what ? so what? now what ? questions to help sam teams achieve their goals

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What? So what? Now what?

Questions to Help SAM Teams

Achieve Their GoalsDr. Kevin Ballard, EdD; NBCT

Seventh Annual National SAM/Principal Conference Hotel Del Coronado ~ San Diego, California

February 1, 2014


Lifelong Learning

What more would you like to learn from your experience as a SAM administrator or a member of a SAM team?

What have you learned from your experience as a SAM administrator or as a member of a SAM team?


What is SAM?“SAM is a professional development process using a unique set of tools to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership—activities directly connected to improving teaching and learning.”

http://www.samsconnect.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SAM-Info.pdf

Primary Activities of SAM Teams

• Collect data

• Analyze data

• Use data

• What?

• So what?

• Now what?



GoalTo help SAM teams use three questions – What? So what? Now what? – to be more reflective, purposeful, and effective by engaging in a reiterative process in which they collect, analyze, and use data to inform decisions.



What?


What?An integral part of the SAM process to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership is to collect data about how much instructional, management, and personal time a principal uses.


What?


Instructional Descriptors

Student Supervision Work With Student(s)Feedback: DirectiveOffice Work/PrepWalkthroughObservationFeedback: Non-DirectiveParents/GuardiansDecision Making Committees, Groups, MeetingsDistrict: Meetings, Supervisor, OthersExternal: Officials, OthersModeling/TeachingProfessional DevelopmentPlanning, Curriculum, AssessmentCelebration

What?General ManagementStudent SupervisionStudent DisciplineEmployee SupervisionOffice Work/PrepBuilding ManagementParents/GuardiansDecision Making Committees, MeetingsDistrict: Meetings, Supervisor, OthersExternal: Officials, OthersCelebration

Management Descriptors


What?


First Responders – What? Walkthroughs – What?TimeTrack – What? SAM meetings – What? Did ___ – What? Did not do ___ – What?

What?


What?Merely doing something and collecting data is not an effective and efficient way to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership.


Merely collecting data does not help SAM teams reach their goals “to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership.” Therefore, successful SAM teams analyze data to make meaning of their data.

So what?


So what?


Leading change to create high performing, results driven organizations • A principal can be more effective by using his/her

TimeTrack data to inform decision making and determine next steps with a teacher or group to focus on the team’s goals

• The SAM team must regularly consider and reflect on the impact of the principal’s instructional leadership work using TimeTrack data and charts• Discuss the impact of the leader’s time on an individual

teacher’s practice • Discuss the impact of the leader’s time on a group’s practice • Discuss the impact of the leader’s time on a student or parent’s

practice

So what?


TimeTrack Review: Seven Questions 1. Is the team at/above goal? 2. Is the team scheduling at/above goal in advance? 3. Is the team connecting events with individual

teachers and groups? 4. Is a TimeTrack daily meeting scheduled every day? 5. Do you see evidence of follow-up scheduling? 6. Are events reconciled? 7. Is the principal/SAM scheduling the descriptors

they said they wanted to do more of?

So what?


Interpretive Questions • What are you learning about yourself through

this experience? • What things could you have done/could you do

to increase your instructional time? • What things could you have done/could you do

to increase your principal’s instructional time? • What are things that you might have done/could

do in the next month to find ways to provide meaningful feedback to your teachers?

So what?


First Responders – What? So what?Walkthroughs – What? So what?TimeTrack – What? So what?SAM meetings – What? So what?Did ___ – What? So what?Did not ___ – What? So what?

So what?


So what?Merely collecting and analyzing data is not an effective and efficient way to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership.


Merely collecting and analyzing data does not help SAM teams reach their goals “to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership.” Therefore, successful SAM teams use the findings of their data analysis to engage in reflective practice and to inform their decisions; thereby, continuing the reiterative process of collecting, analyzing, and using data to inform decisions.

Now what?


“Making an impact means taking action.”

(Pam Salazar)

VisionInquiryAction

ACTION – MAKE IT HAPPEN – GO!

Now what?


Have a vision of your goal

Now what?


“Begin with the end in mind.” (Stephen Covey)

Backwards planning – (McTigghe and Wiggins)

The focus is on learning by having a good design which is based on the development and use of good strategies and best practices which are supported by data.

Now what?

Find effective and efficient ways to reach your goal


Now what?


CollectAnalyze

Use

Now what?


Now what?

Collect Analyze Use


Now what?

CollectAnalyze Use


Now what?

Analyze

Use

Collect

“Creating organizational cultures that value learning, coaching and continuous improvement.”


“Intentionally lead and approach change through multiple perspectives, identify high leverage change

strategies, and achieve an early-win to success.” (Bert Hendee)

“…. understanding develops and deepens as a result of rethinking and reflection (i.e., to dig deeper into the Big Ideas), and to refine and reflect their work

based on feedback.” (McTighe and Wiggins)

Now what?


• Ways to rethink• Shift perspective• Reconsider key assumptions• Confront alternate versions• Reexamine the argument and evidence• Consider new information

Now what?


Decisional Questions • What things will you do differently between now

and a specified future date? • What things will you do to increase your

instructional time in your goal areas? • What can you do during this next month to

contribute to your principal’s future success? • What are your next steps? • What actions/ideas has this triggered for you? • What are you going to do to ensure that the two of

you have the required daily meeting every day?

Now what?


Now what?Three Easy Questions for Daily Meetings for Every

Event

SAM Daily Meeting - http://www.samsconnect.com/forms/NSIP%20Flip%20Book.pdf)

http://www.samsconnect.com/forms/NSIP%20Flip%20Book.pdf


Now what?


First Responders – What? So what? Now what?Walkthroughs – What? So what? Now what?TimeTrack – What? So what? Now what?SAM meetings – What? So what? Now what?Did ___ – What? So what? Now what? Did not ___ – What? So what? Now what?

So what?


Now what?Merely collecting and analyzing data is not an effective and efficient way to change a principal’s focus from school management tasks to instructional leadership. Change requires using data.



• Collect data

• Analyze data

• Use data

• What?

• So what?

• Now what?


What did I learn?

So what does this learning mean to me?

Now what will I do with that I learned?



Dr. Kevin Ballard, EdD; NBCT

Dr. Kevin Ballard is a National Board Certified teacher in library media. He is the Information Specialist for a middle school in Illinois, where he is also the SAM. Kevin is also a certified advanced facilitator for the University of Phoenix where he has taught more than 200 undergraduate classes since 2006. Additionally, Kevin a professional church musician who has directed vocal choirs, handbells, chamber orchestras, and contemporary worship bands. He is active in the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Dr. Ballard received his doctorate in higher education and adult learning from Walden University, his master's degree in educational leadership from the American College of Education, his master’s degree in adult education and distance learning from the University of Phoenix, his master’s in music performance from Mankato State University, and his bachelor’s in curriculum and instruction from Dr. Martin Luther College. Kevin can be contacted at [email protected].

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