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During a
visioning activity in the morning our school team was asked to select a
metaphor that best described our school right now. We decided our building is
a like a construction site where many things are going on, but all work
toward supporting student learning. That continues to be our goal as a building
with the tracking of student data. We collect and monitor our assessment data
which is the first step for each department. Data in hand, it’s time for
action and we become the data teams.
Our vision as a school is using data to improve our teaching and to increase levels
of student learning. The first day of training started with team building. Our
goal was to understand that among each team we have many different personalities
and approaches to projects. As teachers we understand that everyone has
unique classroom procedures. The purpose was to learn how different
personalities can take action, work together and achieve shared goals.
The afternoon session started with a needs assessment for our building seeking
to measure the effectiveness of departmental collaboration. We came to the
conclusion that we do a really good job collecting data, but still struggle with
action steps. An area for growth is analyzing the data we collect and using it
to help our department and our students improve learning outcomes.
Revisiting the metaphor of school as a construction site, we are always
adding and changing strategies to benefit students. This process will never
end. Everything we do is done with the intent of supporting and improving the
learning environment for students and staff.
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