Topic 1: Leader’s Initial Preparation and Analysis Leading a Team Through School-wide CRCT Analysis Step
Action
3. Review and reflect on the document set of one grade-level
Review and reflect on the first set of grade-level documents. Consider: What do these data appear to tell us about: o
Strengths?
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Possible Areas for Improvement?
Do the data reveal further questions for study? What are those questions? What good news is reflected for us to celebrate? What needs for school improvement are identified from this data? Capture your thoughts about what the data tells you on the form called Schoolwide CRCT Analysis Form/Poster, located in the Appendix of this module. 4. Repeat for each grade level
Repeat the process of reviewing and reflecting on the data in each of the remaining document sets. Fill out one School-wide CRCT Analysis Form/Poster for each grade level being considered. TIP: When you facilitate the school-wide analysis meeting, you will take these forms with you, using your own preliminary analysis to guide (but not direct) the meeting and to pose provocative questions to your participants.
5. Identify participants and teams
List the teachers from each grade level being considered. Re-roster the participant list into the number of teams that corresponds to the number of grade levels being considered. (For instance, if your analysis session will include grades 3, 4 and 5, you will create three teams.) Each team must include one teacher from each grade level, and one teacher from each subject area being considered. Once teams have been finalized, add one support staff representative to each team. OPTIONAL, but RECOMMENDED: Finally, add one observer for every 1-3 teams (max of 4 or 5 for whole school). Select an AP, media specialist, tech coordinator, or someone else with leadership responsibility from within the school (not an outsider) to monitor team discussions and report findings.
6. Schedule the meeting
Updated 5/13/2011
Identify a teacher work day/professional learning day on which to hold this meeting, so that sufficient time is available and all invited participants can attend. Plan for the meeting to take at least 1.5 – 2 hours.
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