Action Plan: Part II Data Coachs Plan

Goal/Purpose

Action/Activity

Time
Required

Materials

Time
Frame

Who will
be
involved?

Plan the
implementation of the
Using Data Process of
Collaborative Inquiry

Meet with building administrators

to review the goals and process of
Using Data Process

2 hours

Coachs Guide;
CD-ROM

July

Data Coach;
Building
Administrators

Pique interest and

support of the UDP
from the school faculty

Lead a presentation on UDP.

1 hour

Task 1 Slides; Handout

1.1: Using Data Process
Overview;
Handout 1.2:
Using Data Process
Components and Tasks;
Handout 1.3: Using Data
Gets Results

August
Pre-Planning

Data Coach;
School Faculty

Establish a schoolwide data team

Meet with leadership team to

establish a data team(s).

1 hour

Coachs Guide

August
Pre-Planning

Clarify the Data

Teams Purpose and
Roles and
Responsibilities

Activity 1.3
Clarifying the Data Teams
Purpose and Responsibilities

30 minutes

Handout 1.4: Launching

the Data Team Planning
Handout 1.5: Data Team
Responsibilities

Early
September

Data Coach;
Leadership
Team
Data Coach;
Data Team

Establish Collaborative
Norms

Activity 1.4
Establish Collaborative Norms

1 hour

Handout 1.4:
Launching the Data
Team Planning Template
Handout 1.6:
Norms of Collaboration
Toolkit - Seven Norms

Early
September

Data Coach;
Data Team

Engage in Data-Driven
Dialogue with
Demographic Data

Activity 2.2
Engage in Data-Driven Dialogue
with Demographic Data

1 hour

Handout H2.1:
Dialogue Versus
Discussion
PowerPoint Slides
S2.3-S2.16
Data Examples and
Templates

Early
September

Data Coach;
Data Team

Share My Culture

Activity 3.1
Share My Culture

1 hour

Handout H3.1: My
Culture

Mid-September

Data Coach;
Data Team

Explore the Cultural

Proficiency
Continuum

Activity 3.3
Explore the Cultural
Proficiency Continuum

1 hour

Handout H3.3
Cultural Proficiency
Continuum Descriptions
Handout H3.4
Cultural Proficiency
Continuum Reflection
PowerPoint Slides
S3.1-S3.8

Late September

Data Coach;
Data Team

Engage with Four

Variations on All
Students Can Learn

Activity 4.1
Engage with Four
Variations on All
Students Can Learn

1 hour

Handout H4.1: Four

Variations on a
Theme: All Kids Can
Learn...
Resources R4.1R4.4: Choose Your
School

Early October

Data Coach;
Data
Team; School
Faculty

Consider Three Key

Questions About
Student Learning

Activity 4.3
Consider Three Key
Questions About
Student Learning

1 hour

Handout H4.2:
Guiding Questions for
the School of Our
Dreams
Resources R4.5:
School of Our Dreams

Early October

Data Coach;
Data
Team; School
Faculty

Different types of data

and uses for data
analysis process

Activity 5.2: Engage

With the Data Pyramid
and Drill-Down

2 hours

Resources R5.1 Data

Pyramid Preparation
Handout H5.2:
Constructing a Data
Pyramid
Handout H5.3 The
Data Pyramid
Handout H5.4:
What Can We Learn
From
the Drill-Down?
Handout H5.5:
Background Reading:
What Can We Learn
From the
Drill-Down?

Mid-October

Data Coach;
Data Team

Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with
Aggregated Data

Activity 6.2
Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with
Aggregated Data

2 hours

PowerPoint Slides
S6.1-S6.5
Handout H6.1:
Stoplight Highlighting:
Our Criteria for
Aggregated and
Disaggregated Data
Resource R6.2:
No-Because Sign
Data Examples and
Data Templates

Late October

Data Coach;
Data Team

Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with
Disaggregated Data

Activity 7.1
Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with
Disaggregated Data

2 hours

Data Examples,
Data Templates

Late October

Data Coach;
Data Team

2 hours

Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with Strand
Data

Activity 8.1
Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with Strand
Data

Data Examples,
Data Templates
Handout H8.1:
Stoplight Highlighting:
Our
Criteria for Strand Data

Early
November

Data Coach;
Data Team

Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with
MultipleChoice Item Data:
Percentage Correct and
Distractor Patterns

Activity 9.1:
Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue with MultipleChoice Item Data:
Percentage Correct and
Distractor Patterns

1 hour

Handout H9.1:
Stoplight
Highlighting: Our
Criteria for
Percentage Correct
on Multiple-Choice
Items
Handout H9.2:
Stoplight Highlighting:
Our Criterion for
Distractor Patterns
Data Examples and
Data Templates

Early
November

Data Coach;
Data Team

Facilitate DataDriven Dialogue and

Conduct Drill-Down
Into Common
Assessments and Other
Local StudentLearning Data Sources

Activity 11.1
Facilitate Data-Driven
Dialogue and Conduct
Drill-Down Into Common
Assessments and Other Local
Student-Learning Data Sources

Likely 3 Data
Team
Meetings of 1
to 2 hours
each

Handouts and Resources

from Tasks 6 through 10

Early
November to
Late November

Data Coach;
Data Team

Identify and Prioritize

Student Learning
Problems

Activity 12.2
Identify and Prioritize
Student Learning
Problems

1 hour

Handout H12.1:
Student-Learning
Problem Statement

Mid to Late
November
depending on
drill-down
process

Data Coach;
Data Team

Articulate a Draft
Student-Learning Goal
TemplateStatement

Activity 12.3
Articulate a Draft
Student-Learning Goal
Statement

30 minutes

Resources R12.1:
Student-Learning
Problem Statement
Templates
Resources R12.2:
Draft Student-Learning
Goal
Statement Template
Handout H12.1:
Draft Student-Learning
Goal
Statement

By early
December

Data Coach;
Data Team

Generate Possible
Causes

Activity 13.1
Generate Possible Causes

30 minutes

Slides S13.1-S13.2

Early
December

Data Coach;
Data Team

Dialogue About
Possible Causes and
Their Underlying
Assumptions
Frame Research
Questions Based on
Causes

Activity 13.2
Dialogue About Possible Causes
and Their Underlying
Assumptions
Activity 13.4
Frame Research Questions Based
on Causes

45 minutes

Early
December

Data Coach;
Data Team

30 minutes

Handout H13.1: Verify

Causes Table: Research
Handout H13.2
Selected Research
Sources

Mid-December

Data Coach;
Data Team

Study The Research

Activity 14.1
Study the Research

1 hour

Handout H13.1: Verify

Causes Table: Research

Early January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Frame Questions for

Local Data Collection

Activity 14.2
Frame Questions for Local Data
Collection

1 hour

Handout H14.1
Verify Causes Table:
Local Data

Early January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Develop Local Data

Collection Plan

Activity 14.3
Develop Local Data Collection
Plan

30 minutes

Handout H14.1
Verify Causes Table:
Local Data
Handout H14.2
Local Data Sources

Mid-January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Analyze Local Data &

Verify Causes

Activity 14.4
Analyze Local Data
& Verify Causes

1 hour

Handout H14.1
Verify Causes Table:
Local Data

Mid-January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Plan for Engaging

Stakeholders and
Review School Culture

Activity 14.5
Plan for Engaging Stakeholders
and Review School Culture

30 minutes

Mid-January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Refine Student
Learning Goal

Activity 15.1
Refine Student Learning Goal

30 minutes

Mid-January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Build Your Logic

Model

Activity 15.2
Build Your Logic Model

1 hour

Late January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Refine the Logic

Model: Outcomes and
Strategies

Activity 16.1
Refine the Logic
Model: Outcomes and
Strategies

1 hour

Late January

Data Coach;
Data Team

Expand Our Repertoire

of Monitoring Tools

Activity 17.1
Expand Our Repertoire of
Monitoring Tools

30 minutes

Early February

Data Coach;
Data Team

Refine the
Monitoring Plan

Activity 17.2
Refine the Monitoring Plan

30 minutes

Early February

Data Coach;
Data Team

Handout H15.1:
The UDP Logic Model
Slides S13.1-S13.2

Handout H17.1
Tools for Monitoring
Implementation of
Strategies and Outcomes

School Culture Review

Activity 17.3
School Culture Review

15 minutes

Mid-February

Data Coach;
Data Team

The Big Picture of

Change: Action
Planning

Activity 18.1
The Big Picture of Change:
Action Planning

5 hours
estimated

Mid-February
to Late
February

Data Coach;
Data Team

Monitoring
Action/Reflection
Cycle

Activity 18.2
Monitoring Action/Reflection
Cycle

Monthly
check-in
meetings 2
hours

March, April,
May, June

Data Coach;
Data Team

Celebrate & Share

Results

Activity 19.1
Celebrate & Share Results

Monthly
meeting
1 hours
Dependent on
decisions for
next steps

March, April,
May, June

School
Stakeholders

Adjust & Renew

Collaborative Inquiry

Activity 19.2
Adjust & Renew Collaborative
Inquiry

Post-planning
and PrePlanning

School
Stakeholders

Handout H18.1 Action

Planning Template