I have been gone for about a month, unaware that I should have been keeping a weekly blog about all the events in the class, but without further ado, I am back in action.
This week's class asked us to consider data in the classroom. I am completely aware that rooting your decisions with data as a backbone is a main goal. However, the idea of data collecting, assessing, and enacting with that change just seems so complex because it is never black and white. Knowing what data to collect, making sure that data is not skewed at all, and really figuring out how to use that data is no easy feat. There's not an instruction book on what to do with data to follow. Really, it requires us educators to use critical thinking skills and find ways to help kids and develop plans after reading data. It's a little intimidating at this point in my career as I go on my fourth year of teaching.
Reverting away from data collecting, I did find the "Hw to Thrive as a Teacher Leader" book to be helpful in communicating logical ideas of how to promote healthy leadership in the teacher role. It also offered ideas as to how administration should be taking on leadership roles as well. What this book did was really make me reflect on what I could be doing more, how I could step up as a teacher leader, and really assess the type of administration that is leading the school I am employed with.
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Yet do you not act with data each time you assess a student? When you sit down with parents at conference time do you not have a plan on how the data you have collected can be used? Data analysis needs to begin on large assessments (WKCE, MAPs, etc) but incorporate what the classroom teacher knows about the student. We need to dialogue with others to know the students strengths and areas in need of improvement, their learning style, etc.
Each of us can step up as the book suggests and improve leadership - it is not only the principals but each and every one of us.
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