Coaching is the key to helping school leaders appropriately use assessments and other data points to inform instruction across the ecosystem. Our coaches also help leaders think through the design and implementation of district-wide curriculum strategies, school-wide instructional priorities, and improvement practices. In part two of this blog, our ANet coaches share how a coach helps leaders turn their data into actionable insights.
Our four-part series includes:
It’s helpful to create a master list of all the data available to the school leader - when is it gathered, where does it live, what is its purpose, who is it for? From there, you can identify which pieces the leader should review at which frequency based on their goals at that time. As with any new skill, breaking it up into manageable chunks is helpful and keeps things from feeling too overwhelming.
-Julia Davis
To increase the leader’s understanding of making better data-informed decisions, I would take the following approach (below):
-Rashid Johnson
We usually talk through their different data sources, academics, social-emotional, culture climate, parent/family, and overall district initiatives. Then we do some triangulation with data. The ELE (Empowering Learning Environment) pilot has a protocol we have been using to do this.
-Colleen Kelly
Ground in the data that’s most connected to their goals and/or what they’ve outlined in their school or strategic plans. Often leaders will create goals without identifying the measurement tools and data sources and outlined frequencies for analysis. Crafting goals alongside the articulation of how and when they will be measured ensures leaders can focus on the “just right” data to determine progress and ultimately impact.
-Katie Tabbert
Having a clear measurement plan based on the goals they set. If we are going to do X what is the data set we need to look at?
-Colleen Kelly
We know leaders often feel like they're data rich but information poor. Learn more about how coaching helps leaders change their practices on our page www.achievementnetwork.org/coaching.
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