1. Specialized Training Program: Investing in Teacher Practice to Maximize Student Learning Investment Schools Data Inquiry Training Session II

2. Session Objectives Participants will: Use individual data analysis completed in Session I to collaboratively identify school wide areas of need learn and utilize a protocol for data analysis utilizing new community and School Experience Survey data Analyze the school team’s data-readiness needs Draft a summary statement of goals that the team can commit to working towards through the remaining Investment Schools training opportunities. 1

3. Norms – Take an inquiry stance – Ground statements in evidence – Assume positive intentions – Stay low on the ladder of inference 2 Turn and Talk: What would these norms look like in action?

4. Activity #1: Last Word Protocol Guiding Question: Based on our individual analyses completed in Session I, what area(s) of need are most pressing for us to address as a school community? Last Word Protocol Steps: Grouping: Groups of 5-7 1.Count off into groups of 5; each person will select one quote and let members of the group know where in the text this quote can be found. The person does not explain its significance. 2.The rest of the group discusses the quote. 3.The first person reads the significance or explains the significance of the quote. In others words, this person gets the last word. 4.Move on to the next person until everyone I the group has had a chance to have the last word. 5.Share out 3

5. Activity 2: Affinity Protocol Guiding Question: Based on our individual analyses completed in “Last Word,”, what area(s) of need are most pressing for us to address as a school community? Affinity Protocol Steps: Grouping: Groups of 5-7 1.Take 5-7 sticky notes and record 1 concern raised in your analysis on each sticky note 2.With your group, arrange the sticky notes on chart paper 3.Sort the sticky notes into groups and give each group a name or label 4.As a group, write 1-2 sentences about the patterns/trends 5.Share out 4

6. School Risk Load: School, Community, and Student-identified challenges Insert the data for your school here. You may need several slides to accomplish this, or you may prefer to use handouts instead. 5

7. Activity #3: Data Analysis Protocol StepActions Step 1Look at the data and make factual statement about what you see, wonder and patterns. Step 2What additional sources of data can we use to deepen our understanding of the story behind the data? Step 3Now that we have the beginnings of a story, what are some potential implications for our instructional focus for next year? Step 4What are some draft goals we can work towards achieving? 6

8. What do you see? Remember to stay low on the ladder of inference. Refrain from interpretation or drawing conclusions Example: “In __________________, we have moved from __% to __% in __ years.” 7

9. What do you wonder about the data? What questions do you have based on what you have selected to focus on in the data? Example: “I wonder what caused the increase in the percent of students who scored proficient in 2010?” 8

10. What Patterns or Trends do you see in the data? What are the implications of the data? Example: “I notice that the percentage of students scoring proficient and above has remained within 5 percentage points for the last 5 years.” 9

11. Data Analysis Protocol StepActions Step 1Look at the data and make factual statement about what you see, wonder and patterns. Step 2Additional sources of data that deepen our understanding of the story behind the issues raised previously How does this new information add to what we know about the area of need identified in the earlier part of the session (Affinity Protocol) What are our challenges as a staff in tackling this area of need? Step 3Now that we have the beginnings of a story, what are some potential implications for our instructional focus for next year? Step 4What are some draft goals we can work towards achieving? 10

12. 11 StepActions Step 1Look at the data and make factual statement about what you see, wonder and patterns. Step 2Additional sources of data that deepen our understanding of the story behind the issues raised previously How does this new information add to what we know about the area of need identified in the earlier part of the session (Affinity Protocol) What are our challenges as a staff in tackling this area of need? Step 3Now that we have the beginnings of a story, what are some potential implications for our instructional focus for next year? Step 4What are some draft goals we can work towards achieving?

13. 12 StepActions Step 1Look at the data and make factual statement about what you see, wonder and patterns. Step 2What additional sources of data can we use to deepen our understanding of the story behind the data? Step 3Now that we have the beginnings of a story, what are some potential implications for our focus area(s)? Step 4What are some draft goals we can work towards achieving?

14. DRAFT 13 StepActions Step 1Look at the data and make factual statement about what you see, wonder and patterns. Step 2What additional sources of data can we use to deepen our understanding of the story behind the data? Step 3Now that we have the beginnings of a story, what are some potential implications for our instructional focus for next year? Step 4What are some draft goals we can work towards achieving?