technical assessment
data to drive instructional
improvement and student achievement.
Today, too much professional development
focuses on analyzing
data, she said, instead of discussing student
improvement.
Phase II kicks off with two training sessions
focused on developing
data literacy,
data collection,
data systems and instilling a continuous
improvement cycle.
One of the things that make Butler College Prep and Noble unique is our
focus on data - driven continuous
improvement.
As her school
improvement coach, it was time for me to help her look at the entire year - answering questions about where they started, what they
focused on and finally, what the
data was saying about growth.
Rather than magic, teachers, parents and students give more likely explanations for the off - the - charts
improvement: all the Saturdays, early mornings and late afternoons worked by every staff member (from the principal to the PE teacher); a shift in school culture to better respect and understand students; and a newfound
focus on data and educational technologies.
In this new school, I plan
on working with the school
improvement leadership team in designing staff development programs that will equip the instructional staff with the skills necessary to promote collaboration in identifying grade level
focus on highest student achievement, as identified by the student performance
data.
In the process, they are increasing their own capacity to make and sustain
improvements within their schools using a sequence of steps drawn from
improvement science methodology: define and learn more about the
focus problem, pilot a small change in iterative cycles, and collect and reflect
on data from the experience.
It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make
data actionable and competency - based • Use
data to bring coherence across
improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of
data - literacy and student -
focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact
on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive use of
data throughout an organization — with an emphasis
on how to support teachers» use of
data.
In
data -
focused team meetings, teachers may eagerly examine a wide variety of information
on student learning, consider multiple interpretations of the
data, support one another in developing meaningful instructional
improvements — or not.
Data - driven and research - based
improvement efforts that
focus on raising student achievement.
The cornerstones of the
improvement strategy were strong principals and teachers, a
data - practice partnership
focused on evidence - based strategies, and a culture of innovation.
With ESSA's increased
focus on whole child education, programs are developing and implementing innovative approaches to collecting and using
data to measure family engagement and target areas for
improvement.
AUSL's continuous
improvement process is centered
on ongoing cycles of real - time,
data - driven, action -
focused feedback and intervention.
In a world of hyper - change, I need more than
data and
improvement plans to survive: I need books that re-energize me and help me to
focus on the basics of leadership.
If I had the opportunity to meet with a new school administrator regarding implementing intensive interventions within their school or district, I would advise them to
focus on four main components of a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS): (1) establishing a student -
focused culture in your building, (2) establishing efficient procedures for
data collection and analysis, (3) establishing a strong core instructional program and (4)
focusing on continuous
improvement.
Dr. Beam, faculty at University of North Georgia as well as a former principal and assistant principal, shared with us her process for using
data to initiate change within a school, create a shared vision among faculty, and guide an
improvement project, specifically
focusing on mathematics.
Participants
focus on their schools»
data and performance, applying their learning as they facilitate their school teams through the school
improvement cycle.
He has published numerous articles
on improving student achievement, and his books include The Purposeful Classroom: How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind; Enhancing RTI: How to Ensure Success with Effective Classroom Instruction and Intervention; Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom; How to Create a Culture of Achievement in Your School and Classroom, and Using
Data to
Focus Instructional
Improvement.
Reach has as its core mission the
improvement of student achievement outcomes as predictors of success in college or career in the 21st century, bringing attention to high - leverage instructional practices, including LDC, that empower teachers with effective practices, and a
focus on a set of core habits (student engagement, academic learning behaviors, differentiation, intentionality,
data analysis, and language and thinking development).
From both decades of research and the craft knowledge of educators who've jumped in and turned around schools, we know these practices generally yield
improvement: (1) a
focus on what kids need to learn: (2) collaboration
on instruction and assessment; (3) examining assessment
data; (4) using patterns in
data to improve instruction; and (5) building trusting relationships.
Oregon's efforts to support innovation and school
improvement have
focused on proficiency - based learning models and early steps toward creating multiple measures
data dashboards.
Kentucky is also using a multiple measures
data dashboard to highlight school success, identify areas for
improvement, and deploy
focused support based
on local needs.
Source:
Data on the number of schools in
improvement under NCLB and the number of priority and
focus schools under ESEA Flexibility collected from http://eddateexpress.ed.gov/.
Statewide systems of school
improvement and support were
focused largely
on compliance and sanctions based
on bald, end - of - year
data that provided little evidence of how results were achieved and moreover, were not useful for making decisions at the school and system levels.
The professional learning culture of each school is well articulated, collaborative, and
focused on continual
improvement informed by analyses of student, practitioner and school
data.
The rise was backed by Boston Plan for Excellence, a local ed fund
focused on 1) preparing and supporting diverse, highly effective teachers for Boston's schools, 2) cultivating ambitious instruction in every classroom with a coherent,
data - driven approach to school
improvement, and 3) creating break - the - mold new schools that ensure all students are prepared to succeed in college and career.
Often assessments
focus on general management skills and knowledge rather than
on specific behaviors (such as
data analysis and goal setting) that lead to school - wide
improvements in teaching.
Such experiences combine input from external and local experts, are
focused on school and district priorities for
improvement and are justified by evidence of need (e.g., student
data).
The outcome of Establishing a System for Continuous
Improvement is collaborative discussion of data that is timely, relevant to improve student learning, and focused on continuous improvement of the teaching and learn
Improvement is collaborative discussion of
data that is timely, relevant to improve student learning, and
focused on continuous
improvement of the teaching and learn
improvement of the teaching and learning system.
The NRCCTE is developing two professional development models
focused on improving secondary CTE that address: supporting teachers entering the profession through alternative routes and the use of technical assessment
data to drive instructional
improvement and student achievement.
This
data provides more evidence that participation in programs
focused on social and behavioral development can lead to
improvements in three key areas of a child's education: attitude, behavior, and academic performance.
This commitment includes overseeing and monitoring the program, thoughtfully using the
data you collect and
focusing on continuous
improvement.
Future
data set development efforts will include a
focus on further
improvements to the temperature record in this area of the world.»