1. needs assessment summary and next steps for continuous improvement
Dallas can academy march 2014

2. Assessment process summary
Determine need for assessment
Clarify the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in analyzing data.
Establish common goals based on data analysis.
Develop common initiatives to support area(s) of improvement.
Discuss support systems that will be utilized.

3. NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Step 1
Identify problem Needs & participants
Step 2
Determine Design of Needs Analysis
Step 3
Collect Data
Step 4
Analyze Data
Step 5
Provide Feedback
Identify academic areas of improvement based on state test data. By group or academic subject teams will select leader, assign roles for members to collect baseline data, monitor responses, look for gaps or problem areas, keep time on project, report out to other members before during and after needs assessment, progress, and results.
Conduct needs analysis comparing EOC Fall EOC Fall 2012 by subject areas. Identify areas of celebration and improvements. Each group will identify a common goal, design a plan; establish the criteria to be observed, the frequency the data will be collected and measured using charts and graphs and Liker Scale.
EOC Fall Results
EOC Fall Results
Conduct surveys
Team: Interprets data, draws findings conclusions and recommendations, writes a report and creates a plan for implementation.
Team members report next steps and share information with the other teams. Determine common goals, provide collaborative support through content area PLCs and support systems needed. Autonomy Empowering Shares the Knowledge/Data Problem-solving

7. Lets agree on 10% of our instructional time … 10 minutes of our period.
What percent of your instructional content area time are you willing to share to improve in the weakest area? (5%, 10%, 15%, 20%)

8. What strategy will be utilized in the classroom?

9. All content areas will establish a common frame work for writing
All content areas will establish a common frame work for writing. These are some examples. Discuss in your PLCs which framework you want to use or create another that is not shown.

10. Example 2

11. Example 3

12. Example 4
Example 3

13. Example 5

14. Example 6

15. In order of greatest need to support writing initiative across the curriculum:
Training: Regional and State
Tools, equipment, technology,…
Data resources, systems to assist with analyzing the data accurately
Collaborative sharing through campus planning.
Emphasize writing after school

16. How… Technology Trainings Projectors Document cameras Smart boards
Region 10 or 11
Lead4ward
Leading forward–tip, tools and techniques
State Conference
TEA STAAR / EOC new information or updates

17. PLC/Faculty/POD Meetings
How…
Current Data system
Teacher Student profile
Eduphoria
Argot
Websmart
Pearson Data systems
PLC/Faculty/POD Meetings
Share new strategies
Faculty group presentations
PLC learning walk
Peer observations
Share results in meetings

18. How… After school Program Offer tutorials with emphasis in writing
Plan engaging activities
Student work in small groups to evaluate their writing with teacher mediating the activity

19. Next Steps
Next month
Summer