Eyes On the Prize: Data Teams Focused on Student Achievement

Lisa Andrew & Dan MasonSanta Clara County Office of Education

Julia SterneSchool City

Using Data Protocols to Strengthen Your PLC

8:30-8:35LisaWelcomeIntroductionsBathrooms

1AgendaWelcome/AgendaWarm-UpProfessional Learning Teams DefinedTeam Roles and ResponsibilitiesFocus on LearningUsing STARSProtocols

8:35LisaReview agendaLunch at 11:452Connectors, Mavens, and SalesmenGladwell (2002) identifies three different types of people who help to make trends happen: Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen.

Read the three cards on your table. Decide which card best describes you when you are at work.

8:37-8:40Lisa3Affinity GroupsOnce you have selected the card that best describes you, move to the section of the room denoting your choice.

Discuss with others in your group:How your type will work to ensure your grade level will stay motivated and engaged with PLT work.How you will problem-solve when an issue arises in your PLT.The best strategy (ies) for your principal to use to support you.

8:40Lisa-9:004OutcomesUnderstand the cultural shifts that must occur when a school decides to take action to ensure all students learn through the use of a Professional Learning Community.

Understand the necessary conditions for high quality implementation of a Professional Learning Community

Understand how to plan and facilitate successful PLT meetings

And ultimatelyto affect student achievement!

9:00-9:03Lisa

5What is a Professional Learning Team?In pairs, complete a T-chart describing what a PLT is and what it is not

Compare your T-chart to page 24 Professional Learning Teams

9:03-9:20Lisa

Post T-chartsCircle descriptors of what at least 3 of the 4 charts have in common

Have pairs compare their chart to page 24 and put a star next to descriptors they included from the table.6PLT Meeting Protocol1. Collect and chart data.2. Analyze strengths and obstacles.3. Establish goals: set, review, revise.4. Select instructional strategies.5. Determine results indicators.

9:20-9:25Lisa

Why is it important to have an agenda? A protocol?7Guiding QuestionsWhat do we want students to learn?How will we know if each student has learned?How will we respond when some students do not learn?How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?How do we ensure equity of access and opportunity for each student?

9:25-9:40Lisa

With a partner, describe the data involved in each question.

For example, the first question What do we want student to learn? Data that you need is pre..starting pointdata that indicates the goal.8Roles and ResponsibilitiesReview the Team Member Responsibilities page.

Circle the three that you feel will be growth areas for your PLT.

What strategies will you employ to support this growth?

Review the Facilitators Role and Responsibilities

Circle the three that you feel with be crucial to your teams success.

9:40-10:10Lisa

Share survey Rate Yourself as a Team Player pages 52/53

Share Facilitators Responsibilities sheet9BREAK

10:10-10:2510Moving From a Focus on Teaching to a Focus on LearningFocus on teaching:what students should be learning and what assessments should look like TO

Focus on learning:monitoring whether or not students are mastering required content, supporting students who are not successful, and challenging those who are

10:25-10:30Lisa

Reminder of whole group training11Developing SMART GoalsWrite the letters S-M-A-R-T going down the back of your power point packet.

As you watch the video segment write the definition of each letter of the SMART goal acronym.

Be thinking about how SMART goals are similar and different than the goals your grade level team has written in the past

10:30-10:50Lisa

View Collaborative Teams CD Use SMART Goals

Whole group discussionWhat interested you in the PLT you observed? Which of the five PLT questions were they trying to address?Can anyone give a specific examples of one of the norms that was being followed?

What is meant by SMART goal?As you watched the PLT at work, what action plan steps were they developing to achieve their SMART goal?

12Developing SMART GoalsWith a partner, examine the completed SMART goal worksheet.What parts will be familiar to your PLT?What parts will be new for your PLT?

Write a SMART goal that you would like to explore today using data from STARS.

10:50-11:15Lisa

When done.pass pages two three to the left

Post-it with honest feedback about the goalrefer to each letter in SMART when giving feedback13Choosing a Data ProtocolWhat questions should we ask when deciding which protocol to use?

Who in the PLC should choose the protocol?

11:15-11:45Dan

Share 6 data protocols. Have small groups chart Strengths and Possible Uses for each Protocol. Gallery Walk charts.14

11:45-12:4515Monitoring Progress on SMART Goals

12:45-2:45Julia and Dan

Continue Demo of STARS data retrieval

BREAK sometime in this block16Conduct a PLC MeetingForm a group of three.

Choose someones SMART goal.

Access data from STARS to monitor progress.

Choose a protocol to analyze data.

2:45-3:15Julia and Dan

17Ahas, Oh Nos, What AboutsOn a post-it record three AHAS from the dayand post

On a post-it record one Oh Nos from the day..and post

On a post-t record one What Aboutsand post

3:15Julia and Dan

Divide group into three group. Each group synthesizes one chart. A report from each group shares results. Group answers all What About questions.18