MNPS Early Learning Team
January 10, 2018

PreK leaders used the collaborative inquiry process to analyze multiple sources of culture and climate data for informing culture and climate changes for Spring 2018.
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Activating and Engaging--
Visioning

The meeting began by asking them to brainstorm their vision for Pre-K throughout MNPS.

Exploring and Discovering--Data Dive

Multiple sources of data were used to have Pre-K leaders make observations.

Organizing and Integrating--Traffic Light Protocol

Groups discussed recommendations that they want to stop, continue, and start for Spring 2018.
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Reflection---What might be some actions I take as a result of our conversations today?

  • determine tools or resources we can create that will help schools to use their data to inform practices
  • using the collaborative inquiry process to evaluate school-based data
  • remember data can be overwhelming for teachers so it’s important to maintain the focus of what the outcome is for the collaborative inquiry process
  • using the triangle in the PowerPoint to guide practice (collaborative learning cycle)
  • break down each objective with my teachers to ensure we are all assessing the same way
  • dive into school level data, classroom data, and support teachers
  • examine our school’s data in order to make informed data-driven decisions for our school
  • starting with decision needed and using dialogue, discussion, decision
  • spend some more intentional time with looking at specific data, on a weekly basis, and make a goal for this
  • work with our team on looking at data by quadrant and differentiating support for our classrooms by quadrant
  • continue looking at data with teachers in PLCs
  • make SIP goals visual to teachers and all staff & align/focus work
  • I will use some of your protocols for looking at data with my staff.
  • giving less data to teachers and previewing closely with someone outside of group to find what isn’t clear

How was the meeting?

Plus

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  • loved data by quadrant—(2)
  • great overview
  • Margie was a great presenter
  • group work
  • data samples readily available
  • learned a lot about how to look at data and use collaborative inquiry practices
  • time provided to digest the data in a different way
  • time together
  • not sitting in a CIUM being bored
  • interesting
  • liked how you connected the data to our vision
  • having data to go through process being taught
  • calibration activity
  • much more positive atmosphere from last year’s meeting (good presenter)
  • a deeper dive would be welcomed—(4)—using school site data to apply the practices modeled today in a more meaningful way so that we can be coached first hand
  • limit amount of data in a session—(4)
  • norms need to be established up front—too many sidebars when presenter was talking
  • narrowing focus of data to a specific area so the traffic light can be more specific—(2)
  • maybe allowing groups to take specific pieces of data on GOLD to analyze and then share out
  • not enough time to really look at the data before discussion
  • are our decisions/suggestions really going to have any impact?
  • brainstorming why we think the data shows what it does and ways others found success addressing some of the data point