How Teachers Use Data

During the course EDAD 602, this video really stood out to me. I shared it with multiple staff members at my school site. With the power of technology, teachers have access to more data than ever before. As wonderful as it is to have access to tons of data on our students at our fingertips; it can also be overwhelming. It can make it hard to find a starting point and to weed out what is effective data and what is non-effective data when it comes to making instructional decisions for our students. It made me start thinking about the pieces of data I have for my students and what is the purpose of each piece. Am I giving assignments just to collect a piece of data I can show my administration; or to check off a box on a required district assessment. I started to re-evaluate what assignments I was giving; how I was checking for understanding, and how often I was assessing; making sure that I was collecting data that was worthwhile instead of just collecting data to collect data.

School Data Inforgraphic

Loved using this new to me tech tool, Piktochart. So easy to navigate. My brain definitely started thinking how this could be incorporated as a way for students to show their knowledge on a topic.

Although this information is a couple years old, it was nice to be able to look at some of the important school information all in one easy to read place. 

Leadership Theories in 5 Minutes

I found this video to be very interesting when researching different leadership theories. While watching it, I started linking people in my past work experiences to these roles and thinking back to how the work environment felt and how productive the work environment was when these different leadership theories were in place. What leadership theories have you encountered? What theory do you feel your leadership style falls under?

EDAD 601 Vision Statement Video

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