Protocols for Using Data 101 | Successline Inc.

Program Description

This training program, customized for Virginia, is designed to help educators use data at the district, school and classroom levels. This high-powered, data-intensive workshop is geared for building-level and central office administrators who desire to increase their level of knowledge about how to make data-based decisions. From data templates to our popular manipulatives, you'll learn practical approaches for helping others work with data in a collaborative setting. This is must-have training for school improvement teams. The high-impact protocols are designed to work within any district's school improvement framework - or you can use ours!

Virginia Standard(s) Addressed

Planning and Assessment (ISLLC standard 3)
Instructional Leadership (ISLLC standard 1)
Professionalism (ISLLC standards 5 & 6)

Program Goals and Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will learn how to:

Make effective school and classroom decisions based on evidence and data.
Organize data effectively and efficiently by content area (e.g., reading, writing, math, science, and social studies).
Facilitate the analysis of school- and classroom-level data.
Identify and correctly use three types of data: outcome, demographic and process data.
Analyze process data with respect to alignment between curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Analyze different sources of data.
Use classroom-based strategy cards to create more effective learning experiences for struggling students.
Create a culture in which standards and data drive decision-making.
Use protocols for helping others look at data and interventions in a systemic and systematic way.
Make connections between state data requirements and those required by No Child Left Behind.
Help others become familiar with score reports in an interesting and engaging way.
Link data to interventions and school improvement efforts.

Program Format

This one-of-a-kind workshop, personally designed and delivered by Deborah Wahlstrom, is engaging and interactive. In addition to using high-impact adult learning strategies and participant-centered techniques, this workshop includes the use of district, school, and classroom data.

Target Audience

district-level instructional leadership administrators
school improvement teams
administrators
lead teachers
special education administrators
Title I administrators
school leaders not yet making AYP

Self-Selection and/or Identification Through School Division

No, unless a district wishes to have self-selection. Yes, this is a district-sponsored program.

Duration of Program

2-3 days

Outcomes Measured

Content knowledge is assessed throughout the workshop. Varies from district-to-district, depending on the needs of district staff.

Program Evaluation

Participants complete an online or a paper survey; results are reported back to the host district.

Contact Information

Mark and Deborah Wahlstrom
Successline Inc.
137 Pitchkettle Point Circle
Suffolk, Virginia 23434
office: 757-539-6513
fax: 757-539-6523
mobile: 757-650-3388
Mark.Wahlstrom@successlineinc.com
datadeb@successlineinc.com
www.successlineinc.com

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