2/2007aein data team workshop “you never cross the same river twice…”

2/2007 AEIN Data Team Workshop

“You never cross the same river twice…”

2/2007 AEIN Data Team Workshop

Assumptions

• Everyone is a learner, teacher, & leader• Smarter educators help all students become

smarter• All of us are smarter than any one of us• People learn better in culturally responsive

environments• Improving education for all is possible, but will

take time, patience, and new learning• And…

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There is no silver bullet!

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Alaska Educational Innovations Network

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The Alaska Educational Innovations Network:

• Is focused on learning & learners– Defines success beyond AYP, using multiple sources

of information

• Promotes substantive conversation – Taps multiple voices for focused dialog about student

success

• Is recognized for research-based practice– Develops capacity for partners to use research & data

in ongoing data teams.

• Ensures sustainability– Committed to ongoing cycle of inquiry

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A Vision of Success

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Learning Outcomes: Student Success--Head,

Hands, Heart

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Student Success Outcomes

Each and every student will frame his/her own questions for inquiry/investigation and then access, gather, analyze information from multiple sources (e.g. book, internet, people) to develop answers to the questions as well as pose new questions.

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Student Success Outcomes

• Each and every student will define and inter-relate personal values, needs, and wants in order to identify goals, develop plans, and implement the plans to meet the goals.

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Student Success Outcomes

Each and every student will make well-informed decisions by analyzing evidence, discerning fact from opinion, asking critical questions, and thinking creatively about issues.

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Student Success Outcomes

Each and every student will know him/herself, personal frames of reference, areas of strength, and areas for growth, and be secure within his/her world and unique heritage.

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AEIN Strategies

• Schools develop as learning communities• Networks strengthen shared knowledge &

wisdom• Beginning teachers benefit from partner

expertise• Partnership activities can expand the ranks of

the highly qualified • Improvement relies on critical use of data• We’re all in this together

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Keys to Professional Learning

• Context– Schools are characterized by effective leadership,

collegial professional community, & adequate resources

• Process– Strategies focus on improvement of learning

• Content– Knowledge and skills emphasize equity & quality

teaching

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Many Strands or One Strong Rope?

• More work or THE work?

• Must be woven together

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Workshop Goals

• Develop a learning community among partners

• Analyze the data team’s effectiveness

• Deepen strategies for using data

• Plan next steps

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AEIN

• Shared Commitments: Enhance the learning outcomes for each and every student– Building Community– Sharing Wisdom– Nourishing Learning

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Why do we care about building learning community?

“Organizational capacity is enhanced when schools are shaped into professional communities:– Clear, shared purpose– Collaborative activity

pursues purpose– Collective responsibility

for student learning• Successful School

Restructuring, Fred Newmann & Gary Wehlage

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6 X 6 Protocol• Equal rows, participants face each other• 6 questions• Pose question to partner, note response• After 2 minutes/interview, one row shifts to

the left• When each has asked question 6 times, all

who have posed same question convene• Tally, categorize responses• Truths, trends, outliers• Report to larger group

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Inquiry Notebook

How does this inform my work as a data team member?

What new questions, puzzles, ideas, concerns, do I have?