1. Central Office Poverty Simulation Follow-Up Meeting
Please sit in a group at a front table. Thanks!
October 5, 2017
Margie Johnson, Ed.D.

2. Outcomes
Our outcomes today are to use the collaborative inquiry process for analyzing data, reflecting upon practices, and determining some next steps.

3. Norms
Active Participation Silence Cell Phones

4. Living in poverty is like…..
Because……..
Groups at Work – 2011 MiraVia LLC – All rights reserved

5. For us, it was a simulation, for some, it’s a reality…..

6. Federal Poverty Level Pre-Tax Level
Family Size
Poverty Level
Family of 4
$24,563
Family of 3
$19,109
Family of 2
$15,585
United States Census Bureau, 2017

7. Poverty Info
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, 2015

8. 2017-2018 MNPS Data Warehouse School Profile Report
42.75% of MNPS students and families are economically disadvantaged.
That’s 37,365 students.
Discuss that percent may be higher as a result of the change in definition for ED.
MNPS Data Warehouse School Profile Report

9. Data have no meaning. Meaning is imposed through interpretation
(Wellman & Lipton, 2004, pp. ix-xi).

10. Collaborative Inquiry
How do we bridge the gap between data and results, so all students have educational success? What is the bridge made of?
Collaborative
Inquiry
Data
Results
Love, 2009

11. MNPS Collaborative Inquiry
Collaborative Inquiry is a data-based team process that consciously uses the collaborative learning cycle (activating and engaging, exploring and discovering, and organizing and integrating) and the qualities of effective groups (fostering a culture of trust, maintaining a clear focus, taking collective responsibility and data-informed decision-making).
MNPS Collaborative Inquiry Community of Practice

12. Collaborative Learning Cycle
Activating and Engaging
What assumptions do we bring?
What are some predictions we are making?
What questions are we asking?
What are some possibilities for learning?
Organizing and Integrating
What inferences, explanations, or conclusions might we draw?
What additional data sources might verify our explanations?
What solutions might we explore?
What data will we need to guide implementation?
Managing
Modeling
Mediating
Monitoring
Exploring and Discovering
What important points seem to pop out?
What patterns, categories, or trends are emerging?
What seems to be surprising or unexpected?
What are some ways we have not yet explored these data?
--Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2012). Got data? Now what? Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, Inc.

13. Calibrating Observations

14. Data Dive District Profile Assessment—MAP & ACT
Dashboard—Attendance Dashboard (current & past 3 years)
Dashboard—Behavior Dashboard (current & past 3 years)
Poverty Simulation Experience
Divide into grade level teams. Related arts teachers can join grade levels or look at school wide data in own group.
Sub-divide within team:
Assessment
Attendance
Behavior
Remember to pay particular attention to ED and think about what you learned from the poverty experience. Write observations on chart paper.

15. Collaborative Learning Cycle
Activating and Engaging
What assumptions do we bring?
Exploring and Discovering
Managing
Modeling
Mediating
Monitoring
Organizing and Integrating
--Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2012

16. Stop Doing
Continue Doing
Start Doing
Given what we have learned today, what are some practices you might stop doing, continue doing, and start doing?
Write one idea per post it note.
Share in pairs or trios.
Report out ideas…..

17. Next Steps?

18. Exit Ticket Reflection
Given what we have discussed and learned today, what might be some actions you take?

19. Feedback--- How Was Today’s Meeting
Individually
Use a post-it note to provide feedback.

20. Wrap Up

21. MNPS Collaborative Inquiry Toolkit

22. References
Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2012). Got data? Now what? Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree. Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). Groups at work: Strategies and structures for professional learning. Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. (2015). Metropolitan social services planning, coordination, & social data analysis 2015 community needs evaluation, 7th annual edition. Retrieved from Nashville.pdf United States Census Bureau. (2017). Poverty threshold. Retrieved from poverty-thresholds.html