1. Data Inquiry Teams: Part I Principal Strand NTI December 2014

2. Our Beliefs about Adult Learning 2

3. 3 Norms for Collaboration Review Norms for Collaboration p.X Self-Assess Set a Goal

4. 4 Learning Targets 1.I can describe the foundations necessary to implement effective data inquiry teams focused on module assessments. 2.I can analyze the impact of relational trust on my school’s performance. 3.I can analyze module assessments through participation in a data inquiry protocol.

5. Central Beliefs about Data Inquiry Locate Central Beliefs about Data Inquiry Teams p. X Review Connect-Extend-Challenge p. X 5

6. Findings Teacher-Principal Trust in Schools with Top and Bottom Quartile Scores on Standardized Tests

7. Research The researchers analyzed Chicago Public Schools from 1991-1997 to “examine the link between relational trust in school communities and the likelihood of organizational improvements that culminate in increased student learning.”

8. The Components of Relational Trust Respect Competence Personal Regard for Others Integrity

9. Findings Trends in Mathematics Scores in Schools Improving and Non-Improving regarding Relational Trust

10. Findings Trends in Reading Scores in Schools Improving and Non-Improving regarding Relational Trust

11. Organizational Effects Relational trust reduces the sense of vulnerability related to new and uncertain tasks, increasing classroom innovation. Relational trust facilitates public problem-solving within an organization. Relational trust undergirds and supports organizational norms of continuous improvement and collaboration. Relational trust creates a “moral resource” for sustained adult effort.

12. Conclusions Schools reporting strong relational trust levels in 1994 were three times more likely to eventually improve in reading and math than those with very weak trust reports. By 1997, schools with strong relational trust reports had a one in two chance of being in the improving group vs. a one in seven chance for schools with very weak relational trust reports.

13. Perhaps Most Significantly... Schools with weak relational trust levels in 1994 and 1997 had virtually no chance of showing improvement in either reading or mathematics.

14. Presence of relational trust was more predictive of improvement than... School size Teacher educational/professional background Percentage of new teachers Average years of teaching experience Racial & ethnic composition of student body Poverty levels Stability of student body Prior school achievement

15. Relational Trust Locate the Relational Trust Survey p. X Channel the perspectives of others while scoring 15

16. Leading Together Video What do you think the connection is between the adult community and student achievement? 16