data literacy for leaders and teachers: what is it, what do we know about how to make it happen and...
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Data Literacy For Leaders and Teachers: What is it, what do we know about how to make it happen and why is it important?Albany, NY
June 18, 2014
Ellen B. Mandinach, WestEd
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Why is Data Literacy Important?
• Emphasis by policymakers
• Philosophical shift to continuous improvement
• Evidence not gut feelings
• No longer a passing fad
• Helping administrators and teachers to help all children learn
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Why Now?
• Emerging technological solutions from complex data systems to data dashboards
• Proliferation of diverse data sources
• The building of human capacity has not kept up with the development of the technological infrastructure
• Even if educators know they should become data-informed, there are still many challenges
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Data Use is NOT New
It has been around for a long time
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Let’s Take the 30,000 Foot ViewLeadership is one of the most important components found to help enculturate data in a school and district.
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What is Data Literacy?(from Mandinach, Friedman, & Gummer, in press)
The ability to transform information into actionable instructional knowledge and practices by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting all types of data (assessment, school climate, behavioral, snapshot, longitudinal, moment-to-moment, etc.) to help determine instructional or administrative steps. It combines an understanding of data with standards, disciplinary knowledge and practices, curricular knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and an understanding of how children learn.
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Now To Get Down Into the Weeds
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What is Needed?
•Vision
•Provision for resources and support
•Data coaches
•Data teams
•Professional development opportunities
•Trusting, open, non-threatening, and non-evaluative culture
•Support
•Time, time, time, time!
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Getting Specific: Leadership Strategies(from Wayman, Spring, Lemke, & Lehr, 2012)
•Ask the right questions – Identify problems of practice
•Communication – With educators and other stakeholders
•Data system support – Access to the needed information
•Distributing leadership – Shared responsibility
•Engaging in personal learning opportunities – Improve personal data skills
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Getting Specific: Leadership Strategies (2)(from Wayman, Spring, Lemke, & Lehr, 2012)
•Ensuring adequate professional learning opportunities – Frequent and ongoing professional development
•Facilitating collaboration around data – Working with faculty around data to solve problems
•Focus data on larger context – Consider a broad range of data
•Fostering common understandings – Shared definitions and objectives
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Getting Specific: Leadership Strategies (3)(from Wayman, Spring, Lemke, & Lehr, 2012)
•Goal setting – Aligned with school improvement plans and educational objectives
•Modeling data use – Faculty need to see leadership using data
•Structuring time to use data – Provide dedicated time for data teams and data use
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This Work is Not for the Faint Of Heart
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I Hope You Understand My Point – You Can Make IT Happen!
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What’s the difference between elephants mating and establishing the importance of data literacy?