Along with monthly principal meetings, principals will have the opportunity to attend optional DDI (Data Driven Instruction) Sessions led by Dr. Cedrick Gray, NWEA, and SCS Practitioners. The purpose of the DDI session is to:

• Build capacity to support principals in enhancing their skills as instructional leaders and ability of lead high-performing instructional leadership teams
• Effectively integrate multiple forms of data, at both the school and system level, to inform coaching, district professional development plans, and the sustainability action plan
• Balance roles as coach and evaluator to provide consistent feedback and support to school leaders
• Develop a strong community of practice that builds collective capacity with a group and across the district.
• Develop a common understanding of effective instructional leadership and the actions school leaders can take to improve instruction.

Date: September 19th

Presenters: Dr. Gray & SCS Practitioners

Introduction DDI 101– The What and the Why of DDIM - Ambitious, transformational leadership requires a school leader to set a vision for high quality instruction, create systems to support the vision and most importantly, create a system to support data driven instruction. To introduce the DDI cycle, participants will review a case study, identify key leadership practices, assess their own stage of implementing key leadership practices and begin creating an action plan for implementing, sustaining, and monitoring this continuous improvement cycle.

Time: 8:00 am-11:00am or 12:00pm -3:00pm

Date: November 7th

Presenters: Dr. Gray & NWEA

DDI Assessment - Today’s rigorous standards require teachers to use data on a daily basis to inform instruction. These daily or formative assessments can be viewed as a tool for understanding where students are succeeding and where they need support. This module will focus on why and how leaders and teachers can use informal, formative assessments to more regularly assess student needs.

Time: 8:00 am-11:00am or 12:00pm -3:00pm

Date: January (TBD)

Presenters: Dr. Gray & SCS Practitioners

DDI Analysis and Action Planning, Observing for Corrective Instruction - Once assessments have been administered and data collected, they need to be 1) analyzed for incorrect responses, 2) reviewed to determine student misconceptions, and 3) monitored on a regular basis for specific touch points. This module will provide the participant a deep dive into why preforming an analysis is important to the school leaders and what types of analysis to conduct for student achievement.

Time: 8:00 am-11:00am or 12:00pm -3:00pm

Date: March 20th

Presenters: Dr. Gray & NWEA

Creating a Data-Driven Culture, Frameworks for Change and Action Planning with the Transformational Leadership Framework - Key to continuous improvement is a strategic approach and response to data. This comes in the form of corrective instruction adjusting alignment of standards to assessments, tracking student progress, and determining student goals for growth among other strategic actions. This module provides school leaders with specific and strategic actions to follow after the data is analyzed. This will include the a aforementioned along with a fresh approach to observation and coaching of teachers for continuous improvement.

Time: 8:00 am-11:00am or 12:00pm -3:00pm