1. Data Teams Collaboration Matters…
MERIDEN
Public Schools
Data Teams Collaboration Matters…
January 2011

2. “Educators will remain the most important resource in the battle to provide every child with a quality education, and thus leaders with a quality education must commit to creating the conditions in which those educators can continue to grow and learn as professionals.”
~Dufour

3. What?
Data team meetings are forums that convene educators for collaborative learning so that students can achieve at high levels.

4. Where? Right here in Meriden!
Data teams will meet in all the Meriden Public and Parochial Schools, and at ACES’ Thomas Edison Middle School.

5. When?
January, 2011
Thursday Afternoon
Early Dismissals.

6. Why?
To ensure all our students learn at high levels!

7. “Successful schools focused intensively on student data from multiple sources, and they specifically focused on cohort data” ~Doug Reeves

8. Successful schools asked the following questions:
“What percentage of a group of students is proficient now compared to a year ago?”
“What percentage of our students have gained one or more grade levels in reading when we compare their scores today to their scores a year ago?”
“Of those students who were not proficient a year ago, what percentage are now proficient?”
“Of those students who were proficient a year ago, what percentage are now at goal?”

9. Teachers compare the students to themselves rather than to other groups of students. This analysis allows educators to focus their teaching strategies on the needs of their students, and not on generic improvement methods.

10. How?
Jump right in!

11. Teachers will work on data analysis and examine student work by:
Creating a collaborative culture
Providing teachers and teams with time, parameters and support essential to high performance
Focus the attention of the school on learning vs. teaching through data analysis

12. Benefits?
Improved student learning through increased capacity of school personnel
Provide teachers and teams with relevant feedback that will inform teaching practice
Data teams will provide teachers with time to make an honest assessment of their practice and their students’ performance

13. Benefits? Cont…
Provide teachers with time to initiate new practices and discontinue those that don’t work
Develop systematic responses to provide struggling students with necessary support services, and challenge all students to reach their maximum learning potential
Develop action plans for change

14. Cost?
Absolutely nothing!
Zero Dollars!  $0.00

15. Meriden School Start/End Times
Current Proposed Thursday
ES 9:00-3:15 8:55-3:20 8:55-2:50
Teacher 8:50-3:40 8:50-3:35 8:50-4:05
Meeting 3:05-4:05
MS 8:00-2:09 7:55-2:14 7:55-1:44
Teacher 7:45-2:44 7:45-2:39 7:45-2:59
Meeting 1:59-2:59
HS 7:30-1:53 7:30-1:58 7:30-1:28
Teacher 7:20-2:28 7:20-2:23 7:20-2:43
Meeting 1:43-2:43

16. Educational Time Gained
Elementary Schools
10 min./day = 50 min./week
Lose 30 min. on Thursday
Net gain = 20 min./week
Middle Schools
Net gain 20 min./week
High Schools
5 min./day = 25 min./week
In , added 14 min./day: start time, eliminated HR and pass time = 70 min. /week
Net gain = 65 min./week

17. Parochial and TEMS Start/End Times
Current Proposed Thursday
St. Stanislaus 7:45-2: :40-2:05 7:40-1:30
St. Joseph 8:15-2: :10-2:50 8:10-2:00
Mt. Carmel 8:15-2: :10-2:50 8:10-2:00
TEMS 8:30-2: :20-2:45 8:20-2:15
Teacher day and meeting times will be school
dependent.

18. Educational Time Gained
St. Joseph and Mt. Carmel
10 min./day = 50 min./week
Lose 45 min. on Thursday
Net gain = 5 min./week
St. Stanislaus and TEMS
10 min/day = 50 min./week
Lose 30 min. on Thursday
Net gain = 20 min./week

19. Top Five Tips for Effective Data Teams
Tip 1: Laugh and Cheer
Tip 2: Go Beyond Test Scores
Tip 3: Data Trumps Opinion
Tip 4: Focus on Next Steps
Tip 5: Create Time for Reflection

20. Next Steps? Discuss the proposal with the MFT
Discuss the proposal with the parochial schools
Discuss the proposal with representatives from ACES
Present at a BOE curriculum committee meeting
Solicit final approval from the Meriden Board of Education

21. Data Teams 2011 Coming Soon…
MERIDEN
Public Schools
Data Teams 2011 Coming Soon…
Thank you for taking the journey…