Bridge Event Webinar Transcript: Implementing a Data Literate Culture at the School and Teacher Levels Pt. II April 2, 2015 Presenters: Ellen Mandinach, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, WestEd Diana Nunnaley, Director, TERC Vicki Wilson, PreK–Grade 1 Principal, Homer Elementary School, Byng Public Schools, OK Janna Davis, Grades 2–5 Principal, Homer Elementary School, Byng Public Schools, OK REL Southwest Facilitators: Haidee Williams, PhD, Research Liaison, REL Southwest Jackie Burniske, Dissemination Director, REL Southwest To view a video of this archived webinar: http://relsouthwest.sedl.org/bridge_events/2015-03-05_datalit2/index.html Video: Turnaround Practices in Achievement Gain Schools John J. Doran School, Fall River, MA Linda Martin Isherwood, Intervention, K–3: If you are a school that is going through this process, coming out of a Level 4, I think the mindset is so important that you think about what you can do to change things. You are not looking at what the child can’t do. You are looking at how you can change and reach that child. I think that we all have that mindset here that every child can learn. We’ll take them from where they are to where they need to be. Woman 1: I think Year 1 really was about systems building, so we created, obviously, our teams. We used to meet, but I think it was more informal. And we made sure that everything we did had a purpose, and we were tracking and documenting all of our work. Tanya Raposa, Special Ed Inclusion, K–3: There’s definitely expectations. When you come every six weeks, you have to have your data. You have to have your attendance sheets. In the past, you might say, “Well, this student’s struggling.” Okay, we knew that six weeks ago, but what has changed over that time? Bridge Event Webinar Transcript for April 2, 2015 Video: John J. Doran School, Fall River, MA Woman 2: The teachers now have data walls in their classroom of various different data points, and the kids have folders with all of their data in it. And they have data conferences with each student saying, “This is where you were, this is where you need to be, and setting goals.” That’s empowering for kids, so now they know where they are and they know where they need to be. Woman 1: It’s really about what we’re putting in front of kids and really about being thoughtful about the instruction and the tasks and really listening to where children are, because the student work is really a barometer for what is happening in the classroom. Wendi Bandi, Teacher, Grade 4 Math Class: [teacher talking to three male students] The biggest idea that you have to share with your classmates, if I said pick one thing that you wanted to share about this investigation, what would you share? Student: I will share the number… Wendi Bandi, Teacher, Grade 4 Math Class [speaking to student] Number line? What do you think? [speaking to camera] We give them a type of problem, and what they know at the end of each class is they’re going to have to share out. So what did I learn from this? Did I get stronger in one area? What type of models did you use? What type of strategies? They are almost writing their own objectives. Because there are so many different entry points when you look back and see the different groups that I met with. One group was just focusing on, “Am I dividing 125, or am I multiplying it?” Whereas a separate group was saying, “I’m going to use this number line,” but maybe they’re working on how to partition that number line. Each group has their own entry point on what they were learning. Brian Raposo, Former Math Instructional Coach (now a school principal): We knew that if we invested in teachers, at the end of the day, the teacher matters. So if we have good quality instruction going on in classrooms, we would be able to move the building. [showing Grade 1 ELA professional learning community] We ended up with these teams in three to eight, and Diane and I would facilitate weekly a common planning time, so we ensured that we had a schedule that was aligned so that teachers could meet. They could look at student work together. They could discuss data, develop action plans based on their data. Woman 1: Like what I know now, I think teaming is so important and also creating a culture of collaboration and transparency. Our staff communications is a huge piece of our work. Our staff owns the work at Doran. – End of Transcript – 2
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