To read more about the meeting and access resources, please click HERE.
If you have a story to share about using collaborative inquiry for empowering educators OR would like to learn more, please contact Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.
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On June 13-14, I had the privilege of leading a workshop entitled, Leading Collaborative Teams. During this workshop, participants learned strategies, structures, and principles for effectively leading collaborative teams. Now, they are part of the CIA as well. Look for upcoming webinars and face to face gatherings as we continue to build our community of practice.
If you would like to learn more about Leading Collaborative Teams, click HERE and/or contact Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.
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Collaboration Spotlight: SIP Development at Two Rivers & East Nashville Magnet Middle Preps
3/21/2017
To read more about their work, please check it out HERE.
East Nashville Magnet Middle Prep also used the collaborative inquiry process for developing their SIP goals. However, they took a different approach by first having common planning time teams make data observations. The East Nashville Magnet Middle leadership team then used the observations to develop SIP goals for 2017-2018. Again, the SIP will be informing the budgeting process at East. Read more about East Nashville Magnet Middle's journey HERE.
One great thing about the collaborative inquiry process is the fact that it can be used in different contexts and different ways to support schools. If you want to learn more about the collaborative inquiry process or have a great example to share with us, please contact Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.
Activating and Engaging
We also discussed their vision for the network (see below chart).
Exploring and Discovering
This phase begin with a brief overview of collaborative inquiry and a quick calibrating activity. Principals then divided into small groups to make observations of their assigned data reports from the MNPS Data Warehouse. The reports used for this session were:
Dashboard—>School Network Profile
| Attendance-->Attendance Dashboard (district) Assessment-->MT-RLA Attendance-Behavior Dashboard—Behavior Dashboard Dashboard—School Profile |
Organizing and Integrating
SMART Goals
With the needs assessment complete, the principals then collaborated to develop SMART network improvement goals. For the 2017-2018 school year, their goals are:
- Using the district literacy assessment, a decrease of x% of students in the lower quintile; an increase of x% of students will be at or above grade level; and an increase of x% of students will demonstrate growth in literacy by the end of the 2017-2018 school year. (Note that exact percentages were not set as we wanted to wait to see which benchmark assessment will be used.)
- 100% of schools will develop and implement a comprehensive behavior plan by the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Exit Ticket Reflection and
Meeting Feedback
- Train teachers on how to make data observations rather than always data analysis.
- Think more about making sure faculty is more culturally competent.
- Looking closely at an assessment for K-1
- Today was informative. I understand how to approach the SIP better.
- Look at the interventions we are putting in place for our AA students
- Choose restorative practices as our SEL strategy next year
- Great information on responding to data
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| Suggestions for Improvement
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It’s that Time of Year…..School Improvement Planning
Collaborative inquiry is a data-based team process that consciously uses the collaborative learning cycle (activating and engaging, exploring and discovering, and organizing and integrating) and the qualities of effective groups (fostering a culture of trust, maintaining a clear focus, taking collective responsibility and data-informed decision-making) (MNPS Community of Practice, 2016).
With this definition in mind, let me take you through the process.
- Activating and Engaging: The leadership team began the conversation by brainstorming to answer the question, “What is your vision for Two Rivers Middle Prep?” This brainstorming not only generated many great ideas, but allowed everyone to have a voice at the table and helped develop physiological safety for the remainder of the meeting.
- Exploring and Discovering: Due to the time constraints for the meeting (1 hour), the bulk of our session was spent in this phase of collaborative inquiry. During this phase, inferences and explanations are suspended and just observations are made. Because of the larger number of data sets being used, the leadership team worked in smaller groups to record their observations on chart paper. To see their work, please go to: http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/two-rivers-sip-process-feb-2017.html.
- Organizing and Integrating: We didn’t get to this phase today as we plan to develop SMART goals at our next meeting on February 23. However, we did leave the meeting with next steps and a reflection for this first meeting.
If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Shelly Dunaway and/or Dr. Margie Johnson for more information.
With representatives identified, the Literacy Community of Practice (CoP) convened on January 24, 2017 for an all day meeting to discuss literacy not only with school representatives, but central office, high school, and community partner representatives.
Using the collaborative inquiry process to plan for the day's conversations, the CoP identified hopes, fears, and successes for their CoP. Building upon the successes, the Literacy CoP for Dr. Springer's network is working to Shift the Narrative by leveraging the collaborative expertise in the CoP.
To learn more about the day, including top three barriers guiding the work, please go to: http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/dr-springer-literacy-cop.html.
You can also access other collaborative inquiry workshop materials at the Workshop Warehouse located at http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/workshop-warehouse.html
Reference:
Hattie, J. (Fall 2015). What works in education: The politics of collaborative expertise. London, UK: Pearson. Retrieved from https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/corporate/global/pearson-dot-com/files/hattie/150526_ExpertiseWEB_V1.pdf
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