Data Inquiry Teams: Part I

Principal Strand

NTI December 2014

Our Beliefs about Adult Learning

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Norms for Collaboration

• Review Norms for Collaboration p.X• Self-Assess• Set a Goal

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Learning Targets

1. I can describe the foundations necessary to implement effective data inquiry teams focused on module assessments.

2. I can analyze the impact of relational trust on my school’s performance.

3. I can analyze module assessments through participation in a data inquiry protocol.

Central Beliefs about Data Inquiry

• Locate Central Beliefs about Data Inquiry Teams p. X

• Review Connect-Extend-Challenge p. X

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Findings

Teacher-Principal

Trust in Schools with

Top and Bottom

Quartile Scores on

Standardized Tests

Research

The researchers analyzed Chicago Public Schools from 1991-

1997 to “examine the link between relational trust in school

communities and the likelihood of organizational

improvements that culminate in increased student learning.”

The Components of Relational Trust

• Respect• Competence• Personal Regard for Others• Integrity

Findings

Trends in Mathematics

Scores in Schools

Improving and

Non-Improving

regarding Relational

Trust

Findings

Trends in Reading

Scores in Schools

Improving and

Non-Improving

regarding Relational

Trust

Organizational Effects

• Relational trust reduces the sense of vulnerability related to new and uncertain tasks, increasing classroom innovation.

• Relational trust facilitates public problem-solving within an organization.

• Relational trust undergirds and supports organizational norms of continuous improvement and collaboration.

• Relational trust creates a “moral resource” for sustained adult effort.

Conclusions

• Schools reporting strong relational trust levels in 1994

were three times more likely to eventually improve in

reading and math than those with very weak trust reports.

• By 1997, schools with strong relational trust reports had a

one in two chance of being in the improving group vs. a

one in seven chance for schools with very weak

relational trust reports.

Perhaps Most Significantly...

Schools with weak relational trust levels in 1994

and 1997 had virtually no chance of

showing improvement in either reading or

mathematics.

Presence of relational trust was more predictive of improvement than...• School size

• Teacher educational/professional background

• Percentage of new teachers

• Average years of teaching experience

• Racial & ethnic composition of student body

• Poverty levels

• Stability of student body

• Prior school achievement

Relational Trust

• Locate the Relational Trust Survey p. X• Channel the perspectives of others while scoring

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Leading Together Video

• What do you think the connection is between the adult community and student achievement?

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