Data Driven School Improvement

Lorenzo Walker TechAugust 13, 2008

What do we want our students to know, and be able to do?

How will we know whether they are learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

What will we do if they are not learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

Three Key Questions

Focus on our mission and vision

◦ “The mission of the Lorenzo Walker campus is to provide rigorous and relevant educational experiences that prepare all students with both the academic and technical skills necessary to succeed in their chosen careers and in further postsecondary education as desired.”

◦ Vision: “All students will graduate with certifications and skills to obtain positions in their chosen career fields. High school graduates will be fully prepared for additional postsecondary education, and adult graduates will attain the academic skills necessary for success.”

What do we want our students to know, and be able to do?

Incorporate our core beliefs

◦ Students are our number one priority, and their needs are the focus of all school decisions.

◦ Students learn best when they are appropriately challenged with rigorous and relevant work.

◦ All students have value, and the potential to succeed.◦ Our central purpose as educators in a technical environment

is to focus on student success and employability.◦ Collaborative relationships with business partners are a vital

element in our efforts to ensure success.◦ Mutual respect among all members of our school community

is necessary for the establishment of a positive and caring environment.

What do we want our students to know, and be able to do?

“Prepare all students with both the academic and technical skills necessary to succeed in their chosen careers and in further postsecondary education as desired.”

What does it mean to…

What are the “academic and technical skills necessary to succeed in their chosen careers”?

What are the “academic and technical skills necessary to succeed…in further postsecondary education as desired”?

What do our students need to KNOW and BE ABLE TO DO?

For Discussion…

The magnitude of our competition is changing. We need toimprove our global competitive position and develop within the global community.

The demands of the workplace are changing.

The nature of student experience has changed outside of school.

We need many more of our students to become effective 21st Century Citizens with lifelong teaching and learning skills.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

What are key factors for success in the 21st century?

A critical thinker A problem solver An Innovator An effective communicator An effective collaborator A self-directed learner Information and media literate Globally aware Civically engaged Financially and economically literate

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Every student in this nation must be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw

Does It Look Like This?

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/key_findings_joint.pdf◦ One fact or idea that jumped out at you

The Four Key Elements:◦ http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option

=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120

What do employers and educators have to say about it?

What are the connections between the P21 skills and your specific subject areas?

◦ http://www.fldoe.org/bii/curriculum/course_descriptions/

What do YOUR students need to KNOW and BE ABLE TO DO?

“But I teach …”

“This is a story about the big publicconversation the nation is nothaving about education… whetheran entire generation of kids will failto make the grade in the globaleconomy because they can’t thinktheir way through abstractproblems, work in teams,distinguish good formation frombad, or speak a language otherthan English.”

How to Build a Student for the21st Century,

TIME Magazine, December 18,2006

What do we want our students to know, and be able to do?

How will we know whether they are learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

What will we do if they are not learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

Three Key Questions

Data Driven: How will we know whether they are learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

School Improvement: What will we do if they are not learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

What is “Data Driven School Improvement”?

What is the DATA we can look at to determine if students are meeting the learning

objectives set for what we want them to KNOW and BE ABLE TO DO?

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df6zx52t_137ff42rjgq&hl=e

http://wordle.net/

How will we know whether they are learning what we want them to know and be able to do?

The elephant in the room, Part One…

◦ The process: http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/pdf/0708/SGGuide2008.

pdf

Our numbers:http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/default.asp

What Does Our Data Reveal?

The elephant in the room, Part Two…

Spring 2008 TABE Overview:◦ Students Exempt: 263 48%◦ Students Passed: 148 27%◦ Students Not Passed: 135 25%

If Exempt students are excluded:◦ Students Passed: 148 52%◦ Students Not Passed: 135 48%

What Does Our Data Reveal?

Find the strengths

Find the opportunities for growth

Feel the pain, then move on

Determine clearly what you’re dealing with

Make a plan

Keep the data in perspective

“Confront the Brutal Facts, Yet Never Lose Faith”

FCAT and TABE scores matter… but what specifically is helpful to know?

What other data can either reveal our student performance our explain factors in their performance?

“Data Driven: How will we know whether they are learning what we want them to know and be able to do?”

Dig Deeper

Prior to Friday’s session:

Secondary Faculty – Take the Data Warehouse Scavenger Hunt, and bring your results on Friday

Postsecondary Faculty – Review the department data provided, and generate a list of observations, questions, or further information that would be helpful

All Faculty- In addition to the data provided, identify one additional type of data that you think would be very helpful in guiding your performance – and attempt to locate that data, for your class/students, to bring on Friday

Extensions

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We Start By Collecting the Data!