All about that Data

As we have been implementing this first year of the instructional coaching process, one of the Big Topics has been the focus on Data driven instruction.   Helping staff use data to better instruct their students.  Meeting with Data Teams to look at the Data Team Process and help fill out the Pre-Assessment Form and develop good instructional strategies to make the instruction more meaningful and engaging for students.
I have always been one to look at data from every possible angle.  Don't get me started with how misleading data director can be.  I mean, I love it and love all the info I can get from it.  But statistically speaking, we are making numerous errors in how we place our color bands.  But that's a different topic, back to topic.  I was thinking it would be a good idea to use my Blog to share the templates that my building has used for our Data Teams.  I am not the creator of these templates, however, I did adjust them with some formulas and some automatically filling cells.

Data Team Templates

As an Instructional Coaching Team, we wanted some ways to track our data and how we are working, assisting, and mentoring other teachers.  So I also created some Coaching Templates for tracking our own data and thought it would be good to share those as well.  We used the "Woodruff Scale" for a reference.  This is a way of scoring the interaction between a teacher and coach.  Info about the Woodruff Scale can be found here:  Instructional Coaching Group.  Another part of the data that we wanted to track was how much coaching "light" vs coaching "heavy" we were doing each quarter.

Coaching Data Templates

If you have any questions on any of the Templates feel free to contact me.