What is working/not working?

ITEM TO EXAMINE

Q.7.1 School
Leadership
f. The school
leadership
facilitates
using data to
improve
student
learning

POSITIVE FACTORS

EFFECT ON SCHOOL/MY TEACHING

Weekly PLCs are focused on

student data. Teachers
compare data from different
assessments to regroup
students for intervention time.

Teachers are given time each week to

discuss data and collaborate with their
colleagues to ensure that all student
needs are met. Meeting agendas and
minutes are posted to our Google
Drive.

PLC room has the following:

4th/5th grade students grouped

based on their reading/math
EOG scores
Reading 3D data for K3rd

We avoid the I didnt know excuse

that is sometimes overheard. We refer
to the data during every meeting to
ensure that the strategies and lessons
that we are preparing are going to
maximize student achievement.

Every classroom is required to

have a data wall and data
notebook to ensure that teachers
and students understand where
they are and where they need to
be.

There is a daily reminder of the work

that needs to be for both teachers and
students. It requires both parties to
reflect on their practices and work and
ask themselves, Am I doing all that I
can to grow?

CHALLENGING FACTORS

MOVING FORWARD

PD session on DuFours work on PLCs.

Our teachers need to learn how to dive
deeper into data, standards, and other
teaching strategies to ensure that
rigorous, engaging instruction occurs
every day in every classroom.

PLC discussions lead to updating

hallway anchor charts to better
address students needs.

Students need to track their own

data. We need to teach them
what it means and how they can
grow.

EFFECT ON SCHOOL/MY TEACHING

MOVING FORWARD

Administration Team did not

become heavily involved in PLCs
until mid-October due to master
scheduling issues. A new master
schedule is in place and
administrators are present at

PLCs were not meeting our

expectations. We have to
teach and model for our
teachers what we expect data
talks and collaborative
planning to look like.

Admin Team will continue to be

involved in grade level PLCs.
Possibly divide up PLCs amongst
the team so that we can focus on
better supporting teachers where

There is a lack of Common Formative

Assessments (CFAs) across all grade
levels. Some teachers work
collaboratively on assessments while
others do not. We have several
vacancies with long-term subs that
sometimes struggle with creating

Other than our MAP benchmark

assessments (given 3x per year),
we have no common data across
grade-levels to examine areas of
strength and areas in need of
improvement.

Ask for help from neighboring teachers!

Use some documents from Pactolous
School in Pitt County, etc.
Use DPI resources to better prepare our
students for upcoming assessments
from the state.

Some of our teachers do not

understand how to effectively use
their classroom data to provide
effective and strategic
intervention and remediation for
all students.

If data isnt used to drive

instruction throughout the
day, we are failing our
students.

School visitsteachers need to

see other teachers in action
planning, teaching, remediating,
and diving into data!